The last time we saw Ruby the caravan was around a month ago, on the back of a low-loader near Dartmouth bound for the repair centre at Swindon caravans.
Anyhow, she was returned to us on Thursday, newly glued and screwed back together.
It’s the May bank holiday weekend and probably the first since lockdown was removed. It is also forecast to be preominantly warm, dry and sunny. We decided we would take the newly repaired van somewhere local to where it had been repaired (Wootton Bassett, near Swindon).
We hadn’t figured out just how busy this weekend would be. After around 20 fruitless phone calls, we decided to email and text a whole plethora of sites in the area. Over the next 24 hours, two sites had a vacancy for 5 nights.
We chose Flaxland Fishery, near to Wootton Basset and only a mere 10 minutes drive from the Caravan service centre.
There is a nice view from the pitches across the fishing lakes. The only slight downside to the loction is that being around 200m from the M4, there is a constant hum of traffice noise.
There are 5 pitches here, the maximum allowed for a Certified Location. Each pitch is equipped with it’s own dedicated water supply and electricity and the site is quite relaxed at having the grey water nourish the plants and trees.
