{"id":3992,"date":"2021-07-10T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2021-07-10T14:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:01:29","slug":"bladon-chains-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"Bladon Chains &#8211; Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is our last visit to the Caravan and Motorhome club site at Bladon Chains &#8211; a short walk away from Blenheim Palace and the Oxfordshire  town of Woodstock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site has been rented by the Club from Blenheim Estates and it seems Blenheim estates just can&#8217;t build houses fast enough on their vast &#8220;bank&#8221; of land assets. In this case it appears that they are going to build dozens of Log Cabins. It&#8217;s a shame because this site is always a sell-out and it&#8217;s the perfect location to explore the surrounding area and has regular bus and train routes into Oxford itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have visited this area on a number of occasions and here is a link to a prior stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-caravan-ramblings wp-block-embed-caravan-ramblings\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VZ5s5LPxFy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2920\">Southern Tour, 2019 &#8211; Day 20, Bladon Highlights&#8230;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Southern Tour, 2019 &#8211; Day 20, Bladon Highlights&#8230;&#8221; &#8212; Caravan Ramblings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=2920&#038;embed=true#?secret=g0mqeOgdDw#?secret=VZ5s5LPxFy\" data-secret=\"VZ5s5LPxFy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrived after a very short tow from Mollington near Banbury arriving around 12:30. The wardens here are helpful and polite and the site is well-kept despite the fact it will be handed back as early as September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kampa Leggera Awning was swiftly erected devoid of any &#8220;divorce&#8221; moments. In the evening, Bob and Mandy hosted a BBQ and we settled in to watch the England (2) v Demark (1) Euro 2020(1) tournament semi-final on Bob&#8217;s not so-wide-screen TV!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday and made our first foray onto public transport and caught a train to Reading From Long Hanborough. Met some friends and spent the afternoon eating and drinking. The food at the London Street Brasserie was as good as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Point-Blur_Jul102021_100713-767x575.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The 3 wise monkeys at the London Street Brasserie, Reading<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday we set out on what was described by Bob as a 7 mile hike. Some 5 hours later and we arrived at the Black Prince, having covered some 10 plus miles with another one or two until we arrived back at Bladon chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We entered Blenheim palace grounds &#8220;under&#8221; the car exit barrier. Apparently there are public footpaths through most of Blenheim, one just needs to avoid the area close to the building itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-1536x725.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-2048x967.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_095715-767x362.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Blenheim in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw lots of butterflies on our route through Blenheim and beyond and lots of froglets crossing the paths<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_101433-363x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_101433-363x768.jpg 363w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_101433-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_101433-768x1626.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_104125-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_104125-768x1626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_104125-725x1536.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_104125-967x2048.jpg 967w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_104125-767x1624.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_104125-scaled.jpg 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption>Froglet at Blenheim<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From Blenheim grounds we exited towards and through the village of Combe and finally arrived at the Roman villa of North Leigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-363x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-363x768.jpg 363w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-768x1626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-725x1536.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-967x2048.jpg 967w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-767x1624.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_120813-scaled.jpg 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption>North Leigh Roman Villa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-1536x725.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-2048x967.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115904-767x362.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>North Leigh Roman Villa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115207-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115207-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115207-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115207-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_115207-1536x725.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_140554-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_140554-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_140554-1536x725.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_140554-2048x967.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_140554-767x362.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Monument at Blenheim<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-1536x727.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-2048x969.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210709_133017__01-767x363.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Blenheim Palace in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan was great, a decent 6 or 7 mile walk and lunch in town. In reality, the final tally of nearly 12 miles, limited water and no food en-route proved a challenge. Arriving at the Black Prince after the kitchen closed at 14:00 was just the icing on the cake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-364x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-364x768.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-142x300.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-768x1621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-728x1536.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-970x2048.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956-767x1619.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot_20210709-160956.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><figcaption>Blenheim, the long way round<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The landlady took pity on Moe and provided her with chocolate ice-cream and a wafer &#8211; on the house &#8211; a very nice touch. The guys enjoyed a couple of beers and a packet of crisps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evening we were entertained at Bob and Mandy&#8217;s, eating take-away pizza from a &#8220;home chef&#8221; in Combe. The pizzas were delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our last visit to the Caravan and Motorhome club site at Bladon Chains &#8211; a short walk away from Blenheim Palace and the Oxfordshire town of Woodstock. The site has been rented by the Club from Blenheim Estates and it seems Blenheim estates just can&#8217;t build houses fast enough on their vast &#8220;bank&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=3992\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bladon Chains &#8211; Finale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england-tour-ii-2021","category-2021-uk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4006,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions\/4006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}