Thursday August 10th 2017
We’re Off! The tour begins and we set off from Denham in reasonable weather for The Elms – Ledbury, a Camping & Caravanning Certified Site.
First task was to pull into nearby Beaconsfield services to fill the LPG tanks for the first time and carry out a leak check. All joints were sprayed with leak detection fluid and a thorough check for bubbles found none 🙂
Towing Kilometres – Today: 226 – Cumulative: 226
We took the long way round route of M40, M42, M5, M50 with a coffee break at Warwick services. The caravan towed very easily at 56mph, mostly on cruise control.
I carefully checked and set the nose weight of the caravan to 80kg before we left and there was no hint of sway enroute.
On arrival at the site we were met by the very cheerful owner who directed us to a pitch at the top edge of the site. The field was quite wet but the car pulled the van up just fine.
The Elms is set on a sloping field without marked pitches.
The toilet & showers are basic but clean.
After setting up we had a small meal before wandering down into Ledbury to visit The Prince Of Wales, a pub the site owner recommended.
