Lee Valley Camping and Caravan

Having booked tickets for the Spurs v Wolves game Lee Valley Camping and Caravan site seemed the logical choice for a base. It was £12 (no elec hook up) for one night (me and soon to be 8 year old Benji) and the facilities are very good, especially when you compare it to many CL sites. There's a little shop on site with all the basics. It is also right next to a reservoir and had we had the time we would have had a walk round.

It was a cold night, but the eberspacher heater more than coped - in fact I woke up at midnight and had to turn it down because it was too hot!

In the morning we caught the train from Ponders End down to Tottenham Hale and then the underground (Victoria Line) into London for an all-to-short morning visit to the Science Museum and Hamleys.

It was Benji's first visit to White Hart Lane and we loved it. It was a shame we only drew, but you can't have everything. Wolves parked the bus and we didn't put enough pressure on their keeper.

The best bet for traveling back to the campsite from White Hart Lane is either the train from Northumberland Park to Ponders End (then a 10 minute walk back to Lee Valley) or catch the 279 Bus to Bounces Road and then the W8 service to Lee Valley.

Start as we mean to go on

Although this post is almost a week late, we saw the new year in next to Spurn Head - the sandy spit at the mouth of the River Humber. The Crown and Anchor pub beside our CL site was perfect for a meal and few quiet beers.

In the morning we drove the 3 miles to the tip of Spurn Head and had a great walk along the shore and through the Marram Grass to circle the only full time lifeboat community in Britain. Luckily the weather was kind - I imagine it can get a bit wild! We didn't see many birds though (it's a nature reserve by the way).

What made this even more special was a) the amazing sunset we had on new year's eve and b) we didn't even know of Spurn Head 48 hours earlier. We just decided spending new year on the east coast was a good way to start the year, and through a process of elimination of available Caravan Club sites we found ourselves there. The site we stayed at was fine, but the toilets didn't pass my daughters stringent test i.e. she peered through the door and said "no!". I have to admire her standards. There are plenty of other sites to choose from when we no doubt return. Although it does make me wonder whether I need to revisit the idea of having our own loo on board.