Braving it in Buxton this weekend!!

comfortz · Jan 17, 2016

A few of us decided to have a night out this weekend...we were very please to see there was a landrover meeting on site too...plenty of kitted up 4x4's to pull us out if we got stuck! Brilliant site too! Duke of York .....the owner even bought us up a fire pit to use which was very welcome!
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Hotel California · Jan 17, 2016

Very brave indeed , hope you have an aux. heater fitted...?
Or used a electric heater...
What would worry me is putting the frozen windscreen and topper inside the Cali when leaving the site causing a flood meltwater inside :Nailbiting

How did you managed that?

Bet those Defenders were frozen on the inside too.....had one for ten years before the Cali .
Still miss it , had a 130 on my drive just yesterday from somebody picking things up sold on the internet ....almost had to wipe a tear....

kave · Jan 17, 2016

Really like the look of your van, looks so much more sporty than your neighbor

comfortz · Jan 17, 2016

Ha

no problem they pretty much shake dry!
Glad I had the roof cover on though. Otherwise I would have been digging the ice out of the roof mechanism in order to close it! :Nailbiting

struggled rolling the awning back in though!

comfortz · Jan 17, 2016

kave said:
Really like the look of your van, looks so much more sporty than your neighbor

Thanks thats my friends he's part way through converting it. He's done all the inside and the outside is next on the list!

briwy · Jan 17, 2016

Nice one Nick. Now you know why I moved from Buxton. 5 degrees warmer here.

motacyclist · Jan 17, 2016

comfortz said:
Duke of York .....the owner even bought us up a fire pit to use

I'd have sent the butler. How is the Duke?

Shouldn't you be sweating it out making Cali Cozies for everyone instead of enjoying yourself

comfortz · Jan 17, 2016

motacyclist said:
I'd have sent the butler. How is the Duke?

Shouldn't you be sweating it out making Cali Cozies for everyone instead of enjoying yourself

Ha, not on a Sunday in January...plenty of chance for working weekeds in the summer

comfortz · Jan 17, 2016

briwy said:
Nice one Nick. Now you know why I moved from Buxton. 5 degrees warmer here.

This was a top site Brian...there was a landrover club meeting and the owners were very laid back and helpful. I was talking with them about aranging a meeting later in the year :thumb

Skylark2.0 · Jan 17, 2016

comfortz said:
This was a top site Brian...there was a landrover club meeting and the owners were very laid back and helpful. I was talking with them about aranging a meeting later in the year

We live very close to this!
It must have been beautiful the photos are great thx for posting them

Rich20 · Jan 17, 2016

10/10 for commitment and a true test for you products. Well done Nick.

comfortz · Jan 18, 2016

Rich20 said:
10/10 for commitment and a true test for you products. Well done Nick.

Cheers Rich :thumb

MattBW · Jan 18, 2016

I really fancy some camping, but as I have no aux heater. I would rely on the hookup and some lovely radiators. However I got caught out once when the power went out and I've been a little nervous ever since hehe.

Looks lovely, Im a little jealous

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cpjb@btinternet.com · Jan 18, 2016

Nick - Nice one.

Is that the Duke of York at Pomeroy?

briwy · Jan 19, 2016

The Royal Oak just down the road has a campsite as well (no hook ups I think) but is next to the Tissington Trail for walks and bikes. Pubs a bit better as well IMO.

comfortz · Jan 19, 2016

cpjb@btinternet.com said:
Nick - Nice one.

Is that the Duke of York at Pomeroy?

It sure was - great site and they've just spent a lot of money developing the site and new shower/toilet facilities.

Like Brian says there's a few good sites in the area there's another one just 1/2 a mile down the roal called the 'Bull - ith - thorn' which had camping too.

10 of us had a evening meal and breakfast at the Duke of York and the the food got a big thumbs up from everyone!

I liked the laid back owners who couldn't do enough to help - they were more than happy for me to arrange some sort of meeting so I'll be ringing them when they're back of their holidays!

cpjb@btinternet.com · Jan 19, 2016

Thanks Nick. Must give it a go sometime.

From what I can see from the road (on our way to Leek) The Royal Oak seems to have gone a little over regimented with marked out pitches on the lower field. Excellent food and beer though.

Billabus · Feb 10, 2016

Our coldest recorded temperature whilst camping is -10 C at the Chirk CC site in January! We had a Pucer Screen insulated canvas cover (brilliant) and a small fan heater, so didn't need the diesel heater and were veery snug indeed!