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Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:22 pm
by M 80NGO
Last week We had a mini break at Houghton mill Campsite between st ives and huntingdon, its a great place in a beautiful little village right next to the historic houghton mill and on the banks of the river ouse, the site is very clean and tidy and the toilets and showers are immaculate, There's a large grass carpark next to the campsite owned by the national trust but its empty in the evening so it creates a large area for outdoor games, there's a couple of local pubs in houghton and a village shop or a 15 min stroll over the lock gates and across the tarmac meadow path gets you to the village of hemmingford abbots which has a nice country village pub The axe and compass, the weather was great the adults drank plenty and chilled out and we all had a fab time.

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Re: Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:22 pm
by M 80NGO
I'll post up some more pics tomorrow :wink:

Re: Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:01 am
by Debs and David
Sounds great, pity it's too far for us to travel for a weekend, or we would. :D

Re: Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:07 pm
by M 80NGO
More pics as prommised :D D&D its well worth a trip there from any distance :wink:

Boys will be boys
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Girlies in kayak
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Camp Bongo
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Camp bongo 2
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Re: Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:14 pm
by M 80NGO
Houghton village clock tower which myself an a colleuge renivated way back in 1989 :wink:
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Houghton mill, owned by the national trust and open at weekends through the summer to the public
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Houghton mill viewed from the campsite
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The campsite
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Re: Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:16 pm
by mikexgough
Great site that......about 1 1/2 mikes from me......it's a National Trust site managed by the Caravan Club... :wink: Plenty of geocaching around too....... Pete...you didn't travel too far Bud....did you get the kids giving you the "are we nearly there yet"... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Houghton mill campsite

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:10 pm
by M 80NGO
mikexgough wrote:Great site that......about 1 1/2 mikes from me......it's a National Trust site managed by the Caravan Club... :wink: Plenty of geocaching around too....... Pete...you didn't travel too far Bud....did you get the kids giving you the "are we nearly there yet"... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thats right hardly used any fuel and i made the kids walk to eliminate stupid questions from the back seats :wink: