5 Star Caravan Park close to Suffolk coast - Cakes & Ale
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This week we are in Suffolk and what a wonderful midweek break we had.
Cakes & Ale is a very clean, smart and quiet site on a former WW2 airbase. Full service pitches, modern amenities, bar & small shop in Reception but best of all it's just a 5 minute drive to Thorpeness & Aldeburgh two untouched Suffolk seaside towns which are a MUST visit.
Come with us for a full site tour and a trip to the coast.
Highly recommend this one!
Thanks as always,
Helen & Dave
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by Aguri
We were in Norfolk & Suffolk last year. Aldborough is lovely. The plant looks like jasmine. We had a Labrador called jasmine & we planted some in our garden when she died. Love your channel 😊❤️
Hi Joby, thanks for the heads up on the Jasmine, we want to get some. Sorry you lost your Lab, they're such great company and deffo part of the family. Aldeburgh is stunning and we will be back, Cheers, Dave & Helen
Hi from Yorkshire. Not been caravaning since I was a child, but thinking of it in retirement! This will be a first for my wife and I and in addition need to change my car- thinking of a Kia EV6 with a Bailey Unicorn Cabera! Spent a year weighing up the pitfalls of towing with an EV, but pretty sure the benefits outweigh them!
My wife is somewhat sceptical about caravanning but I think it could work for us. Watching your channel for tips. Keep up the great work!
Hi Grant, lovely comment thanks for watching. Getting a caravan 8 years ago has been a game changer for us. In terms of towing with EV, Its a personal choice but not one I would make. The EV6 is beautiful, Andrew Ditton (checkout his youtube channel) tows with one but his caravan is small and towing any distance is stressful enough at times so unless you have purchased already I would consider a hybrid. Just my personal opinion, I know the EV6 is expensive but as I say it’s a beautiful car. Whatever you end up buying we both absolutely love Caravanning, so many wonderful places to visit in the UK. Best wishes, Helen & Dave
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I've seen all Andrew Ditton's relevant videos at least twice and the main takeaway is that for most charge stops, the need to detach and park the caravan for 15 minutes or so.
This should be about each 120+ miles or so towing 1600kg. (Mass has lower effect on range than drag) -about 2.5 hrs driving. (My bladder max is about 1.5 but at least I am towing a toilet!)
I don't want fast, furious road trips and as the vehicle be my main car I do not want a basic hybrid. Yes I may consider the right phev, and the new Seat Taracco Phev may work for me. Ideally I want a new car with a 7 year warranty like the Kia! Budget up to 55k. If anyone can think of a phev that will tow 1600 kilos with a 5-year minimum warranty, Please let me know!
Was there yesterday Dave in Aldeburgh. Think it's my favourite place in UK. BEEN AT Kessingland ccc site for 5 days.came home today as the weather was so fowl. Home is Sutton-in-Ashfield. Love your vids
Went with the singles camping club. Those who have lost there partners.
Hi David, you’re not too far from my home town of Chesterfield 👍 Hats off to you for getting on with your life after a difficult loss. Must say, Aldeburgh is currently our new favourite place too. Was the Kessingland site the one by the zoo? Thanks for watching and best wishes to you. Dave & Helen 👍
Great video as always. Haven’t been to Aldeburgh for 37 years, I was pregnant! What a lovely church whoever does the flowers they are wonderful.
Hi Sandra, thanks very much! Do you know, we said the same about the church. A real community feel, inviting, warm and the flowers were beautiful. We loved Aldeburgh, suspect it hasn’t really changed very much over the years. ATB, Helen & Dave 👍
Hi Guys. We have been following you for some time now. After a really rubbish year we are hoping to start “ vanning” again in Sept. We are based in the Cotswolds so East Anglia is not familiar to us -So your vlogs have been a fantastic help in planning a tour in our van. We guess you like the same things as we do after watching your vlog on Concierge camping some time ago. So thanks again and keep up the good work, we may even treat ourselves to one your favourite steaks.
Well Hi Steve, what a lovely comment, thank you very much and thanks for following us. We have only been caravanning for 7 years ourselves but we can honestly say that buying a caravan was the best purchase we have ever made. Hope you have many fun adventures, keep the comments coming, we love them. ATB, Dave & Helen
Aldeburgh bought back some memories. We had friends that owned a cottage near the yacht club. Many a weekend was spent in the pubs in the surrounding area.
Hi Graham, it’s a cracking place. We were eyeing up the pubs and I reckon if we pitch up at Church Farm and walk into town we could do a great pub crawl and all in walking distance of the van. Marvellous 🤩 🍺 Thanks for watching 👍
Hi Dave and Helen. Looks a lovely site. Aldeburgh looks beautiful love the sounds of the sea. The Dolphin looks good and the food looks lovely, the mill house is amazing and well the house in the clouds was stunning x Julie and Tony x
Hi Tony & Julie, Glad you enjoyed it, well worth a visit if you can get that way one day. Cheers, Dave & Helen.
Hi Dave & Helen, really enjoying watching your vlogs.
We are planning a tour of the Norfolk coast next year and finding your vlogs a great help.
We also can't believe the fantastic weather you always seem to have on your travels of late 😀
Ha Ha, thanks, I think we have been lucky (at times) with the weather. Glad you are finding the vlogs useful, we are biased but we love Norfolk & Suffolk. ATB, Dave & Helen.
Hi Dave and Helen, another great vlog thank you. Definitely will be putting that site on our list of places to stay. Cheers Terry
Thanks Terry, yes it's a lovely place, we will visit again in the future. ATB, Dave & Helen.
I so enjoy all your adventures especially when they are by the sea. The North Sea sounds deep and swift channels I would be afraid to swim there. Just my imagination as I have never been there. The UK has such clean well equipped RV Parks always close to restaurants and such. Thank you for another lovely and interesting trip ❤
Hi Virginia, the North Sea can be quite dangerous at times with strong tides and currents. We love to camp by the sea although we live so close to the beach you would think we had never been to the coast. We always appreciate your comments, thank you. Helen & Dave 😊
Absolutely loved Aldeburgh & Thorpeness and Cakes & Ale was a great site 👍
It was really nice
Spent a lot of my childhood at Thorpeness on the boating lake and at Aldeburgh. Thanks for bringing back the memories👍
Hi Mark & Coral, I don’t suppose it’s changed that much but what an amazing place!! We loved it very much. ATB, Dave & Helen 👍
Enjoyed it there didn’t stay at any campsites there went in the car while staying in caister we liked the boating lake
Hi Karl, funnily enough we met people from Gorleston who had just visited for the day. They walked Thorpeness and Aldeburgh then went home. Perfect! The boating lake is really nice. Cheers, Dave & Helen 👍
Oops I’ve been binge watching your vids (along with Mac and Sarah’s vids too) I forgot to subscribe. Done it now 👍🏼 Thanks really enjoying them keep ‘em coming ❤ Im not a wet blanket but always appreciate quiet time policies on campsites as I’m usually ready for bed by 9pm 🤪 Did you know Benjamin Britten lived in Aldebury
Hello again Barbs, thanks for subscribing, glad you’re enjoying the videos. We’re in our lounge pants/night clothes at the earliest opportunity too😂 thanks again, Helen & Dave 👍
Hi Dave and Helen another great video coming to Deer Glade on the 5th 🤞 we were due to go to Lincoln at start of June but the old car's gearbox died 4k to fix so sold it and got a CR-V first trip out from north Shropshire
Hi Andrew, bad luck on the gear box but from what I hear the CR-V is a good workhorse! Hope you have a great trip. Cheers, Dave & Helen.
Hi there Dave & Helen, Delightful towns, a mix of beautiful architecture and good weather to show it off👍. You certainly seem to be enjoying your healthy seafood platters Dave. Oh and Helen, Gail says the flowers are Star Jasmine and yes they do smell gorgeous. We like the private pitches at Church Farm caravan site and we caught a glimpse of Dave having 5 mins on the church bench 🤔. All the best, Rob & Gail 😀
Hi Rob & Gail, I was just sat in quiet reflection o). Lovely place, we know how you love your full service! Thanks as always for watching. Take care, Helen & Dave
What a great video. Another smashing place in east anglia. Thanks very much Dave. 😊
Cheers Greg, made a nice change to get into Suffolk! Thanks for watching, cheers Helen & Dave 👍
That is a lovely site.
And thank you very much for sending some stickers to Germany!
If you see them on a german caravan on your journeys- it might be us!
Well we’re so pleased you got them and we appreciate so much that you take the time to watch our little channel. Happy travels from Helen & Dave 👍
Dave can you get Helen to do a schedule for her planning please another fantastic place I have go back on some of you vloggs and make plans for next year
Hi Paul, ha ha ha, she's quite a dab hand at finding these little gems! As always though, we appreciate you watching and leaving a comment. ATB, Dave & Helen
Another excellent video, love the site and area, the history of the site is very interesting, ATB, Perrin & Marilyn, 😊🛩
Hi Perrin & Marilyn, thanks again for watching and leaving a comment (we love the comments). Agreed! Lovely part of East Anglia and interesting background to the site too. Hope you’re both well. Take care, Helen & Dave 👍
Hi Dave and Helen , another great watch , realy enjoy your videos , you keep putting these lovely sites on are bucket list , I will be retired end of this year so we can have lots more breaks away , i work on a farm so very busy when the sun shines , you were spot on about frenchies chip shop in wells we both said there you go it’s not just us who were disappointed, love your videos thank you again 👍🏻
Hi Paul, very nice comment, thanks! Yes, Frenchies are normally good but we did not enjoy them last visit. Bet you can't wait for retirement, let the adventures begin!! thanks for watching, Dave & Helen
Thanks for taking us along, new places as I have never been there.
Hi Dave & Lindsay, Glad you enjoyed it and thanks as always. Dave & Helen.
Just catching up after our latest holiday. Looks a lovely seaside place and I love how dog friendly it looks. The plants that you guys were admiring aling the front and by the cottages were Jasmine. We have one in a pot in the garden...the smell is divine! Enjoyed the video as always! 😊
Hello, hope you had a great holiday and thanks for watching. It was a lovely area and the smell from what we now know is Jasmine (thanks) was divine, we need to get one for the garden. ATB, Helen & Dave 👍
Definitely another site to add to our ever growing list of places to visit. Another great video 😀
Hi Phillip, you wouldn't regret it. Nice place. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Dave & Helen.
Another great video D & H, shame about the site not opening the facilities block, TC and safe travels, finally pulling my van off the drive on Monday for 5 nights near Folkestone Kent
Hi Neil, thanks so much. Yeah, we like the look of Church Farm, reckon we will give it a go at some point. Hope you have a great stay in Folkestone. We need to get to Kent!!! Cheers, Dave & Helen.
@@HelenandDave the site we use doesn't have any shower facilities (or they didn't when we stayed last)(but they did say they were in the pipeline), but there is another site just down the road (I'll get the name this week) there's plenty to see and do, and by the harbour there's a gorgeous fish and chip shop,
Lovely video of our home county. We have never stayed on Cakes and Ale or Church Farm. We did however visit Aldeburgh after lockdown one in 2020 and it was deserted. Many of the businesses were closed. There are lovely walks in the area which we have tried over the years. Suffolk is a county that has a lot of little hidden treasures but nothing that tourists flock to in their thousands. I guess that keeps the mystery of Suffolk safe. 😃👍🏻 Trev
Hi Trev & Sue, hope you're both well. We had a great time, thoroughly enjoyed Aldeburgh and Thorpeness and we will give Church Farm a try for sure. We are also heading to Woodbridge soon (Moon & Sixpence) and then back to Cliff House, Dulwich again before the end of the summer but we need to do more Suffolk for sure. Take care, Helen & Dave
Great video. Looks a lovely site and beautiful area. Looking forward to visiting it later. 👍
Hi Lesley, cheers for watching. Really lovely in Suffolk. Looking forward to getting back there soon. Cheers, Dave & Helen.
Helen, yes its Orange Blossom. We once had a house with three borders of it and the smell at Dawn and early evening was so so good.
Hi Elaine, thanks very much for that. The smell was lovely and we will need to get some for the garden. Thanks very much for watching. ATB, Dave & Helen.
Did you know that the composer Benjamin Britten is buried in the church yard at Aldeburgh? I love Aldeburgh, Thorpeness and the surrounding area. I used to live in Snape. Did you visit the Snape Maltings? It's definitely worth a visit. It looks like you had a great time. 💕
Hi there, yes, we also noticed that a stain glass window was installed and dedicated to him. It was the most amazing church, we really liked it there. Yes we did nip down to Snape Maltings too, another great place but it was busy so we didn't film there. Overall though, it was one of the nicest stays we have had in a while and we intend to revisit. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Dave & Helen.
Lovely video, DAVE can’t wait to be that way soon 👍
Cheers Ronnie, yep plenty of nice places to visit in Suffolk. See you soon, Dave & Helen.
What a fantastic place who needs go on a plane. Keith wants go. Raining when you went will be Monday when we go. Sooo lucky where you live. Xx
Hi Keith & Alison, we've travelled to many countries around the world all of our lives and since we got a caravan, we haven't left the UK. Not saying we never will but currently no desire to. Hope you have a great trip next week despite the weather. Cheers, Dave & Helen.
Fascinating place ... I'm recovering fast so may have to come over from Shropshire soon ... Thanks for the great video tour 👍
Glad to hear that Gary, a trip away will do you the world of good once you're feeling fit enough.Thanks very much for watching. ATB, Dave & Helen
What a lovely place Aldeburgh is, I think that was Jasmine x
Hi Sue, thanks very much for watching, it was a lovely smell so we will check out thanks. ATB, Dave & Helen.
Hi Dave and Helen,
Another great vlog of what looks a fantastic site and surrounding area.
Think Jo and me are going to have to plan a tour of the area doing 2/3 night stops of some of the sites you have visited.
Looks like you got away with being over the border 😅.
By the way the new towing cover looks really smart from your previous vlog.
Paul and Joanne 👍 😊
Hi Paul & Joanne, thanks very much for watching. Plenty of lovely sites to visit. Yes, no nose bleeds or anything crossing into Suffolk lol. Really pleased with the towing cover but it was very expensive! Take care, Dave & Helen.
Thanks for the reply, enjoy yor your time away 😉
P and J
@@Meggy6571 thanks very much 👍
7:38 Your cameraman is handsome 😁
Ah you noticed ha ha ha. Thanks for watching. Dave & Helen.
Nice place to visit, went there some years ago.
A quick question, who was the title song by .
Hi Joy, thanks, it's quite a place, we loved it too. We source our music from Epidemic Sounds, you can get free for 30 days (no commitment after that) just click this linkshare.epidemicsound.com/o2hbo0
The song is - Even if the sky is falling down by Candelion feat. Cara Dee
Hi I’ve subscribed to you channel we are starting touring again I noticed you haven’t got towing mirrors do you not need them ?
Hi and thanks very much for subscribing, we hope you enjoy the channel. We always tow with towing mirrors, it’s illegal not to have them in the UK. Best wishes, Helen & Dave
@@HelenandDave ok thanks for your reply 👍
There’s a great chippy here…
You Can't beat a good chippy :o)
@@HelenandDave he made me a lovely wardrobe…
Does this site still only accept caravans under 10 years old?
Not sure TBH it changed ownership very recently, here is a link to their website harrisonholidays.com/touring-camping/
Hi really enjoying I have the same caravan, wonder if you help I love everything about it apart from the mattress is not comfortable see you changed yours could you send details we’re you bought it from
Regards
Tracy and Lee
Hi Tracey & Lee, we bought the mattress from Duvaley who supply Swift/Sterling. See the link below. Thanks for watching the channel 👍
www.duvalay.co.uk/caravans/d-lite-alto-mattress
Is the mattress really good and made a difference
@@TracyJohnson-h8h yes, it’s very comfortable, much better than we had. We also got a new bolster. Expensive but we are in the van most weeks 👍
hi - do you know if there is a bus that goes to Aldeburgh please? for us stranded motorhomers? lol
Hi Leanne, apologies for not checking this. I’m sorry to say we didn’t see any bus stops by the park and it is situated up a country lane. Although it’s quite close to Leiston and only 5 minutes to the coast it’s too far to walk. I have looked on their website and can’t see any info on buses pretty sure a bus from Leiston to Aldeburgh is no issue . Sorry about that 🥴
Thinking about it Church Farm at Aldeburgh (in the video) would be ideal for you but no on-site facilities) 👍
@@HelenandDave thank you - happy to use our own facilities as long as it's reflected in the pitch fees 🤔 thank you taking the time to answer my question. X
No probs, we like the look of Church Farm ourselves. ATB, Dave & Helen
@@HelenandDave recently watched the full review that "the frenchies motorhomers" did on church farm 👍 looks good.
how you filming it so steadily?!
Hi Jacob, hope Coningsby was good. This is filmed mainly using a Go Pro Hero 11 black which has amazing stabilisation but I also use a gimbal on the iPhone and Sony ZV1 👍 Cheers 👍
@@HelenandDave awsome thanks!! also Coningsby was great first typhoon of the day went verticall!!
Would you be willing to give your e mail address I would like some advice on getting to sites with an 8.1 motorhome regards Bill
Hi Bill, our e-mail address is caravantastic@hotmail.com. Cheers, Helen & Dave