‘This is great dog-walking country. An Iron Age settlement and a Saxon cemetery have also been found on the hills here’
Duration
Three nights
When
June 2023
Why?
Discover excellent destinations right on your doorstep!
Usually, weekend wanderings in our motorhome take us to areas two or three hours’ drive from home – far enough to feel ‘away’ without spending the entire weekend driving to and from our destination. Recently, though, I realised that this leaves us with a wide circle of potential touring spots and interesting places, all just an hour or so away.
One of these is the National Herb Centre, in Warmington, which is just a bit too far for a relaxing afternoon out, but closer than we would normally consider for a weekend.
Being keen on ‘growing my own’, to coin a phrase, I have long wanted to visit, but never quite got around to it. Until a few weeks ago, that is, when we decided to spend a weekend at Fir Tree Campsite, near Banbury,