'ookesbury Park - didn't quite get the R in... Rookesbury Park is a private estate near Wickham in Hampshire, and on it, hidden away in the woods, is Rookesbury Park Caravan & Motorhome Club site, which is where I and Mrs GH spent a long weekend for our second trip out in 'Hector'... Hector with his top - popped ...our recently acquired Eriba Troll caravan. Technically owners of Eriba caravans don't go caravanning, they go 'Eriba-ing'.. It's a niche thing... If you are compelled to know more about Eribas - this blog is a very informative and amusing read. Sunset over Rookesbury Park Rookesbury Park is a really nice woodland site with excellent facilities (toilest/showers etc) and the reception area sports a nice display of tyre planters... Hippie Minion? ...and other garden art.... Not an Eriba Even the dog walk area had some garden art... Brambil - sit! Another nice little touch (attached to the front of the toilet/shower block), was a coll
GH 'basking in the limelight of his dog' (BRAPA quote*) I sarted writing this post 10 months ago... ...it's had a long gestation period... ...I haven't blogged since before the pandemic... ...maybe I've just been useless at doing my blog... ...or it could even be 'bloggers block'. I've now decided to change the blog title, by removing the '...To The Pub' bit, just in case I go somewhere else worth blogging about other than a pub (you never know!). I suppose the downside of this is that all my previous posts will also have the new heading, and look wrong (possibly). Anyway back to the post. Consider it a compilation post as I've visited this place a number of times since it opened a couple of years ago (warning...there may be some continuity issues with the photos). The Dusty Barrel, Pylewell Precinct, Hythe, Hants is the newest addition to Hythe's pub scene and the first real micropub. When I say 'real micropub' I'm not a