August 2021 – Duggies Adventures

13 – 15 August 2021

This was our second visit to Elan Oaks in Duggie but our first with Buddy, our Cypriot rescue hound who thinks the motorhome belongs to him. He’s a timid kind of guy although whenever the motorhome is on the drive being prepared for a trip he jumps in and refuses to leave!

Elan Valley is a short hour and half journey for us so after work on Friday it’s jump in the van and off we go (repacking was completed the day before!).

At Elan Oaks once through the barrier you head to the motorhome field where all the pitches are fully serviced. It’s a ‘choose your own’ pitch site so we chose the pitch we had stayed in previously for no other reason than it was available.

We arrived to rain and it continued through the night which wasn’t great for the cycling we’d planned. We decided to go for a walk to the Elan Vally visitors centre in the rain and try cycling in the dry later.

It’s just beautiful and so much scenery everywhere you look. We got rained off so didn’t make it to the other side of Caban Coch Dam but our first blog has more photos and information:

Elan Valley First Visit

Graham managed to get out on his bike in the evening but the rest of us decided to relax in Duggie and read in beautiful surroundings.

Buddy seemed to think that he called shotgun for the journey home…

31 July – 2 August 2021

Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the 3.7 miles long by 0.5 miles wide lake.

We stayed a Glanllyn Caravan and Camping Park which is situated next to the Lake and perfect for kayaking and paddle boarding.

The site itself was well run with all the main facilities and services to the pitch.

We had a walk around the site as aside from the lake and its exciting activities, it boasts stunning scenery.

The next day our eldest son Toby and his girlfriend Nicole joined us for the day. Day visitors are charged at £10 per car which isn’t bad as it was a nice day out for them.