Great time in Graffham with good friends.

During our 2015 tour of France we were very lucky to meet some lovely people who have now become very good friends.   Irene & Derek live in Portsmouth so after what seemed an awful lot of "can you make this date?" conversations we finally managed to book this weekend away - halfway between Portsmouth and Crawley is roughly about Graffham where there just happens to be a caravan site  http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/westsussex/petworth/graffham.

Lovely campsite, lots of pitches hidden in the woods, lovely friendly wardens.   The site is in the South Downs National Park and is one of the "12 areas in the country undisturbed by light pollution" (her words, not mine) - hence there were no lights at night except in the toilet blocks. http://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=8&lat=6648977&lon=-54915&layers=B0TFFFF

As you can imagine there was an awful lot of talking and a lot of wine consumed but what a lovely time we had.   Saturday we had lunch at http://www.thecricketersduncton.co.uk/ - very nice too, well worth a visit if you're in the area but probably best to book.   Then in the evening we all got together for "nibbles" and watched Strictly and X Factor - what a perfect evening with good friends.

Photo bombed by Rosie!

The weather during the day, considering it was mid-October, was really quite pleasant and I sat outside in a t-shirt reading my book for a little while, but come the night time, my goodness did it rain!   I woke about 1am and saw this bright light coming through the skylight, when I looked it was the moon (almost a full one), but the brightness was just beautiful.