| Its a tradition in our family that we go camping in the | | | | under the steep side of the hill behind the camping |
| first week of July. You will need to know that we | | | | site. We spend our days wandering through the |
| are a large family. I was one of nine children and we | | | | villages and the hills, looking at the orchids that bloom |
| have all married (sometimes more than once) and we | | | | on the chalk hills and in the evening we bar-b-queue |
| all have children and some of those now have | | | | and tell a lot of jokes. In some one of the villages |
| children too and it is great to have three generations | | | | there is a pub called the Plough Inn that till a few |
| of one family all enjoying themselves in this lovely | | | | years ago, still served real ale from a pitcher that the |
| part of the World . So when I say the family goes | | | | landlady brought up from the cellar. Great beer but |
| camping I mean about 40 strong most years and we | | | | sadly the brewery modernised it. We have seen glow |
| come from all over Britain and Canada and as many | | | | worms most years in these fields and the bats that |
| of us as possible always make the effort. We have a | | | | fly across the hills here are not your common or |
| special arrangement with a campsite called White | | | | garden pipistrels, these are big bats, probably |
| Mark which is near Watlington, just off the M40 at | | | | horseshoe bats. |
| Junction 6 and deep in the Chilterns. This is red kite | | | | The site has all the facilities you could want: toilets, |
| country and these lovely birds can be seen flying in | | | | showers, wash facilities, an on-site shop and facilities |
| the updrafts over the Chilterns. | | | | for motor homes: electric and water hook ups, hard |
| The owner of the site sets aside a field for the | | | | pitches etc. This is a well provisioned, clean and |
| family invasion every year. Its not that we are | | | | thoughtful site, set in a beautiful position on a hill |
| disruptive, but 40 odd people inevitably make a bit of | | | | overlooking the River Thames valley. A site we |
| noise and need a lot of space, so we have a large | | | | would highly recommend to any campers. |
| field to ourselves set away from the other fields and | | | | |
