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York - where it all went wrong

Miscellaneous 19 Jun 2026 5.2 miles

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5.2 miles Distance

21m Moving time

14.4 mph Average speed

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Description: So today was the day it all started going wrong... We never thought we'd manage to get away for 2 months in the Orkneys and Shetland. Would our 20 year old campervan terminally fail it's MoT (it passed first time, next to no advisories), would Trump crater the fuel supplies (well - it only went up to £2 / litre of diesel) or something else? But none of it really happened and we had 7 trouble free weeks of touring (baring the odd couple of hinges in the van). Then, on the way back in Kielder Forest, the midges came in (not too bad) and the grass cutters fired up at 8am in our Forestry car park site (thanks - we'd forgotten to set the alarm clock). But just as we were parked up near Hadrian's Wall considering whether "The Bitch" (Google Maps voice) was taking us down too skimpy a road, we got a call from Sarah - who'd kindly been checking on our house. Was this strange pattern on our lounge ceiling new? Certainly was - and not a good sign. Super, super grateful to Sarah for noticing and calling. Turns out upstairs office carpet is wet and the ceiling above that is wet and flaky. On the plus side Steve D's builders were just over the road and they came in and turned off the mains water. But we suspect we actually have two separate problems. So now in York but looking for quick trip home. Attempts to catch a bus into York from CAMC site outside York failed (roads too busy / buses only run at commuter times). So we've failed to see York and have to pass on the 2nd night here - the most expensive campsite we booked on our 7 weeks away. And to top it off, the Friday night Pizza van at the site has had to throw all his pizzas away due to a "kitchen malfunction" - chappie is more unhappy than even we are. So, in the absence of any interesting GPS tracks around The Shambles or York's city walls, here's the GPS track of our drive to the local supermarket to get some wine to get pissed.
Start: 19 Jun 2026 at 15:56:52
End: 19 Jun 2026 at 16:47:39
Participants: Aidan and Liz
Tags: Orkney and Shetland Returning York