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This is night No 76/2018 living in my caravan. It's my second night at Barnard Castle C&MC Site in County Durham. Got up around 0630 to a drizzly morning. It was forecast to be raining, so it was probably better than predicted. The weather continued to improve throughout the day. The first walk was round the site's own dog meadow, then after breakfast I took the dogs a walk into Deepdale Wood. I followed a track which seemed to get more and more overgrown, and after about 40mins, had to turn back and retrace my footsteps. When I checked the map back at the van, I had actually followed a stream known as Ray Gill, instead of the Deepdale Beck. Great names for stretches of water! I don't know why (?) but I hadn't packed enough underwear for this trip. Instead of laundering every couple of days, I decided to increase the stock by finding the nearest Asda. Google to the rescue, nearby Bishop Auckland had an Asda. Headed out on the 10-12mile journey passing thr...