title A Spot of Camping, Alton Water, Stutton, Suffolk - 1st September 2018 intro It's time for some more camping in the van, this time at the recently-opened Alton Water campsite, as run - perhaps unexpectedly - by Anglian Water. The site's new as of this year, and so it's mostly a field but with nice new toilets and showers, but the overall location is great with Alton Water being much like a miniature Rutland, including a dam at one end. We even do a similar ride around the lake, with woodland, hills and a couple of pubs - it's just that it's a manageable eight miles around, rather than the 20 or so of a full spin around Rutland Water. imgp4113 A macro photo of a 10p coin imgp4114 The boys cycle to Eye as Evelyn and Isobel run imgp4115 Isobel and the boys in Cafeye, Eye imgp4116 Isobel looks wistfully out of the window imgp4118 Fred shows off some Lego imgp4119 Fred roams around imgp4120 Everyone assembles for a bike ride imgp4121 Cycling over the dam imgp4124 Harry on the path over the dam imgp4128 The resevoir overflow would be a fun waterslide imgp4131 Isobel consults the map imgp4133 On the bike path around the resevoir imgp4136 We stop for a blackberry break imgp4138 Isobel and Harry, with his one-geared bike, catch up imgp4141 There's more blackberry picking imgp4143 Fred looks around imgp4145 Everyone else joins in with the blackberry picking imgp4151 The Tattingstone White Horse's cool wooden horse imgp4152 The White Horse, Tattingstone imgp4155 Harry and Fred get back on their bikes imgp4157 Back at the campsite imgp4162 Harry goes over to see the dogs imgp4168 Dave the puppy's done something naughty again imgp4170 Isobel looks round imgp4175 A duck floats around by the limnological tower imgp4176 The resevoir is a bit "police state" imgp4180 Harry's got a blanket cape imgp4185 Harry roams around in a blanket disguise imgp4187 Dave the puppy looks around imgp4188 Harry looks like some kind of tartan Bedouin imgp4191 Fred helps with washing up, whilst Harry watches imgp4196 Sunset over a caravan imgp4200 Fred bats something away imgp4201 Our pitches in the sunset imgp4204 A game of rounders is afoot imgp4206 Fred's in bat imgp4210 There's a queue to get into bat imgp4214 Meanwhile, some of the children play volleyball imgp4218 It's marshmallow on a stick time imgp4227 Fred's got a glowstick imgp4247 There's lots of fun with glowsticks in the dark imgp4248 More glowstick action imgp4250 Some glowsticks are hurled into the air imgp4257 Fred and Harry imgp4268 The next morning, Fred plays some guitar imgp4271 Fred on his bike, down by the resevoir