July 7,2012 Still England

We've been moving along and find that I may need a phone so got one in Chichester for $20. and a sim card for $10.We need it to call ahead to some campgrounds to see if we can get in.This is the start of their busy season.We are noticing that everything is expensive here.Diesel has been around 1.56 pounds a liter.Campgrounds are high as well.We have the ACSI club card and have  been using it when we can.They charge you to park everywhere and they also have barriers so you can't get into some places.This certainly isn't Europe.All sites charge to see things so we bought the English Heritage card that lets us into a lot sites for free.We'll get our money's worth out of this card.We came to Portsmouth and wanted to visit the town,well of course they are not RV friendly.We finally found a street parking and hopped a bus down to the warf.Later we wondering where we were going to stay.The only place we could find was a campsite for 28 pounds.We took it but was complaining all night.28 pounds equals around 48 US dollars for the night.The next 2 nights we were able to stay at a ACSI campground for 14 pound a night. This was beautifully landscaped and had hardstandings to park the Rv very nice.It's been raining most everyday.Hope to have photos next blog.