Cumbria again, and another familiar site - the Caravan Club site at Coniston. Or to be exact the Caravan and Motorhome Club site, following its recent name change.
Saturday
Another Saturday start, but we weren't worried about finding a good pitch as there were over 100 free on late availability. Too much choice is a bad thing for us and we ended up driving around the site a few times before somewhere we liked, near the bottom of the site. We usually go for the top of the site, but it was closed on this occasion. A lot of trees have been cut down over the winter and the site seems more open now, although it might just be that there are no leaves on the trees yet.
Our bird feeder was an instant success this weekend, and we spotted a new bird...a willow tit. No pic to prove it.
Coniston is just under two miles away, but it is a nice walk through a campsite and fields. Lots of groups in the campsite, the only rule they seem to have is no gazebos, although we did see what looked like one!
There are three nice pubs in Coniston and we frequented them all, with dinner in the Black Bull.
Sunday
A lovely day today, blue sky, hardly any wind, but not too warm. Perfect for walking.
One of the first proper walks we did when we started walking was Coniston Old Man, but we can't remember much about it so it seemed like a good idea to do it again. We are running out of new places to go in this area anyway!
The Walna Scar "car park" is a great place to start, it saves having to walk up from Coniston. We got there early, knowing it would fill up quickly on a day like today. Didn't see many people until we got to Low water, but it was quite busy after that. The summit was quite crowded and we were passed by lots of runners on the way down. Here are some pics from the walk.
Coniston's mining heritage
Low water reflections
Looking down on Goats water
An early start meant an early finish, so we lounged around the caravan in the afternoon. Lots of birds to watch, the site was very peaceful.
After dinner we headed back into Coniston for more drinks in the same three pubs. None of them were overly busy, but at least we weren't the only ones there...we have been in the past on a Sunday night!
Monday
A bit more cloud about today, and rain forecast in the evening. We drove to not too far away Blawith Knott, a smallish hill near...you guessed it...Blawith. We pass these hills on the A5092 whenever we go to Ravenglass and keep meaning to visit them. Actually you can't see Blawith Knott from the A5092, it's behind Great Burney, but there aren't any geocaches there and we wanted to do a bit of geocaching.
J looking for a geocache
Then we drove to Ulverston for a look around the shops and lunch, before heading back to the site. Sat outside the caravan until it started to rain, then retreated inside for a quiet night in. It was too wet to go anywhere. We hadn't really noticed that our pitch was under a tree, but we noticed it in the night!
Tuesday
Up early, away early and home before midday.
Coming soon...
Easter is looming, sites are getting full. We will probably stay at home until the end of the month and avoid the crowds. Somewhere other that Cumbria next.
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