Bolton-le-Sands

11-13 March

Our first trip for more than three months - it seems we are not the hardy winter caravanners we thought we once were!  This trip was primarily to find out if the caravan had survived the ravages of winter, and it has.  The only thing not working was the display on our DAB radio, but we have managed to fix even that now.

Bay View is a huge site full of statics and seasonal tourers that we tend to go to at the beginning or end of the year, when it is quiet.  The new toilet/shower block  is excellent and we asked for and got a pitch not too far from it.

Tuesday

J off work for a week so a Tuesday start and we arrived dead on the earliest arrival time of 1pm.

We spent some time cleaning the inside of the caravan before lunch (without tea, we forgot to bring tea bags) and then got a bus into Lancaster.  Fares capped at £3 here instead of £2 in the Mersey travel area, so not as cheap as it used to be going, but coming back after 7pm the cap is £1 which we thing is a great idea.

We started off wih the two pubs on the canal and then headed into town.  Everywhere was very quiet.  We had dinner in Ayaya Thai restaurant, which we have been to before, and got a bus back to the site around 9pm after picking up some supplies (including tea bags) from Sainsburys.

It was pretty cold in the caravan, we should have put the heating on low before we set of for Lancaster, and it took a while to warm up.

Wednesday

We drove to Arnside for a walk mostly along the coast.

The weather was ok apart from a shower of hailstones just as we were getting back to the car.  It was quite warm at times in the sun.

We had dinner in the caravan and thought about heading back into Lancaster but instead walked along the canal to Carnforth just as it was getting dark.  We have been to the Snug micropub at Carnforth station before and whilst it was a bit lacking in atmosphere mid week D was delighted to see Hawkshead Taranaki on tap.  A beer sampled at the last Hawkshead brewery beer festival that he hasn't seen since and a great end to the trip.

Thursday

A very uneventful journey home.

Coming soon...

A three night trip to Castlerigg Hall, Keswick.