tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60473951042056559512024-03-08T11:33:53.696+00:00Our caravan blogFollow our caravan blog as we travel around the country in our Lunar Venus 490 caravanOur Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-27010916271629304642024-03-05T17:09:00.005+00:002024-03-06T23:07:41.303+00:00Bolton-le-Sands<p> 1st to 3rd March 2024</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Back on the road after a three month break, this was really just a fact finding trip to see if the caravan had survived the winter. Outside we know it would be ok because it has just been serviced and washed, but inside...</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bay View is only a short drive from our storage site, so perfect for a first trip of the year. We arrived dead on 1pm and didn't need to use the mover after an excellent display of reversing from D.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3KmajDcYTuqg4GMtmDmeaAnTUi4Qbu9ncqIQitI897cXbr5ZnMjzHKLsbHSi3T4TDLFj9n_Er3sXGMiTZ6TryJBpEzYxRZxdpjAruD4j3XNnutPydQBdDGr-DAxCuAdPFUABDrgoMNtG1K_X3vvJ6jB_xc2T4ACyxGRScdLc90NJFLZkwQIC0oUgXyI9/s5472/P1010254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3KmajDcYTuqg4GMtmDmeaAnTUi4Qbu9ncqIQitI897cXbr5ZnMjzHKLsbHSi3T4TDLFj9n_Er3sXGMiTZ6TryJBpEzYxRZxdpjAruD4j3XNnutPydQBdDGr-DAxCuAdPFUABDrgoMNtG1K_X3vvJ6jB_xc2T4ACyxGRScdLc90NJFLZkwQIC0oUgXyI9/s320/P1010254.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Our allocated pitch was a bit further than we would have liked from the facilites, but ok. We were pleased to see a new facilites block under construction, which will make this a truly five start site. The old facilities were ok but the new ones look much better. We will be back later in the year to check it out.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Everything inside the caravan was ok, apart from a problem with the pump which was easily sorted.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This site is handy for getting a bus into Lancaster and that is what we did after lunch. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">After a look around the shops we had an excellent dinner in a Thai restaurant <a href="https://www.arayathailancaster.com/">araya thai</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvh5jbUWC9YVrdpBYXHOoKPiiOiO4RqFQlTJSwpxHJivm6o-UA8flnylGkksp7r7yyEREQtEuyyF7pdnTWEbmx9MBnsPxL5QpW66H7yOekIDNiVKBOPghc-sTQq04rfsvSFDnsCPahXukX_OTxbPfM7ZGL0JEUEwk6JawZpjPEVtim1ZEdH3lDnyLbSNM/s4032/IMG_4090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvh5jbUWC9YVrdpBYXHOoKPiiOiO4RqFQlTJSwpxHJivm6o-UA8flnylGkksp7r7yyEREQtEuyyF7pdnTWEbmx9MBnsPxL5QpW66H7yOekIDNiVKBOPghc-sTQq04rfsvSFDnsCPahXukX_OTxbPfM7ZGL0JEUEwk6JawZpjPEVtim1ZEdH3lDnyLbSNM/s320/IMG_4090.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">followed by drinks in the Stonewall Tap, our favourite pub in Lancaster.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bad weather was forecast for today, but undaunted we set off for a walk along the canal to Carnforth. Once there the weather seemed ok so we decided to get a train to Grange-over-Sands and had a walk along the promenade. It did rain a bit! Not many pics. D found a 'Happy Bench' but managed to get off it before anybody came to talk to him</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlivABSCugtLT88vGabQbeIpgyagmtQSq95a5Mi9ydPh6v6ieNLXIVYJbGVJqa1EBtiGlg7IrU9UBswM0IOev6c7ZZxqhkzs3mMgwRhEKj8oIbzpgkSponqkYu-vDqyW32pbx9XxKyFtRUyVkwqWuRvxX8KI4kUoK8ZrHjUYRrg6lVwq3-HNchdjXDvTF/s4032/IMG_4093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlivABSCugtLT88vGabQbeIpgyagmtQSq95a5Mi9ydPh6v6ieNLXIVYJbGVJqa1EBtiGlg7IrU9UBswM0IOev6c7ZZxqhkzs3mMgwRhEKj8oIbzpgkSponqkYu-vDqyW32pbx9XxKyFtRUyVkwqWuRvxX8KI4kUoK8ZrHjUYRrg6lVwq3-HNchdjXDvTF/w314-h235/IMG_4093.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwTHAGBsjV9ANZlA4uCzvs5TlVtAcRyS4hzLO2LBNZDdlkItznnMFyGTj7ulPJRihEVcwUsv7RuzYQgrxSMUUhtU9RkJesmUO5hUQyJCk0coL0nlbCfBtKBcJJFm7WOjmYv60SlvowrM8rZdhsaM0u9_-cK9Rr9nzGzI9wlAd7v3iRxurJevOj3Mv3PGZ/s5472/P1010256.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwTHAGBsjV9ANZlA4uCzvs5TlVtAcRyS4hzLO2LBNZDdlkItznnMFyGTj7ulPJRihEVcwUsv7RuzYQgrxSMUUhtU9RkJesmUO5hUQyJCk0coL0nlbCfBtKBcJJFm7WOjmYv60SlvowrM8rZdhsaM0u9_-cK9Rr9nzGzI9wlAd7v3iRxurJevOj3Mv3PGZ/s320/P1010256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsSizjXteOSBhf-xikICwrA9EoYyDMwG0HgpsIAzKVIxJy_UirBFMhKUBb3d8R5gQEdovxsopDM6UgQBF5vAvvlxjFrhodQ8U2HBcjnSRiOS-uUzTHk_9ntA96qFhR2pK19hZ6F5SHMlYRh7SdCB3MdQe1ZamAvAn4nhCRchbz1vF55Qd2cmGVzPYf3LV/s5472/P1010258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsSizjXteOSBhf-xikICwrA9EoYyDMwG0HgpsIAzKVIxJy_UirBFMhKUBb3d8R5gQEdovxsopDM6UgQBF5vAvvlxjFrhodQ8U2HBcjnSRiOS-uUzTHk_9ntA96qFhR2pK19hZ6F5SHMlYRh7SdCB3MdQe1ZamAvAn4nhCRchbz1vF55Qd2cmGVzPYf3LV/s320/P1010258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We got back to the site about 4pm and the weather had improved, so D went for a walk from the site. No beach, just mudflats, but pretty good views.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTxpzRSFZ0uL5prfh0t5bGeuIz48woZS3v35dil_4mz_BxfnmKTwCjiUiw2L54AVU0pXx4omO_t3HOa1i10OSiNL9MV4Inn3gqvA-3eXKxZGuLKz5b0wijqbmlY8NdmGBNABXL9ZQMJRaqcXj4wGQJKyI2yYx5WtOazrTXJ91n6G4zutEqcHjtiya2NBd/s5472/P1010268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTxpzRSFZ0uL5prfh0t5bGeuIz48woZS3v35dil_4mz_BxfnmKTwCjiUiw2L54AVU0pXx4omO_t3HOa1i10OSiNL9MV4Inn3gqvA-3eXKxZGuLKz5b0wijqbmlY8NdmGBNABXL9ZQMJRaqcXj4wGQJKyI2yYx5WtOazrTXJ91n6G4zutEqcHjtiya2NBd/s320/P1010268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOaY2mw-Nx_bhztDWC34K763n5oJ-Rllm5p_4FNg8WWrQTcoVKz5KvIIaCeiX4BkLg9rqrstcd5DJnNfQl8q3Bi8Y1kuVmD4rvV2Tvh1K6RCYp7WPe7wNuV3FHbjs5dvqBVfENJbmYNTLTumSRMLkeQPDGKg9Um9t5hHdoWdDPTcOK7k7HMuCZT3c8_v7/s5472/P1010281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOaY2mw-Nx_bhztDWC34K763n5oJ-Rllm5p_4FNg8WWrQTcoVKz5KvIIaCeiX4BkLg9rqrstcd5DJnNfQl8q3Bi8Y1kuVmD4rvV2Tvh1K6RCYp7WPe7wNuV3FHbjs5dvqBVfENJbmYNTLTumSRMLkeQPDGKg9Um9t5hHdoWdDPTcOK7k7HMuCZT3c8_v7/s320/P1010281.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then a night in, drinking wine and listening to the radio. Meatballs for dinner.<div><br /></div><div><u>Sunday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>We tried the mover and it worked...after a while The journey home was uneventful.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div><br /></div><div>Looks like the caravan is good to go for another year so a trip further afield in a couple of weeks...Coniston or Keswick, maybe.<br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-84014876568017873652023-11-18T18:16:00.001+00:002023-11-18T18:16:57.450+00:00Pooley Bridge<p> 15th to 18th November</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A few days off work so a mid week trip for a change, Wednesday to Friday. Hillcroft Park is a good pick at this time of year because it is only a short walk into the village of Pooley Bridge and doesn't get too full.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2fFZUbnIs7vwm2n9yEZcv9klDvagVeFic2XJs_-LtDGrMSJcHdX1A0cybGqH1e9CAxsrfE-dHwTNPDZUya2RQFZooPLbLxu2me4amEQ5sES8g4HBqdZsWhY-fRUgZignlDBQIfRelHdXuH-Djr9nC2wjbXeB-TRY_YhlYML0MDvsx9jcSCg6bYmgmSJe/s2090/IMG_0270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2fFZUbnIs7vwm2n9yEZcv9klDvagVeFic2XJs_-LtDGrMSJcHdX1A0cybGqH1e9CAxsrfE-dHwTNPDZUya2RQFZooPLbLxu2me4amEQ5sES8g4HBqdZsWhY-fRUgZignlDBQIfRelHdXuH-Djr9nC2wjbXeB-TRY_YhlYML0MDvsx9jcSCg6bYmgmSJe/s320/IMG_0270.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thankfully overnight winds of 40+ mph had died down by the time we collected the caravan from our storage site, but it was still a not very pleasant journey on the M6.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On arrival the site was almost empty, just one other caravan setting up on the pitch next to ours and a few motorhomes. What are the chances? They probably thought the same! Pitches are well separated by mature hedges so it didn't really matter anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm94gNrTrfj_-S5uSn3CLy5RDH0RcdIoxquQRXW6IROLQKTFQEAYLVHgYyh616VdfLmZdfUH_8Ufhl-b52WDZWZ4ED3f638Ws8hPbw6XyRc0oGeexiqDpYYMxinEtuPTvBL0__s9wgomZ0QTJIdMv5SYD-5e0pZfajAD4RaqCjXPNzJpMPJmnTyX6SBKU/s5472/P1010169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm94gNrTrfj_-S5uSn3CLy5RDH0RcdIoxquQRXW6IROLQKTFQEAYLVHgYyh616VdfLmZdfUH_8Ufhl-b52WDZWZ4ED3f638Ws8hPbw6XyRc0oGeexiqDpYYMxinEtuPTvBL0__s9wgomZ0QTJIdMv5SYD-5e0pZfajAD4RaqCjXPNzJpMPJmnTyX6SBKU/s320/P1010169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It rained quite a bit in the afternoon so we waited for it to ease before walking down into Pooley Bridge for dinner in the Pooley Bridge Inn followed by their pub quiz. We didn't come last and got the same score as the team we marked, so no shame. Quite an expensive night, due in no small part to the second bottle of NZ sauvignon! Excellent food and wine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Thursday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No walking today because the weather forecast wasn't very good. Instead we got a bus into Penrith and had a look around the castle and in the shops.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BgZFadDOMQzxvxECfWfimLk0ZU20ICty3UADDWSuhzhpSM38wxncE3dwcWIqVbLwd86B9BLvFG-1MaxIYcCPeJDs0yf2Vabsvqvyg36Ihlw-phZtYFN5K8Yhoa97AgpAVyGN9aoD0E81iCjlU-SRE4jvXs_vqMc_yTgBHDJLzlyolwQF6R-l9UARfaRw/s3896/IMG_0262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3896" data-original-width="2902" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BgZFadDOMQzxvxECfWfimLk0ZU20ICty3UADDWSuhzhpSM38wxncE3dwcWIqVbLwd86B9BLvFG-1MaxIYcCPeJDs0yf2Vabsvqvyg36Ihlw-phZtYFN5K8Yhoa97AgpAVyGN9aoD0E81iCjlU-SRE4jvXs_vqMc_yTgBHDJLzlyolwQF6R-l9UARfaRw/s320/IMG_0262.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzR3YiU7ZpKhgqXq_yCYouAfQmqssqGo1vTbWIAoyeQUnf7RkOmKsgdAIdbd4uBRIrpU3YVafOyFOMY3mTj6NjzNRjYJQ6B9i6-Wh3reE4TFLctXCE3Krou3OiD-wwcQpB-iAn1ODu5m0fLd1CSa_kQBzJQw4LugKaiORwXsYk_5sIJUMQwgvzXWfgTnt2/s3855/IMG_0263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3855" data-original-width="2851" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzR3YiU7ZpKhgqXq_yCYouAfQmqssqGo1vTbWIAoyeQUnf7RkOmKsgdAIdbd4uBRIrpU3YVafOyFOMY3mTj6NjzNRjYJQ6B9i6-Wh3reE4TFLctXCE3Krou3OiD-wwcQpB-iAn1ODu5m0fLd1CSa_kQBzJQw4LugKaiORwXsYk_5sIJUMQwgvzXWfgTnt2/s320/IMG_0263.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Penrith isn't really a toruist town and the only decent pub (in our opinion) didn't open until 4pm, so no drinking today. Probably not a bad thing. We had lunch in a cafe and got a bus back to the site before it got dark.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Entertainment on site courtesy of red squirrels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBTMwgqJLb_fftwi-JHbebfWrHwbS-chosZpVDzNs9-VmlR3pBakpQfxiLD_dWW5QqnV_KzIYgvpwtIsEJzExQTEPAux3DkAUgagJjiWdPHVNTdpbK-SGytZAk2RppT9_Fo9PKf94w8EqmxLS9rWRlTNPsIP18bAqGZnIZcdSY1B3TafCGl7VNEuhm6B-/s3393/P1010179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3393" data-original-width="2900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBTMwgqJLb_fftwi-JHbebfWrHwbS-chosZpVDzNs9-VmlR3pBakpQfxiLD_dWW5QqnV_KzIYgvpwtIsEJzExQTEPAux3DkAUgagJjiWdPHVNTdpbK-SGytZAk2RppT9_Fo9PKf94w8EqmxLS9rWRlTNPsIP18bAqGZnIZcdSY1B3TafCGl7VNEuhm6B-/s320/P1010179.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMY9OUhDQfDhDMSqPOR4Yj6fyRPrqewVpdHrLO0hQ3YU1WtzymoX4XEB8ehyphenhyphenPfTGXQaJNivpdak7naNpa_Gk6cYHazCSEU15ZqpRIVS7jOV6YZyT32UjgM63Sab37nQ5C8H411ajRRUXNIWCWUQAnwuSxuwbJI6HMoKaAKGz7vDzGPq-A6qdKLYhVIW0g/s3463/P1010182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="3334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQMY9OUhDQfDhDMSqPOR4Yj6fyRPrqewVpdHrLO0hQ3YU1WtzymoX4XEB8ehyphenhyphenPfTGXQaJNivpdak7naNpa_Gk6cYHazCSEU15ZqpRIVS7jOV6YZyT32UjgM63Sab37nQ5C8H411ajRRUXNIWCWUQAnwuSxuwbJI6HMoKaAKGz7vDzGPq-A6qdKLYhVIW0g/s320/P1010182.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrJudhJVJaWA199j5uqN4duAqddfbWxWB68wZNMgm2KdgofW-VM1sCSo0LNIfHRl57vtRwJ7TvJbH3fymP_1wWfhgFEF-7ezFSUayRHgsY6XdS7OWa8hxXUdiqxxE-iNNXnHufMl39c-slAymaxtx5FH5dimRWhrsR806A-rd3dx_fUwfuzzhdjRZbqHA/s3488/P1010185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3488" data-original-width="3089" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrJudhJVJaWA199j5uqN4duAqddfbWxWB68wZNMgm2KdgofW-VM1sCSo0LNIfHRl57vtRwJ7TvJbH3fymP_1wWfhgFEF-7ezFSUayRHgsY6XdS7OWa8hxXUdiqxxE-iNNXnHufMl39c-slAymaxtx5FH5dimRWhrsR806A-rd3dx_fUwfuzzhdjRZbqHA/s320/P1010185.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBBIELacpwkpe_IUJy0BSwvgPx6azTP8VX1r1h2RJRcPV10muKYbDXHdEJlf7xcT8KPHE2mOhiQTw8hZ4hNLZvnZuR9-CTRYPknE05n4ofaJHlKexfupnh6k7NHBFxbz06C3mgLJyu2enyu2Mpo4F1GDmgQECv0LFqebiOn05oQeGZdSfSBkp9kvfmg7u/s2180/P1010236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="2180" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBBIELacpwkpe_IUJy0BSwvgPx6azTP8VX1r1h2RJRcPV10muKYbDXHdEJlf7xcT8KPHE2mOhiQTw8hZ4hNLZvnZuR9-CTRYPknE05n4ofaJHlKexfupnh6k7NHBFxbz06C3mgLJyu2enyu2Mpo4F1GDmgQECv0LFqebiOn05oQeGZdSfSBkp9kvfmg7u/s320/P1010236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAzGS5LdD9YAPuhg5sI785iRnL4BHvR9ppih0nUutUvA7MdFu0Xa_f8BDUeHBqP6suktRD0K2DC82MNUTdawqU36PqOuK1n53fjl6TFZy6KqW6cGzdz8UpW8uS-LsbZNvXarN0nZs5tpqqITtQUnnfsS8DMTF940dKiheWQhzJ6cAVWizTm86zj0QvSAZ/s3763/P1010249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="3763" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAzGS5LdD9YAPuhg5sI785iRnL4BHvR9ppih0nUutUvA7MdFu0Xa_f8BDUeHBqP6suktRD0K2DC82MNUTdawqU36PqOuK1n53fjl6TFZy6KqW6cGzdz8UpW8uS-LsbZNvXarN0nZs5tpqqITtQUnnfsS8DMTF940dKiheWQhzJ6cAVWizTm86zj0QvSAZ/s320/P1010249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Friday</u><div><br /></div><div>We are loving the £2 bus fares and got the 508 to Patterdale for a walk up and down Arnison Crag, 433 metres. Our 12th Wainwright of the year.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUre3PpfExCK_ZY4o7JQYmiM5Lz_jX4yFVqxzrKvtr1mFJ8mH5zEtyARjpxdTVpe46kbhZE4Ocjfu-QjJalCMpjTugbmd1BOGbiJZV5MnN1mSPsBrBDQChOn6xfycI2JgOLI2nV8heBZmr1aCMG6SOnDQ4vsS1ANJMNJu_tCsjyAihv7Zrk2GiO9Rp6WOx/s3697/P1010186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3389" data-original-width="3697" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUre3PpfExCK_ZY4o7JQYmiM5Lz_jX4yFVqxzrKvtr1mFJ8mH5zEtyARjpxdTVpe46kbhZE4Ocjfu-QjJalCMpjTugbmd1BOGbiJZV5MnN1mSPsBrBDQChOn6xfycI2JgOLI2nV8heBZmr1aCMG6SOnDQ4vsS1ANJMNJu_tCsjyAihv7Zrk2GiO9Rp6WOx/s320/P1010186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFNJQ7sPbsfPnrgHg4Fhyphenhyphen5PstPBeKKEdYmnBmRtHSaXvPhJVRA0DbJ31qv7CtEI_VwGdKzjvnyLerp3M0mTisUxHROfr15z1IssR9RH5gHm2mBCJqmwNsypb_Q0kmp16thKkEteLrJwwTUX6j5bMJVWUFLlaylOELviD5NL7CldljcPtcqm_w_0xXUeuh/s859/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="807" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFNJQ7sPbsfPnrgHg4Fhyphenhyphen5PstPBeKKEdYmnBmRtHSaXvPhJVRA0DbJ31qv7CtEI_VwGdKzjvnyLerp3M0mTisUxHROfr15z1IssR9RH5gHm2mBCJqmwNsypb_Q0kmp16thKkEteLrJwwTUX6j5bMJVWUFLlaylOELviD5NL7CldljcPtcqm_w_0xXUeuh/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A mile there and a mile back. We thought about carrying on to Birks and St Sunday Crag but decided against it as we were both recovering from colds. We will tackle them another day. Excellent weather for walking.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxaz_z-uGjAS_3i2fitysqqxPdtHlrYtx1rG5M_QW17z6DFrggztR4bFGrM0k96exBNsZ_51ZCmx9KWAQPVoEs4Og2-zp0lwZbCyHg95GqJeCqtqxvT-mGHgt31qGcELLqdTyJ2I3yGNbZu3GSWm4xYoDGwp6PDShPK4gUc8uYu-EfWNsGInJB6ZOPQpb/s5472/P1010194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxaz_z-uGjAS_3i2fitysqqxPdtHlrYtx1rG5M_QW17z6DFrggztR4bFGrM0k96exBNsZ_51ZCmx9KWAQPVoEs4Og2-zp0lwZbCyHg95GqJeCqtqxvT-mGHgt31qGcELLqdTyJ2I3yGNbZu3GSWm4xYoDGwp6PDShPK4gUc8uYu-EfWNsGInJB6ZOPQpb/s320/P1010194.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3hmOMoPKqpE6Kv2W1cwkbCuTY5KQiWA7qD3wi8ROD6vr0KDvZ8k8Xeu421GF7c9lNkFqh5U9XxLGoPDoRrCDJBBpWW_iMFht-h1fNgiJnbeOQ4A5zCjx7l3fqz7M2bW33Nvfa0IC8bVGcCLRoUohDCOiLOQVf5nDl1EH-_mPxrpUCOBOnDolz_ZgiM6W/s5472/P1010205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ41TsyyrSemolRQpf1JRU45bqyTf5FIJxyJpqLO1zzt8-Rev8fDxEHCOmrN-CdCm-eFJZUwXXtlY9QVb4jqr8cCwM1NtcOV9h6j2kSGNoOTKDPyCx5Mp8wtMfnUSIKSB0xzmVCDCafAiKcxPMHG4Y9ZCI7TXdeRTxavEa0CbBf-Bmduh7hygLZfDVtruu/s5287/P1010216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3413" data-original-width="5287" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ41TsyyrSemolRQpf1JRU45bqyTf5FIJxyJpqLO1zzt8-Rev8fDxEHCOmrN-CdCm-eFJZUwXXtlY9QVb4jqr8cCwM1NtcOV9h6j2kSGNoOTKDPyCx5Mp8wtMfnUSIKSB0xzmVCDCafAiKcxPMHG4Y9ZCI7TXdeRTxavEa0CbBf-Bmduh7hygLZfDVtruu/s320/P1010216.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lovely autumnal colours.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We also walked from Patterdale to Glenridding but neither village was particularly enchanting and we were glad to get the bus back to a much busier than yesterday Pooley Bridge.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the evening we had dinner in the Crown Inn but didn't stay out late.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Saturday</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div>No problems getting home.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's probably it for 2023, unless we can manage a weekend somewhere not too far from the storage site. The weather forecast will have to be very good...</div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-54612103086478541542023-10-29T20:19:00.002+00:002023-10-29T20:22:19.505+00:00Ingleton<p>27th to 29th October 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last weekends planned trip to Coniston didn't happen thanks to storm Babet. As it turned out the north west wasn't all that badly affected but we didn't fancy towing the caravan in 40-50 mph winds on the Friday. Instead, a two night trip to Thornbrook Barn, Ingleton. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A very late start. We had to wait...and wait...and wait for the car, which was having a fault code diagnosed and fixed. We didn't set off until 2ish and arrived on site just before 4, so not a bad journey. No nasty surprises on arrival, pitches are pre allocated and we knew we had a good one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNgOw_n2yo82pHPLq4UmRR0RGexzE8P3NZsB2H7qf14PbIevt-Rwvcyx-Lf_B-Lrgqn-eCyew4UrpJ70gFtRYjsEHeur39XHnGapEpTmMC-L0bwyml5WxYTuwXhMt36NHYNv0My71N3k7nzqnzLO0aQt6_93Gk5xf508px3SckiPDIUCIRs4634ZALoOK/s5472/P1010149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNgOw_n2yo82pHPLq4UmRR0RGexzE8P3NZsB2H7qf14PbIevt-Rwvcyx-Lf_B-Lrgqn-eCyew4UrpJ70gFtRYjsEHeur39XHnGapEpTmMC-L0bwyml5WxYTuwXhMt36NHYNv0My71N3k7nzqnzLO0aQt6_93Gk5xf508px3SckiPDIUCIRs4634ZALoOK/s320/P1010149.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pitches here are huge and not too close together, and we got one not too far from the facilities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After a very quick set up we headed into Ingleton but couldn't get into our first choice pub - the Old Post Office. It was packed. Fortunately all of the other pubs were pretty empty, just not as good. The Wheatsheaf was the best of the two we tried.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We'd booked dinner at a place next to the Old Post Office called Peaks and Troughs and it turned out to be really good. A fishy "Buddha bowl" for D and a meaty one for J. A Buddha bowl in basically just a big bowl.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After dinner we had another look in the Old Post Office but it was even busier, so we headed for home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No summits today. We walked into Ingleton and got a bus to Austwick, then walked to Settle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX4UHP5lQSf1Mrsca81jWqX49z6CfViKVv1QPwacGP19nq2yIrLc5xNABaybMZ3jE0CaEbNbwYCEfRx4xP4ZZ5MOojTftbPDzT5nORwXcpljru1HYieUd5RzsEpT8O9uDV3tMblM6NBRoyCgTCjcHczHI-WViQGFyXnSu2XFHXR2-G38-MofgLASuwLEF/s807/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="807" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX4UHP5lQSf1Mrsca81jWqX49z6CfViKVv1QPwacGP19nq2yIrLc5xNABaybMZ3jE0CaEbNbwYCEfRx4xP4ZZ5MOojTftbPDzT5nORwXcpljru1HYieUd5RzsEpT8O9uDV3tMblM6NBRoyCgTCjcHczHI-WViQGFyXnSu2XFHXR2-G38-MofgLASuwLEF/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Not the most picturesque of walks and not a good day for pics, so there aren't many, but it got us out in the fresh air.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDN4PZ8z-psdgSgAPIGz6i6dU1zmhWljMMDvyu1_-gXuwQoVRSlU2s24GMCVDr7i9JbVQA48mrjyVQZGVSvZJipF3767u1TnGRaas1LaB93Q5jDysrMIVtfwN70I7qKpq4h6qHsF-4hGvanp-Ncdu6MSp9gteB2gQ3MsZt5bHg0SUQ7hZxDGKLrR9tHsA/s5131/P1010150.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="5131" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDN4PZ8z-psdgSgAPIGz6i6dU1zmhWljMMDvyu1_-gXuwQoVRSlU2s24GMCVDr7i9JbVQA48mrjyVQZGVSvZJipF3767u1TnGRaas1LaB93Q5jDysrMIVtfwN70I7qKpq4h6qHsF-4hGvanp-Ncdu6MSp9gteB2gQ3MsZt5bHg0SUQ7hZxDGKLrR9tHsA/s320/P1010150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmkYC1I3RDX8CTcxhMwPBjCezVkkDhQ0oOW_Di6IzzA-uId1P9bu0J3VXT7QGNAe3Wq-aDCzDeXuWbebKvXET04riifv8GmE3qOc_7yW3d2oDFUkYbhF-4jLZWdlevV1bY7VGyLG822UKehjoG2UJWJMsOrkaKyEcdZuju9nfL-kq2rdeMHcnrIDRcjeG/s5472/P1010158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmkYC1I3RDX8CTcxhMwPBjCezVkkDhQ0oOW_Di6IzzA-uId1P9bu0J3VXT7QGNAe3Wq-aDCzDeXuWbebKvXET04riifv8GmE3qOc_7yW3d2oDFUkYbhF-4jLZWdlevV1bY7VGyLG822UKehjoG2UJWJMsOrkaKyEcdZuju9nfL-kq2rdeMHcnrIDRcjeG/s320/P1010158.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYWb06HqLyoTuaxK5QFAuwR8ubid_e1IqGplvc1LDAGilwGPLt5LPF-AgO3tZIIIg6RgKP5VlKne3O_IrL7FTAA7g1kpnAdVAAgbJ2Dx0kJgR1O7uRtCm-jmhz40E9LVptRzmqeZwrUdGkbyloewi-exeOHPUwXHM18BNxfk-tUQu7bElV-9GAqDG3wVP/s5472/P1010161.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYWb06HqLyoTuaxK5QFAuwR8ubid_e1IqGplvc1LDAGilwGPLt5LPF-AgO3tZIIIg6RgKP5VlKne3O_IrL7FTAA7g1kpnAdVAAgbJ2Dx0kJgR1O7uRtCm-jmhz40E9LVptRzmqeZwrUdGkbyloewi-exeOHPUwXHM18BNxfk-tUQu7bElV-9GAqDG3wVP/s320/P1010161.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI41Rk2TRSk-tEMG3zKtVOwaB1uZCV-F2L03ZLPSKVN3pmeQNz3odv5UHcaoiH5DE2vd-vFb_IcbMuka1Fgdu4h1Yw2o49e5jc4tbFuoXJlKNWUV0BkCH0KdrXSIv3y2Bc1RlgmDvvqwCUC14-H3v9TmJR-0hNFWSSDlGQOKZVrpPtmwK0Y5ewU1No8b1/s5472/P1010167.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI41Rk2TRSk-tEMG3zKtVOwaB1uZCV-F2L03ZLPSKVN3pmeQNz3odv5UHcaoiH5DE2vd-vFb_IcbMuka1Fgdu4h1Yw2o49e5jc4tbFuoXJlKNWUV0BkCH0KdrXSIv3y2Bc1RlgmDvvqwCUC14-H3v9TmJR-0hNFWSSDlGQOKZVrpPtmwK0Y5ewU1No8b1/s320/P1010167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Settle we had a drink in the Talbot Arms and then Bar 13, both excellent. The plan was to get the 16.30 bus back to Ingleton but we only noticed the smallprint NS when we got to the bus stop. Not on Saturdays. The 15.30 would have been worse because it is NS and S - not on Saturdays and Saturday only!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBNuoY8ISRjsBNmQJVSLySgcgp9gYDp2rwnkqIuh3_05LVOEF5Y27zwR16WG0JextqAwwpuOuTX9c1xzLQsHMUFYiS15J9knMJcOIIeC2SlPJeEtnKr77vHuIhsApLxsIUEaL8NUJHEet_khIgHxoMLceTr6Dgkmo6rQKy7yI49HGIYDvdwgIqHfMxAx1/s4032/IMG_0249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBNuoY8ISRjsBNmQJVSLySgcgp9gYDp2rwnkqIuh3_05LVOEF5Y27zwR16WG0JextqAwwpuOuTX9c1xzLQsHMUFYiS15J9knMJcOIIeC2SlPJeEtnKr77vHuIhsApLxsIUEaL8NUJHEet_khIgHxoMLceTr6Dgkmo6rQKy7yI49HGIYDvdwgIqHfMxAx1/s320/IMG_0249.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>No problem we thought, we'll get the 17.30, so we popped into the Royal Oak to wait.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At 17.30 a "not in service" bus appeared and the driver told us there would be no more buses that day! Luckily the bus driver, a cheery scouser, was super helpful and organised a taxi for some people going the other way and took us back to Ingleton. Plenty fo things for him and J to take about, one of his relatives went to school with her. Next time around here we will stick with the car.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had dinner in the Wheatsheaf and then tried to get in the Old Post Office one last time, but it was still packed. A victim of its own success. It was getting late anyway, so we went back to the caravan.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Sunday</u></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An extra hour in bed but were were still quite late leaving. A few problems this trip but still a good one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">We have drained the water out of the caravan, just in case, but we are hoping to go to Pooley Bridge some time in November...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-49054882163701919272023-10-09T21:04:00.002+01:002023-10-10T08:02:26.723+01:00Keswick<p> 6th to 9th October 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our fourth visit of the year to Castlerigg Hall. We can't get enough of this site or Keswick at the moment, it is rivalling Kendal CAMC as our most vistited site in recent times. We have been concentrating on north lakes this year as we have done pretty much everything there is to do in the south.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A quirk in the online booking system which means we can book our favourite pitch no. 24 pretty much anytime so no nasty surprises on arrival, apart from the weather. It's been a while since we have had to set up in the rain... we got soaked!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The weather was so bad we couldn't really do anything so we were confined to the caravan for the rest of the day. The view from our pitch was pretty good, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdKljXbivrByTvoc-DkRry2fATu0pa0bBmTVNJzSNE2naNOZq6kwt8UKI7D7D5P54AAAJfmfFlK_wJGCEUsQaKqhoz2UQptY0w8BW8-rOmCnTpxiatNGsVdWLzb62IoZNr6DanxXxVV86WZbYsqSe6HU5O5FrCKglc2uNp_YVb1EK0zEsILbLaajf0Lfd/s3926/IMG_0207.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2939" data-original-width="3926" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdKljXbivrByTvoc-DkRry2fATu0pa0bBmTVNJzSNE2naNOZq6kwt8UKI7D7D5P54AAAJfmfFlK_wJGCEUsQaKqhoz2UQptY0w8BW8-rOmCnTpxiatNGsVdWLzb62IoZNr6DanxXxVV86WZbYsqSe6HU5O5FrCKglc2uNp_YVb1EK0zEsILbLaajf0Lfd/s320/IMG_0207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Just phone pics this trip because we forgot to bring the camera.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Much better weather today. In the morning we went for a stroll from the site to nearby Castlerigg stone circle, which dates back 4,500 years according to the notice boards. Still lots of dark clouds but it didn't rain.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVvaf1DlJYoagDE9WD52hPhDY8Sr_CG80keN-820pHM8OWYcQIn6qAkOHHHFyuVclP-wW_-bHlgxQp1JBAhSwvCmnpM6z8359ty7DyweighQrcBxmDtL4N2xAlfNAE8cJr0nby6qpkGNldnqCycmcof6TkdODIrNwx6JQ6PRhiPH6UR85TOMKGR4wiKvy/s4032/IMG_0208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVvaf1DlJYoagDE9WD52hPhDY8Sr_CG80keN-820pHM8OWYcQIn6qAkOHHHFyuVclP-wW_-bHlgxQp1JBAhSwvCmnpM6z8359ty7DyweighQrcBxmDtL4N2xAlfNAE8cJr0nby6qpkGNldnqCycmcof6TkdODIrNwx6JQ6PRhiPH6UR85TOMKGR4wiKvy/s320/IMG_0208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGdGhdS2A6fBCFGM6QzNCU50uTS3-Z0c881cVneys4WvLzBkgFlXQGUH0zBhPEwKgvswCQPC3_BUC9Mr7A0ELj23z8f6BgFBEww84oxLQzhUWVmYh7fxyXYYKK5qNwuIzwgsgkmgeb6MNJeDqAVwTgjcKxizB2p3zcnWJROPahWdw4eNYZoADPhvgt7el/s3923/IMG_0211.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="3923" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGdGhdS2A6fBCFGM6QzNCU50uTS3-Z0c881cVneys4WvLzBkgFlXQGUH0zBhPEwKgvswCQPC3_BUC9Mr7A0ELj23z8f6BgFBEww84oxLQzhUWVmYh7fxyXYYKK5qNwuIzwgsgkmgeb6MNJeDqAVwTgjcKxizB2p3zcnWJROPahWdw4eNYZoADPhvgt7el/s320/IMG_0211.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We passed an ederly lady on the way who urged us to turn back due to what she called an impassable quagmire ahead, but it wasn't as bad as she made out...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBskezRN4zEu7oXToWCjibCqckCzRrbe7ynNdNg1lD4giTKshOHXlDgy0YW6KXNw_pwt_gIvWps63qB9NUnIVeGtiGyVPn_R2fWpHDPOWBrD6ZwRsZnuGN5cnuiV0DT0d5VDw_h7q0ib4yaYQ4GxmaT4KQof38ysi8t8leQuCX8wJwhOdoJklRMrSyhs2/s3442/IMG_0215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2527" data-original-width="3442" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBskezRN4zEu7oXToWCjibCqckCzRrbe7ynNdNg1lD4giTKshOHXlDgy0YW6KXNw_pwt_gIvWps63qB9NUnIVeGtiGyVPn_R2fWpHDPOWBrD6ZwRsZnuGN5cnuiV0DT0d5VDw_h7q0ib4yaYQ4GxmaT4KQof38ysi8t8leQuCX8wJwhOdoJklRMrSyhs2/s320/IMG_0215.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Maybe there was another one further on.<div><br /></div>In the afternoon we walked down into Keswick for drinks in various pubs, then we got the last bus back to the site for dinner in the caravan. It was just about warm enough to sit outside for a bit. For D, at least.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkfjUlyjdu9vVvyv_gmsR0M1iyintlOfrjZ099nW7jm0l5tE4omancRtgyrBlfvtZOuHWRm3zwVeKH3le7stRbAIzaNXIchO3Rar9mbrkNAVPAhshyphenhyphenTGW6CkvMVCO2TvpW9inxjGmdzdljOSkcMz0rGUmBrcs6mu0MJaG-9hI2N-TAUfy0RaUTRmKB6sa/s4032/IMG_0216.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkfjUlyjdu9vVvyv_gmsR0M1iyintlOfrjZ099nW7jm0l5tE4omancRtgyrBlfvtZOuHWRm3zwVeKH3le7stRbAIzaNXIchO3Rar9mbrkNAVPAhshyphenhyphenTGW6CkvMVCO2TvpW9inxjGmdzdljOSkcMz0rGUmBrcs6mu0MJaG-9hI2N-TAUfy0RaUTRmKB6sa/s320/IMG_0216.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf33CykJL1reYhMMPhZdpgj5kb3lh8jmN5Pr3TO_9rIgeXcCS3DBHZE6wEXjm1DtI9u0eTXQ0A2TcE4zhqVv3daW-IMMB0ZjhIyt4_tNUI5BS-6JLH6oUOhiexkh0JJLrnfsSL_ckYL7k4Jt1hE2gRlfheHb5aGGHAWcBermkuDJTKQZi_KAI9GNIG5KS/s3895/IMG_0218.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3895" data-original-width="2720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf33CykJL1reYhMMPhZdpgj5kb3lh8jmN5Pr3TO_9rIgeXcCS3DBHZE6wEXjm1DtI9u0eTXQ0A2TcE4zhqVv3daW-IMMB0ZjhIyt4_tNUI5BS-6JLH6oUOhiexkh0JJLrnfsSL_ckYL7k4Jt1hE2gRlfheHb5aGGHAWcBermkuDJTKQZi_KAI9GNIG5KS/s320/IMG_0218.JPG" width="223" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Sunday</u><div><br /></div><div>Supposedly the best day weatherwise, so we drove to Watendlath to tackle High Tove and Armboth, two lesser Wainwrights we haven't done yet.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-GnMDaDn8LX0EHJ4TpScuB29wRasRC-GiUunRRZAYLijx9XfsVHYVnLjZBn3dFUr9HMiNTUVeWQmgvTX_RqZQ8AIqO87ox4HpgEoH9Rv-mpZhOwZ81IDsMmc5gxGvY_jJIXGMLjqAxcqraGbCyapSCpVCwOyYmnHqiwZINyE7B7oV-dgzx5RfodbMQc4/s1294/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1294" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-GnMDaDn8LX0EHJ4TpScuB29wRasRC-GiUunRRZAYLijx9XfsVHYVnLjZBn3dFUr9HMiNTUVeWQmgvTX_RqZQ8AIqO87ox4HpgEoH9Rv-mpZhOwZ81IDsMmc5gxGvY_jJIXGMLjqAxcqraGbCyapSCpVCwOyYmnHqiwZINyE7B7oV-dgzx5RfodbMQc4/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A VERY boggy walk! Maybe the boggiest walk we have ever done. A good test of our waterproof boots - D's passed but J might need a new pair soon.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AEJRmPbsTpXQW5Rff9CcO6zcwWldNWksFcFjufaQMELRTMgTNQzfeNZZvhRZT6z81Cq_HBRl1kpxiFjDT1NUDr-Ww7fxFX1vJa_jARAdEai78C9DeH1qQ5i5lYpKaWJXzE925I8PfnRGie9APigiBRup5IHaMtsCxZ5EbIpx4A_6uRmwR9g0lEUhCeO1/s4032/IMG_0235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AEJRmPbsTpXQW5Rff9CcO6zcwWldNWksFcFjufaQMELRTMgTNQzfeNZZvhRZT6z81Cq_HBRl1kpxiFjDT1NUDr-Ww7fxFX1vJa_jARAdEai78C9DeH1qQ5i5lYpKaWJXzE925I8PfnRGie9APigiBRup5IHaMtsCxZ5EbIpx4A_6uRmwR9g0lEUhCeO1/s320/IMG_0235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCDXIN4yrFsLV51WCvkqHl5Sjg56LtR2uhZsmAA50vnOvKdqKP6UWi1cVT9UftlulNH0urgmnhBJxfZ50TfvFbdlbrHnLap5hzRby4ILEXdVgjlHlF0cj_s6QNcDxqvZof-CLEaxI2zQ9tVUDQkgWzKKtjV2SE4Iao4bvLYUCtqzffL7qgYptKt1FuI3H/s3971/IMG_0223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="3971" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCDXIN4yrFsLV51WCvkqHl5Sjg56LtR2uhZsmAA50vnOvKdqKP6UWi1cVT9UftlulNH0urgmnhBJxfZ50TfvFbdlbrHnLap5hzRby4ILEXdVgjlHlF0cj_s6QNcDxqvZof-CLEaxI2zQ9tVUDQkgWzKKtjV2SE4Iao4bvLYUCtqzffL7qgYptKt1FuI3H/s320/IMG_0223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwt3u-sSze14KiuIlK4g0Jzw6gcCGXC75Hpgci2lZyFFL23XWbdShzCXFOrLvnshf0L7hDlMuAstBA74POYB3fbUwr5VMRSlpRvcM5muWVhyQezUmUijzyd8JRbpoufOFoG3l78ECmzWiET87H3MOYgmCa_WfjVWF-ib32Ik962hjhP89ndBOD8IZiv9N5/s4032/IMG_0225.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwt3u-sSze14KiuIlK4g0Jzw6gcCGXC75Hpgci2lZyFFL23XWbdShzCXFOrLvnshf0L7hDlMuAstBA74POYB3fbUwr5VMRSlpRvcM5muWVhyQezUmUijzyd8JRbpoufOFoG3l78ECmzWiET87H3MOYgmCa_WfjVWF-ib32Ik962hjhP89ndBOD8IZiv9N5/s320/IMG_0225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>High Tove</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SW30tl7BD4F6XI4xMO_zebO4KK5Q0Cayr_c695d7FXgo9n_qqKpu78XxQyUf6L4Thb4dCL3Lhtz5UxsXAhjoFmE0NUevt7N8_vgpTFegXMhFgPbVGXuyUdSduFI1SPG4_MhfL4EFP4D4ZNcObhHZDVrtzBgUoZtoo0mqgOXmU8ED7e36fwu8Y_JwVROq/s4032/IMG_0231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SW30tl7BD4F6XI4xMO_zebO4KK5Q0Cayr_c695d7FXgo9n_qqKpu78XxQyUf6L4Thb4dCL3Lhtz5UxsXAhjoFmE0NUevt7N8_vgpTFegXMhFgPbVGXuyUdSduFI1SPG4_MhfL4EFP4D4ZNcObhHZDVrtzBgUoZtoo0mqgOXmU8ED7e36fwu8Y_JwVROq/s320/IMG_0231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Armboth</b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the afternoon we toyed with the idea of a barbecue. We'd bought everything we needed the day before from Booths but a bit of light rain ruined that plan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Instead we got a bus down into Keswick and managed to get into the Dog and Gun for dinner. Then a drink in the Wainwright inn, then a taxi back to the site.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Monday</u></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A bit of a scare when D couldn't get the water pump to disconnect, which is quite a common problem it seems. It came out after a bit of a struggle but it made us a bit late leaving.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Possibly a return to Coniston, both of us this time.</div><div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-65997335128288152972023-09-24T17:18:00.000+01:002023-09-24T17:18:48.211+01:00Coniston<div class="separator"><br /></div><p>22nd to 24th September</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For the first time ever, a solo trip for D. J away with her mum so the perfect opportunity for D to try a solo trip, to the Coniston CAMC site. This blog is pure D!</p><p><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Earliest arrive time here is 10am, which is exactly when I dropped J off at Southport station. I still managed to get here quite early and got dream pitch no. 64. Pitch selection has been a problem here in the past but not this time. As they checked me in I kicked myself for not booking a pitch for one person but didn't say anything because I'd already paid in full. It would have been half the price.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi_k1vZxaSxFoTIDj-XT17DDxszeAOl1YH8VGiLbFdgxC33NGiq82WoJerMIW_-EpCCNsdxj9QcpZequ5qH4YM16WczkpqHrUgDEf3aXHYWFDJxeVpx2peCe747qysp5tkHTUrjRZg9bctgR1qe9b1rdqVciy9UdJ5yACUhsL5kmJ130mnjKR-6XrVTpw/s5472/P1010091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi_k1vZxaSxFoTIDj-XT17DDxszeAOl1YH8VGiLbFdgxC33NGiq82WoJerMIW_-EpCCNsdxj9QcpZequ5qH4YM16WczkpqHrUgDEf3aXHYWFDJxeVpx2peCe747qysp5tkHTUrjRZg9bctgR1qe9b1rdqVciy9UdJ5yACUhsL5kmJ130mnjKR-6XrVTpw/s320/P1010091.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">It rained a bit on arriveal so I waited for it to ease off before trekking into Coniston. Had to walk through Coniston Hall campsite which was a bit like a festival with large groups and loud music. Anything goes, I think.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the village I had a drink in the three best pubs - the Sun Hotel, the Yewdale Inn and the Black Bull - and a hotpot in the latter. Then it was back to the caravan for a night in pining for J.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXdFTm_38_40pub3A2TDFBJe-63luNPTu8b5YmxJwWSxBicmkFs0cmDdTpScjUwt0YItfX1sGvw887NP7YhcZrY71KgzrpWQN6Yik9naH83wDd_vqQ3j1apKlkmYdCX_CN_RZX1-v16xeTTJsgS408MdJ35M1jOOZUW7LoMofwFa23nrNcghBvUpZZ8pw/s4032/IMG-0189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXdFTm_38_40pub3A2TDFBJe-63luNPTu8b5YmxJwWSxBicmkFs0cmDdTpScjUwt0YItfX1sGvw887NP7YhcZrY71KgzrpWQN6Yik9naH83wDd_vqQ3j1apKlkmYdCX_CN_RZX1-v16xeTTJsgS408MdJ35M1jOOZUW7LoMofwFa23nrNcghBvUpZZ8pw/s320/IMG-0189.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmTvXAnmRG0T8q7TjtS0E_U3PEuqj_td3pd75HEchUs6A49KnwgGLs19sfxNqNvrn5dXIEBv4_bFQP48upInB5qCWMP8SabeADq-GRiBOrkDDyYPslCdJUbm6kTMrICcjDdsurk2mo-1aJgBArCRkcpZSQ_rV3F4fvNnb8IZRZhZCvCfgGByYPhQv_Ms6/s4032/IMG-0192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmTvXAnmRG0T8q7TjtS0E_U3PEuqj_td3pd75HEchUs6A49KnwgGLs19sfxNqNvrn5dXIEBv4_bFQP48upInB5qCWMP8SabeADq-GRiBOrkDDyYPslCdJUbm6kTMrICcjDdsurk2mo-1aJgBArCRkcpZSQ_rV3F4fvNnb8IZRZhZCvCfgGByYPhQv_Ms6/s320/IMG-0192.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Saturday</u><div><br /></div><div>An early start and a longish drive to Thirlmere, to tackle Ullscarf (726 metres). Another Wainwright ticked off.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR9Ys4uhEzDmhTzoJ543Lu5KeEZuJ2fy4qPWSpVebW4a1AXzVspkeSWVQKPPLyh313Y5aOtGiiOOs5SEdfYziryKvEPuc6wM-KyVtb1D9M40DEk2CVM2W9WKT1VCG_9KfA4ux38yR2eSC8W1Id6DeNTCviMj148R2hiSl_QZY_wNUYniUaGQeAVh9JhM6/s1294/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1294" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR9Ys4uhEzDmhTzoJ543Lu5KeEZuJ2fy4qPWSpVebW4a1AXzVspkeSWVQKPPLyh313Y5aOtGiiOOs5SEdfYziryKvEPuc6wM-KyVtb1D9M40DEk2CVM2W9WKT1VCG_9KfA4ux38yR2eSC8W1Id6DeNTCviMj148R2hiSl_QZY_wNUYniUaGQeAVh9JhM6/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The weather was excellent and I didn't see a soul until Harrop Tarn, a slightly more touristy bit near the end of the walk.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The early start meant an early finish so in the afternoon I walked to Torver and had a pint sitting outside the Wilson Arms. Just me and the man cutting the grass on a sit on lawn mower.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRneDuD37AAZJ_BzXGDuGFVfTyZn1nQjF1IgZVNYf9CzfuhJ4Q80afzoQl8vL22gFyXAQgq_llCFJLm51vvOUrr0MD1QY1dkkUFgUDR0JkbluXToImGUV3QU2s4vEKTl0t85NPDcUQodSSkhFmXFsYKmFqUJc6yRePB1WQTIBuKCdH4RgfEa5n-yrRDiae/s4032/IMG-0198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRneDuD37AAZJ_BzXGDuGFVfTyZn1nQjF1IgZVNYf9CzfuhJ4Q80afzoQl8vL22gFyXAQgq_llCFJLm51vvOUrr0MD1QY1dkkUFgUDR0JkbluXToImGUV3QU2s4vEKTl0t85NPDcUQodSSkhFmXFsYKmFqUJc6yRePB1WQTIBuKCdH4RgfEa5n-yrRDiae/s320/IMG-0198.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then a pre ordered "neptune" pizza from the on site van and another night in reading, listening to music and pining for J.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjuMDryLm9a50ZFQlkqvvD8qc4DmeGokV-NiN7Ocbhf4cRKs4bonZfCnjKqQiBa_BhP_ElktEB_IqJsTVealKWGbTwifDGKIwzqd7hXjOqSiXB0uw8l1Gd6nr13VnjD6n_G50NIwVscdrGgUnqsPlsIuDq_tpsnH6JcsFHrezb-VhL42HvYwlWE-88ZNI/s4032/IMG-0199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjuMDryLm9a50ZFQlkqvvD8qc4DmeGokV-NiN7Ocbhf4cRKs4bonZfCnjKqQiBa_BhP_ElktEB_IqJsTVealKWGbTwifDGKIwzqd7hXjOqSiXB0uw8l1Gd6nr13VnjD6n_G50NIwVscdrGgUnqsPlsIuDq_tpsnH6JcsFHrezb-VhL42HvYwlWE-88ZNI/s320/IMG-0199.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRMNR-WB729y6HOQNMmy85ZNxNC8kXwwK-QQcBSvQrJs3Yu1OGZAeGUpQ2dF21250uDaTcYz0t4QRCqQkjLNaNk-u5GdocRbLOvSvIqpsyJ4DBH-Qf2sYuc916321AvHjRszfXNvWXhUPGZjYVsBt6-ykPspfoVMuYSAfV5_KsmD_xaZf8wPYQX6ZmMxD/s4032/IMG-0200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRMNR-WB729y6HOQNMmy85ZNxNC8kXwwK-QQcBSvQrJs3Yu1OGZAeGUpQ2dF21250uDaTcYz0t4QRCqQkjLNaNk-u5GdocRbLOvSvIqpsyJ4DBH-Qf2sYuc916321AvHjRszfXNvWXhUPGZjYVsBt6-ykPspfoVMuYSAfV5_KsmD_xaZf8wPYQX6ZmMxD/s320/IMG-0200.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Sunday</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A more stressful journey home than usual when a warning light came on in the car. Something to do with emission according to the book. No loss of power or economy but I had visions of it going into "limp home" mode on motorway...!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all a pretty good trip. Would it have been even better with J present? Maybe we'll come here later in the year and find out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three nights at Castlerigg Hall, Keswick early in October.</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-30832566977001312492023-09-04T22:25:00.008+01:002023-09-05T17:42:42.836+01:00Kendal<p> 1st to 3rd September 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A cheeky two night trip to the Kendal CAMC site, which is very easy to get to from our storage site.</p><p><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We arrived dead on 1pm but hopes of getting dream pitch 21 were quickly dashed by the warden as we waited to check in. Luckily the site wasn't very full so we managed to get a pretty good alternative with no immediate neighbours.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xoBivO-x5wfT030yErktqo03LIPj7AnkrnYMwQ4xkQuRoxuKQlqc39mMhEowtaz7QADOwOQSRwTkt83AfFbyzOgkecCcIBg1wfCGe_le2W1611UKCQulfDSwfZmE_pYtmSSpzolbNyq_QKp2SQqiWb3r__9dq_Jyn1Djv3_qm6cLShg91h9p6EqrQj_L/s4717/P1000537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="4717" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xoBivO-x5wfT030yErktqo03LIPj7AnkrnYMwQ4xkQuRoxuKQlqc39mMhEowtaz7QADOwOQSRwTkt83AfFbyzOgkecCcIBg1wfCGe_le2W1611UKCQulfDSwfZmE_pYtmSSpzolbNyq_QKp2SQqiWb3r__9dq_Jyn1Djv3_qm6cLShg91h9p6EqrQj_L/s320/P1000537.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">As is customary here we set off for the local farm shop and spent too much on things we didn't need, then on to the Strickland Arms for pre dinner drinks. Dinner was the first of two very successful barbecues this weekend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHEO-n2w5pTEbtVqI-kAfyvzFI_7u96C2KT87sEd8xO27TqaY5GaLw8HoKvQNJ6nCoLVLOEvriEOxJyUNYulBCiL6s7HUy3E_IucOre_Ta0XqGEKxEFCHshoRppf5g0F0VkARJJ0L5_-RY03_E-MdqFmO_hdfG5o3KtTEe_FmZv0lNfpOD9dO3NkpBO51/s5304/P1000546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3455" data-original-width="5304" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHEO-n2w5pTEbtVqI-kAfyvzFI_7u96C2KT87sEd8xO27TqaY5GaLw8HoKvQNJ6nCoLVLOEvriEOxJyUNYulBCiL6s7HUy3E_IucOre_Ta0XqGEKxEFCHshoRppf5g0F0VkARJJ0L5_-RY03_E-MdqFmO_hdfG5o3KtTEe_FmZv0lNfpOD9dO3NkpBO51/s320/P1000546.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Afterwards we were able to sit outside the caravan until quite late.<div><br /></div><div><u>Saturday</u></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We walked from the site into Kendal and had a look around the town and too much to drink in various pubs. New to us this trip was the Brewery Arts Centre bar, whcih was very nice.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then a bus back to the site for another barbecue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not many pics this time, it wasn't that sort of trip.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISZPOPF421O-TCpSDeqW1tHHItKNrcGne63wijhN53JV1EqXIMDQgBd1ienXWj3_UhTB3LYhMpSpKqoK_iiGNOXucJGWaOKUo4dUYwKBMsJKkLXk3QKgALjZjV5icK0s2-sk3be2I673cO8QPwzppNuFYfe4n-YzacWaVbvRaSvYvyWGasTm1Y_FC7kXN/s5291/P1000539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3425" data-original-width="5291" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISZPOPF421O-TCpSDeqW1tHHItKNrcGne63wijhN53JV1EqXIMDQgBd1ienXWj3_UhTB3LYhMpSpKqoK_iiGNOXucJGWaOKUo4dUYwKBMsJKkLXk3QKgALjZjV5icK0s2-sk3be2I673cO8QPwzppNuFYfe4n-YzacWaVbvRaSvYvyWGasTm1Y_FC7kXN/s320/P1000539.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaPsubwo1KgcMaJgVpoqFDnhCeIlKsZkmTQDOEiTK2otwwIUR1yhP89FiRFqA4Yljos5rRVBDvtps29Rq4M-4MBbRZ-q5YmpJbFGeSZywWzh7VxJLWLk9FnFDBkiCI_q1vSN6g0Frxi3fomKF1WibxNZeZCW5I56SgYEAwEZ_RyXYGIrOUdlL8l0qf5q_/s5472/P1000549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaPsubwo1KgcMaJgVpoqFDnhCeIlKsZkmTQDOEiTK2otwwIUR1yhP89FiRFqA4Yljos5rRVBDvtps29Rq4M-4MBbRZ-q5YmpJbFGeSZywWzh7VxJLWLk9FnFDBkiCI_q1vSN6g0Frxi3fomKF1WibxNZeZCW5I56SgYEAwEZ_RyXYGIrOUdlL8l0qf5q_/s320/P1000549.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-4NNopDpWBSlsVK_P-p7rG08ZDAXDkyUCwCieyj5H8jP_Qyi9unrEWmEcqxVaPJezRkxaxMro58yqHbaK-L2MXK34fPXDqP5222U-bbRlCWCHN-vKOhvLXbVMLvQ67XbHNIs1oAoRJJzRJblUJS-DeXzcQsvLW52xLxRpO_yrRylcETAnl5lnsOGpfjQ/s5472/P1000551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-4NNopDpWBSlsVK_P-p7rG08ZDAXDkyUCwCieyj5H8jP_Qyi9unrEWmEcqxVaPJezRkxaxMro58yqHbaK-L2MXK34fPXDqP5222U-bbRlCWCHN-vKOhvLXbVMLvQ67XbHNIs1oAoRJJzRJblUJS-DeXzcQsvLW52xLxRpO_yrRylcETAnl5lnsOGpfjQ/s320/P1000551.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_T43Mu6J_SyoTylDNR5cDgv6e0EhRZZEeb5_AIbscoJwEH4nOj3-IGb8g8guamgy6HH3n_pKpeWd_jXH3fI8wE4MKxGfwRoFLP8PYtFe8xV0UKkaYusATAx0BYOid5hkeFrj3_SvlGZzjgIIbj0rEV5dh58PbKpslwKe2va2wAj3Y2ykwi1HmiKA0cPC/s5472/P1000554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_T43Mu6J_SyoTylDNR5cDgv6e0EhRZZEeb5_AIbscoJwEH4nOj3-IGb8g8guamgy6HH3n_pKpeWd_jXH3fI8wE4MKxGfwRoFLP8PYtFe8xV0UKkaYusATAx0BYOid5hkeFrj3_SvlGZzjgIIbj0rEV5dh58PbKpslwKe2va2wAj3Y2ykwi1HmiKA0cPC/s320/P1000554.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>View from the Brewery Arts Centre</b></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Sunday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>No problems getting home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not much of a blog but another very good trip. We have been very lucky this year.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div>Nothing booked until early October but we might get away again before then.</div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-52430854691460015362023-08-07T19:09:00.001+01:002023-08-08T07:01:18.658+01:00Keswick<p> 4th to 7th August 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our third visit of the year to Castlerigg Hall. We like this site and we like Keswick at the moment.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We arrived aound 1.30 and were shown to pitch no. 24 by the warden. We think this is just about the best pitch on the site, tucked away in a quiet corner with a nice view of Keswick and Bassenthwaite in the distance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74hgzNIXuYNAcDu6qX0IV8886e-3x3ReRjWBYX1jyNdvLYETbQuprUhScItiIp3_Wb4NaCl7hiZoYNSS3-o4RckiPGs2yMBVlFJ0931HmR002S9oJGxV0lz1MLBWWJvdQS8j8QoXCO4XPDjCPxJMMVZFsOTKrDkxJ0IQ14LdeR8y7sBJ6vA-zB0sKrnn3/s5293/P1000485.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="5293" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74hgzNIXuYNAcDu6qX0IV8886e-3x3ReRjWBYX1jyNdvLYETbQuprUhScItiIp3_Wb4NaCl7hiZoYNSS3-o4RckiPGs2yMBVlFJ0931HmR002S9oJGxV0lz1MLBWWJvdQS8j8QoXCO4XPDjCPxJMMVZFsOTKrDkxJ0IQ14LdeR8y7sBJ6vA-zB0sKrnn3/s320/P1000485.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw8MYkxNlrocABv_Q3rvVDPWbtlImEK0keo-oEIHof-dUz_wyI1cau7PykcCu0dG-f7BUfjFVTDsfC18dVTnPFaOXgnWLdvZO5_cXYYSgt4gftMqITAcOsBbI8w9YaOgaK5FwXPCZC7Z8kYsahyElK-8WPcYCqX588JnQ1RZMJf3KC8-SSFCxoayic42C/s5075/P1000487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="5075" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw8MYkxNlrocABv_Q3rvVDPWbtlImEK0keo-oEIHof-dUz_wyI1cau7PykcCu0dG-f7BUfjFVTDsfC18dVTnPFaOXgnWLdvZO5_cXYYSgt4gftMqITAcOsBbI8w9YaOgaK5FwXPCZC7Z8kYsahyElK-8WPcYCqX588JnQ1RZMJf3KC8-SSFCxoayic42C/s320/P1000487.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As is customary here we walked down the hill into Keswick, which was much busier than usual. We can usually only get in to Castlerigg Hall out of season. Best pubs are the Wainwright and the Dog and Gun and we managed to get in to both. By chance we discovered that we could hi-jack the Spotify playlist in the Wainwright so we had our choice of music, which would have been great except the pub was quite noisy and the music too low. Not sure if it was deliberate or not.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We didn't stay out late and got a bus back to the site for a lateish barbecue which was very successful apart from our attempt to toast marhmallows!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k_ypSTWAhukrdzTwCmFKW4GqHbWDEpfbM-nWEIlSTRy--lqEoOmNXz7lbexWgf6Lcvs0t6_SsPiP5XwFVraRafGomCWUyF9iPkaiN_NOje-S1bZyb96ZGBPpIBj7H53AM1YpkmA1XKrQH5ZLGFp1PszZbDlIeHJiPfEr7HCGLxoG2q7iBfBZsjemQfAP/s4032/IMG-0076.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k_ypSTWAhukrdzTwCmFKW4GqHbWDEpfbM-nWEIlSTRy--lqEoOmNXz7lbexWgf6Lcvs0t6_SsPiP5XwFVraRafGomCWUyF9iPkaiN_NOje-S1bZyb96ZGBPpIBj7H53AM1YpkmA1XKrQH5ZLGFp1PszZbDlIeHJiPfEr7HCGLxoG2q7iBfBZsjemQfAP/s320/IMG-0076.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Weatherwise, the worst day according to the forecast, but it turned out to be ok. We walked back down into Keswick and had a look around the market and lunch in the Inn on the Square and more drinks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then another bus back to the site for dinner in the caravan and a quick pint in the nearby Crag bar, which was pretty dead as usual. It does have Loweswater Gold so not all bad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Again, not a great weather forecast but again it turned out to be ok with plenty of blue sky. We drove to Buttermere and got a bus back up to the Honister slate mine, then walked back to the car. It was gridlock in Buttermere and we were lucky to get a parking space in the NT car park. The very helpful attendant opened an overflow area just as we got there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three Wainwrights today - Dale Head (753m), Hindscarth (727m) and Robinson (737m). We've already done Dale Head but the other two were new.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNO8BTiZ2AZDA71yAp20sp5sbkuWrLXyy70tGLF07h6p7Fqh9U-x7LdlWpX1zapJz6IFxyG9B87PvlNMdYgr2nguKuUb6tOA9u7pNvphoW7094h2AgSbtCpUQt_gvaJMyl5Yty54J-H4MujZh8xGO7diRx4mz-wRWhTs8-nPglt8cmHVzCq8_Em6vaD_B/s1345/Route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="1345" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNO8BTiZ2AZDA71yAp20sp5sbkuWrLXyy70tGLF07h6p7Fqh9U-x7LdlWpX1zapJz6IFxyG9B87PvlNMdYgr2nguKuUb6tOA9u7pNvphoW7094h2AgSbtCpUQt_gvaJMyl5Yty54J-H4MujZh8xGO7diRx4mz-wRWhTs8-nPglt8cmHVzCq8_Em6vaD_B/s320/Route.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Quite a strenuous walk, especially the descent into Buttermere, but excellent walking weather.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Then a quick drink sitting outside Craft Beer Keswick, which is more like a shop selling cans and bottles, but it also has a few excellent beers on tap.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH94IZOFlQ1dN7NEvZH7X-UXjsekYe5iZq71Ayxhloo_A6QkfV_swnlX9bxplzPUymj4vKdA2rMicsEc6aDX1anFVbM53ilRp-nm1-IpMRUohURu_MsjCr3Jsv20-GZ7xcga1yzJq7Pn7CcPeeMVo83B6btdLZ6im4YPc6NLDIdai_rqrJ14eETxWtDUC/s4032/IMG-0078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH94IZOFlQ1dN7NEvZH7X-UXjsekYe5iZq71Ayxhloo_A6QkfV_swnlX9bxplzPUymj4vKdA2rMicsEc6aDX1anFVbM53ilRp-nm1-IpMRUohURu_MsjCr3Jsv20-GZ7xcga1yzJq7Pn7CcPeeMVo83B6btdLZ6im4YPc6NLDIdai_rqrJ14eETxWtDUC/s320/IMG-0078.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>View from Craft Beer Keswick</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We would have stayed longer but it shuts early on Sunday. Instead we went back to the Wainwright for one last drink and then got a pre booked taxi back to the site at 9, just in time to catch the tail end of a pretty good sunset.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyqPkeGhSK-jxV0oxNs8oa92hTlVLlnOYRbK-vFtmn50V8rR_9LpGiMBz9xV56fXcwX9Ihy0ALaEvOXPpom1yQfBq3KrlXQ2LQsjz__9M5MA3W6NNBn-MN0lGjOt84sEXjASz339OoePE6TBu-drtOJq5aUTo_zGTtWk7NplRm1RjAhBR-IOgVkLtYRZD/s5305/P1000534.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3452" data-original-width="5305" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyqPkeGhSK-jxV0oxNs8oa92hTlVLlnOYRbK-vFtmn50V8rR_9LpGiMBz9xV56fXcwX9Ihy0ALaEvOXPpom1yQfBq3KrlXQ2LQsjz__9M5MA3W6NNBn-MN0lGjOt84sEXjASz339OoePE6TBu-drtOJq5aUTo_zGTtWk7NplRm1RjAhBR-IOgVkLtYRZD/s320/P1000534.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Monday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>No problems getting home.</div><div><br /></div><div>All in all another excellent trip, our good luck continues in 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div><br /></div><div>Nothing booked but hopefully we will get away again in a couple of weeks.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-36180785791102820972023-06-19T19:30:00.001+01:002023-06-19T20:49:36.062+01:00Barnard Castle<p> 16th to 19th June 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First new site of the year - Barnard Castle in County Durham. We have been meaning to visit Barnard Castle for a long time but something has always stopped us. It's quite a long journey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyzhvpb9DqIrDjT-kkjDjXtVkVeBt_Tx0gMEoLYstCYeJ-dfR8WfhgVLE11g3S7G311vkIjY1WRdRQfNp0-7OJuLcI-Yk4AWhFjrDf7pEeHWVEkx9dmvMTMHtOL8sKQMRvC_0HbpXNzOhQ1d0McGDmPR2GLltulKOWOOHJu1apkeyoIKFVDoHxV8XOQWR/s4626/P1000039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4626" data-original-width="2739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyzhvpb9DqIrDjT-kkjDjXtVkVeBt_Tx0gMEoLYstCYeJ-dfR8WfhgVLE11g3S7G311vkIjY1WRdRQfNp0-7OJuLcI-Yk4AWhFjrDf7pEeHWVEkx9dmvMTMHtOL8sKQMRvC_0HbpXNzOhQ1d0McGDmPR2GLltulKOWOOHJu1apkeyoIKFVDoHxV8XOQWR/s320/P1000039.JPG" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ84dI6uOxPCSfretlyEtsFHcuRd9r4FKS3zfd3EANJX4O9lDEfK88y42hgaigPxjI9zsZ943AtX29roy6PqmP2yiR934vvFmnVjmk3_-n65SlhVeI71p8ibp_qzhIthFFN216ROz3TGtlqT8JXkR7tsNUYUrpo8yky1aAFNBC-kRKKIUZjR7CZX_E7LRY/s2693/P1000115.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="2223" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ84dI6uOxPCSfretlyEtsFHcuRd9r4FKS3zfd3EANJX4O9lDEfK88y42hgaigPxjI9zsZ943AtX29roy6PqmP2yiR934vvFmnVjmk3_-n65SlhVeI71p8ibp_qzhIthFFN216ROz3TGtlqT8JXkR7tsNUYUrpo8yky1aAFNBC-kRKKIUZjR7CZX_E7LRY/s320/P1000115.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A traditional Friday start to a three night trip and we timed the journey just right, arriving dead on the earliest arrival time of 1pm. Of course, there was a queue, but it didn't take long to get through and we drove around the site watching people setting up on what had been our first choice pitches based on Google Earth! The following day we saw someone turn up at 11.30 and get turned away. How we laughed. They had to drive right round the site and then exit, they didn't look happy. We are very easily pleased.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We ended up on pitch 36 which is right next to the exit barrier. It turned out to be a good choice with a nice grassy area to sit out on and a neighbour on one side only. Plenty of space, too. Very sunny, so a rare outing for our canopy to get a bit of shade.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcXqsyUyRY82P8lZnhGlVDDvmgh50KoIETe1ita9sQ2Bxv7nxOv2FsmfwJq4mm5poQU-mnp5a_JxrXcqzoY1TsajDya5pz--BMy3WLC66pI30vj6jrroVr39PvSKHKKtUcB0dOrkjtQ9R-M25-AYK7pyf3ZHFz5H25Xr5M9HXeIwLx8SZ21VTlwEvXMTd/s5050/P1000037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3267" data-original-width="5050" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcXqsyUyRY82P8lZnhGlVDDvmgh50KoIETe1ita9sQ2Bxv7nxOv2FsmfwJq4mm5poQU-mnp5a_JxrXcqzoY1TsajDya5pz--BMy3WLC66pI30vj6jrroVr39PvSKHKKtUcB0dOrkjtQ9R-M25-AYK7pyf3ZHFz5H25Xr5M9HXeIwLx8SZ21VTlwEvXMTd/s320/P1000037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First choice pitches on this site seem to be the other side of the facilities block, away from the road. A few reviews had mentioned road noise being a problem and it was noisy at times, but we'd rather have that than annoying neighbours. The other side of the site looked very crowded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's about a 30 minute walk into Barnard Castle, through trees, or a bit quicker along the road. We chose the trees.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Barnard Castle is not what we expected. We were expecting a quaint village but it's actaully quite a big town with a busy road running through it. And a Heron Foods!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At first glance not much outside seating in any of the pubs but they all seems to have beer gardens at the rear. We liked The Old Well Inn and Crobar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIvlncpeOSy35qEbjjeBGxXxXJ-4c0H6vylMuFO3vG944IMsNjUTvLxnnRtiSr2Bi5qBn3q-VC7sXZsUtbkgVwQCVOdTdLhrfsbAMs_QUck3M8qfhC1fUJVK7uXlx-hvD4DxgVWgj16H3Am2-NExPDNK42ttnnMWhbZKO6xuVFq2ytt-70YyjoFPiuGxK/s5297/P1000045.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3529" data-original-width="5297" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIvlncpeOSy35qEbjjeBGxXxXJ-4c0H6vylMuFO3vG944IMsNjUTvLxnnRtiSr2Bi5qBn3q-VC7sXZsUtbkgVwQCVOdTdLhrfsbAMs_QUck3M8qfhC1fUJVK7uXlx-hvD4DxgVWgj16H3Am2-NExPDNK42ttnnMWhbZKO6xuVFq2ytt-70YyjoFPiuGxK/s320/P1000045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Crobar - mostly outside seating</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgdCWbYQgrB1QGd1tB8ICSeaUaioXQ1Qdjuebd9eIAOyZEPq28h7GKAod8GCtj-gXo95Q04j9gpHDNSR4nGUfVGqB0NJ5Xnj0xIyVk6PGgZ91VFZA0TOzRvbc4nfaHCMhfdZz5O6whCiCLCge5ndSVxykW9WXth95FmBeU41Tv_dYeYfxTDi3W9TxPWPj/s5472/P1000048.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgdCWbYQgrB1QGd1tB8ICSeaUaioXQ1Qdjuebd9eIAOyZEPq28h7GKAod8GCtj-gXo95Q04j9gpHDNSR4nGUfVGqB0NJ5Xnj0xIyVk6PGgZ91VFZA0TOzRvbc4nfaHCMhfdZz5O6whCiCLCge5ndSVxykW9WXth95FmBeU41Tv_dYeYfxTDi3W9TxPWPj/s320/P1000048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTfz34ShFWByOMxNvRlhapgIsVhekUJF4LgXpeDm4BYpj-fuzow9jlbcHXZxPSXy4MU-R9X1hvJ_jenRs9lcvUs9iLywEXHCCuT1VSvdWegOqM6TKMNYRFcWLW-9L1ojU1Tp7jlAKYFpNgKHcyZUVxlJgwjaBwZbLAAymgTWd4zvgXuM_YOc_LRypx_3_/s5265/P1000043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3476" data-original-width="5265" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTfz34ShFWByOMxNvRlhapgIsVhekUJF4LgXpeDm4BYpj-fuzow9jlbcHXZxPSXy4MU-R9X1hvJ_jenRs9lcvUs9iLywEXHCCuT1VSvdWegOqM6TKMNYRFcWLW-9L1ojU1Tp7jlAKYFpNgKHcyZUVxlJgwjaBwZbLAAymgTWd4zvgXuM_YOc_LRypx_3_/s320/P1000043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We headed back to the site for a lateish barbecue and to make the most of the nice weather.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyuhHh4aq4buh2CZFe8kGy-CzUlb5fVN4F-Puf42txWz5NNIGK9jMlEsYIGu6gwpO4KpFS_LRRj6WfKrldZXy-c6K3sXqygUCz8E4BhMB988eSCkMLZBd3d39-jDG0BecgsJrQYWx9dzr3N9GnXQYTxnR6pINz1JUnYoMmhQ41fKh3JhUmdE39wp9Z4zy/s4754/P1000055.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3156" data-original-width="4754" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyuhHh4aq4buh2CZFe8kGy-CzUlb5fVN4F-Puf42txWz5NNIGK9jMlEsYIGu6gwpO4KpFS_LRRj6WfKrldZXy-c6K3sXqygUCz8E4BhMB988eSCkMLZBd3d39-jDG0BecgsJrQYWx9dzr3N9GnXQYTxnR6pINz1JUnYoMmhQ41fKh3JhUmdE39wp9Z4zy/s320/P1000055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Saturday</u><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The weather forecast today was hot and sunny so we decided to postpone a walk until the next day, whcih was supposed to be cooler. Not an entirely accurate forecast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Instead we walked into Barnard Castle and had a look around the castle and the shops and of course, the pubs and cafes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFdqyKc8KBGV5BtguSZCikUKYYO1r6wQO0nRq5rRMrdRr2wqqYn7y_fqLjLdMG_YXFf6uxTFBeQfyJDJwUl4ehc6t26omqStvtfkHdzivVArzA4JYpQMULVYa2E7jQaRQawuNdO7OvPb0pppFhCSr67yKokBg9xfeh_0J969HP2X5bakVRoRJ7uAevNjV/s4713/P1000059.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2965" data-original-width="4713" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFdqyKc8KBGV5BtguSZCikUKYYO1r6wQO0nRq5rRMrdRr2wqqYn7y_fqLjLdMG_YXFf6uxTFBeQfyJDJwUl4ehc6t26omqStvtfkHdzivVArzA4JYpQMULVYa2E7jQaRQawuNdO7OvPb0pppFhCSr67yKokBg9xfeh_0J969HP2X5bakVRoRJ7uAevNjV/s320/P1000059.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa1KbyCJ_g0u4vTPBzpeUndE0DZ94CPb5SwsQtNNrPigqoINKWpVbxvBDt95nDceAWhxAqwqEF1tF-OLalEFbkkRq4y8FROGH2CesTxT6J6Y1F-kbmDO6z-weGI-GBY538etpyi5MgrjJcukJG-araUKZ-2SfIWnzt-_QF2-H93b6i9n2F6fBd_Ncpml0/s4717/P1000061.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3018" data-original-width="4717" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa1KbyCJ_g0u4vTPBzpeUndE0DZ94CPb5SwsQtNNrPigqoINKWpVbxvBDt95nDceAWhxAqwqEF1tF-OLalEFbkkRq4y8FROGH2CesTxT6J6Y1F-kbmDO6z-weGI-GBY538etpyi5MgrjJcukJG-araUKZ-2SfIWnzt-_QF2-H93b6i9n2F6fBd_Ncpml0/s320/P1000061.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5BCRojbaxF15DvxPg8UUKFVtUwrM5pCFwdnOD6kBPd5ShFabPqPeGCz9NyUIJFXRa0OUjoR-xQEGDzdi8-lW4iXwiiJPjt8B0OY5c2T0deieYfnOgnOygy8r8CQ7eNVf5YssIcBQs1RJis4Vfx9gexOCmVOADDE-DGRgMlDHSt6pYiqpf7LXgMU-_10s/s5472/P1000065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5BCRojbaxF15DvxPg8UUKFVtUwrM5pCFwdnOD6kBPd5ShFabPqPeGCz9NyUIJFXRa0OUjoR-xQEGDzdi8-lW4iXwiiJPjt8B0OY5c2T0deieYfnOgnOygy8r8CQ7eNVf5YssIcBQs1RJis4Vfx9gexOCmVOADDE-DGRgMlDHSt6pYiqpf7LXgMU-_10s/s320/P1000065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LtCjmArx6T8tbv1eHWIDamHMsTTzvYIvdwWWqMO-DpDkz-p2rkASPwsrS88EvmurX0CBN_dcv6oa_3BDc-N4-IeSQCwIyPdfKwO-6Rrgeuh_3FqpDj0aaffGS8eBIuJdSvEn66farJRtrZeavgk44S1_Aj6EYlGkU3qK1TtWkP9zbpzLxrxz57LvycoK/s5472/P1000071.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LtCjmArx6T8tbv1eHWIDamHMsTTzvYIvdwWWqMO-DpDkz-p2rkASPwsrS88EvmurX0CBN_dcv6oa_3BDc-N4-IeSQCwIyPdfKwO-6Rrgeuh_3FqpDj0aaffGS8eBIuJdSvEn66farJRtrZeavgk44S1_Aj6EYlGkU3qK1TtWkP9zbpzLxrxz57LvycoK/s320/P1000071.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another barbecue in the evening and we sat outside until late again. The site was pretty full but not at all noisy where we were.<div><br /></div><div><u>Sunday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>A walk from Low to High Force waterfalls.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPxoNtuVzwYfinLHULi3l_7kJ82DVpjQyuPFg4x_6iionwHaIUNTYBFpTMUeyA9sOthwLL_vBrHuAuG7u9i0bRdWqmcECNqmwrdRJVvEl3o1uVjcp7dZqSZKsGALMVpNAFXjDDA-opNVebCx45E__y_zRfahKHhc4zExNqZ3NBlSv1Q49B3rsguWEmbvq/s1288/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1288" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPxoNtuVzwYfinLHULi3l_7kJ82DVpjQyuPFg4x_6iionwHaIUNTYBFpTMUeyA9sOthwLL_vBrHuAuG7u9i0bRdWqmcECNqmwrdRJVvEl3o1uVjcp7dZqSZKsGALMVpNAFXjDDA-opNVebCx45E__y_zRfahKHhc4zExNqZ3NBlSv1Q49B3rsguWEmbvq/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Both quite spectacular. You have to pay to get to the bottom of High Force, but only £3 each. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfE-ShG8U8BiwyxJpYhKqKiHTMcZXYes8cJ84Ab3djpyCv2n8mYHjQCwUoVfh3lGnD4qJryP-5ltyKJu7TGLYkmg_OkdmAbMytaV3R2a1j57BNtq2eYEf1i1jSxLMjK6_yLvlkGMETBeRDKwrlPa_ofKOV350rGjTFHt7xQukmRhgokCdbimS5ZDE5w68/s4772/P1000113.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3098" data-original-width="4772" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfE-ShG8U8BiwyxJpYhKqKiHTMcZXYes8cJ84Ab3djpyCv2n8mYHjQCwUoVfh3lGnD4qJryP-5ltyKJu7TGLYkmg_OkdmAbMytaV3R2a1j57BNtq2eYEf1i1jSxLMjK6_yLvlkGMETBeRDKwrlPa_ofKOV350rGjTFHt7xQukmRhgokCdbimS5ZDE5w68/s320/P1000113.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We got back to the site ealy afternoon to find it much quieter. There must have been a lot of departures while we were out and we would have seen them all, being right next to the exit barrier.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The thunderstorms forecast for later in the day never arrived but it did rain a bit in the afternoon and a lot overnight. We thought about walking into Barnard Castle but drove instead, for dinner at Babuls, a really nice Indian restauarant.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then back to the caravan where we managed to sit outside for a while until the rain came, and for a bit longer thanks to our canopy...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jpFL89u1Acp6-lg3yLtWk1biK5lL1MW610aYOfO8vq8AYd3YqB-3ZEm0Vu0YSkUCSnvzw-5RuvgoTUG09vQLtzjkxTKjfW3Cb8gyeq1NoaSPh_32bsuReDmtj-H9swGrPFsRlDx-_gciX1eYnjT5FDZ5x0lAflQt5smGlvEff59q78FXjk0Mfiocg8tw/s3798/IMG_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3798" data-original-width="2765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jpFL89u1Acp6-lg3yLtWk1biK5lL1MW610aYOfO8vq8AYd3YqB-3ZEm0Vu0YSkUCSnvzw-5RuvgoTUG09vQLtzjkxTKjfW3Cb8gyeq1NoaSPh_32bsuReDmtj-H9swGrPFsRlDx-_gciX1eYnjT5FDZ5x0lAflQt5smGlvEff59q78FXjk0Mfiocg8tw/s320/IMG_0034.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><u>Monday</u></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rain played out overnight and it was nice and sunny in the morning. A near disaster when a gust of wind got hold of the canopy as we took it down and flipped it over the caravan but no harm done. Apart from that no trouble packing everything away or on the journey home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lots of caravans and motorhomes left before we did and the site was almost empty when we left. We really need to start going away mid week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all another excellent trip, our good luck continues in 2023.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing for a few weeks, we are going on a cruse to Norway and Denmark at the beginning if July.</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-75556984363200177092023-06-04T16:03:00.009+01:002023-06-04T18:34:57.321+01:00Kendal<p> 2nd to 4th June 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second visit of the year to the Kendal CAMC site which is firmly established as one of our favourites.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7iT5X9DH4w9nqfz4oRUiSVgA3qlomCdLAALpr6tWboxHE_xab7DE5vcddlD-3GeXC9gInCd6YE-5dM82oaaL8Y7dEYSfElvFtBRiuBudqpmMr30Fbpji5mZaIwF0m_BWvb6b2qTJTkdqQxNTPbcDMaT_c2KW6q_MSvZKpAAq9yTZz22Ghn5a95aP_A/s3578/P1000003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3578" data-original-width="2730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7iT5X9DH4w9nqfz4oRUiSVgA3qlomCdLAALpr6tWboxHE_xab7DE5vcddlD-3GeXC9gInCd6YE-5dM82oaaL8Y7dEYSfElvFtBRiuBudqpmMr30Fbpji5mZaIwF0m_BWvb6b2qTJTkdqQxNTPbcDMaT_c2KW6q_MSvZKpAAq9yTZz22Ghn5a95aP_A/s320/P1000003.JPG" width="244" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A bit of traffic on the M6 meant we didn't arrive until almost 1.30. We knew the site would be pretty full and we weren't hopeful of getting a good pitch but we needn't have worried. The key to pitch 22 was hanging on the wall in reception when we got there and we headed straight for it. Not quite as good as pitch 21 but pretty good compared to almost any other pitch on the site. The warden as he did his rounds complimented us on our choice of pitch!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1GyI4FksU_uVVzl5pqHnh5ftN7CMp8zZHkvpSn3lAyWeUkzWYE4D5QWZuVcLAIK4AkqEzzHX2cgq1ZT2v0KFt60vOlQHvkTvoZhHMdVN5B8UuUOb-ljvdi9FUtD9XG4_0oNwoAj6FAo3VSTF9w0BbEL1_XJKquWw3IaBScTJFWQldy4Pqq9imEhUiw/s5103/P1000001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3318" data-original-width="5103" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1GyI4FksU_uVVzl5pqHnh5ftN7CMp8zZHkvpSn3lAyWeUkzWYE4D5QWZuVcLAIK4AkqEzzHX2cgq1ZT2v0KFt60vOlQHvkTvoZhHMdVN5B8UuUOb-ljvdi9FUtD9XG4_0oNwoAj6FAo3VSTF9w0BbEL1_XJKquWw3IaBScTJFWQldy4Pqq9imEhUiw/s320/P1000001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An excellent start to the trip which didn't last long as we started to unpack and realised we had left the cool box at home. Lots of chilled food gone to waste!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A quick trip to Booths in Kendal and £50 later all was ok again. That did include some beers and other treats. We didn't let it ruin the getting a good pitch vibes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A bit later than intended we set off to the Strickland Arms and had a couple of drinks sitting outside, mainly in the shade due to the very hot weather.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcj3shzM6lWH78dwtiO6c0Pd7kXgG5JO1OBCjHCArqB9PZV9-xDmGJ9vJJhauAp8cIwyKjEw2iX9MgbvQaHzbzCMgcoKE-IbMQQg64M1P7wz7VncsYYPQJE6rwtMXajcaavSFhLLn6nxdbk14cBsJnTqc3tRtGa6aeowibGX2cNEVLwaaaJYfzJ9DHQ/s4936/P1000004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3148" data-original-width="4936" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcj3shzM6lWH78dwtiO6c0Pd7kXgG5JO1OBCjHCArqB9PZV9-xDmGJ9vJJhauAp8cIwyKjEw2iX9MgbvQaHzbzCMgcoKE-IbMQQg64M1P7wz7VncsYYPQJE6rwtMXajcaavSFhLLn6nxdbk14cBsJnTqc3tRtGa6aeowibGX2cNEVLwaaaJYfzJ9DHQ/s320/P1000004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then it was back to the site for a barbecue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Too hot for serious walking today, so we walked from the site to the Helm, a hill just outside Kendal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEELuYzINzVwRArPUk0DabBeZrMSLxx_nqtT7jcckLQobQhCQBCRuqrf0ciCAXZt2DEf1CPAyDDH85jO0e28zFaww7h6qMG3Jgq5QdhXD2WPVwoS1wnUSnbG9Bxkpm646h1IsBK8Ay0X2BNr3Tm50hKW5RuvVxdhpa5Qw8F9jmU6AaLuadPUTIQLbsDg/s951/Helm%20route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="951" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEELuYzINzVwRArPUk0DabBeZrMSLxx_nqtT7jcckLQobQhCQBCRuqrf0ciCAXZt2DEf1CPAyDDH85jO0e28zFaww7h6qMG3Jgq5QdhXD2WPVwoS1wnUSnbG9Bxkpm646h1IsBK8Ay0X2BNr3Tm50hKW5RuvVxdhpa5Qw8F9jmU6AaLuadPUTIQLbsDg/s320/Helm%20route.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">About four miles and not too strenuous on what was a very hot day. We even encountered some alpacas and wild ponies!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAFP8zogXptR4T-I-NBUlMeDaMcY_UIVGoK_Agbm2lZSbcyOWLonEppY7jbHCdKdq_rCRQgDKStJmKv5GD05dG44jQKFbR2fUyw9EfDwwEnPvRtAapcZrATeJ-bVt3f0J55DQqjZmsUKjloNvSeH-Gtzb_r8xWMYnLUKMvDxKVNurQws5oNA9aXynuA/s5472/P1000036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAFP8zogXptR4T-I-NBUlMeDaMcY_UIVGoK_Agbm2lZSbcyOWLonEppY7jbHCdKdq_rCRQgDKStJmKv5GD05dG44jQKFbR2fUyw9EfDwwEnPvRtAapcZrATeJ-bVt3f0J55DQqjZmsUKjloNvSeH-Gtzb_r8xWMYnLUKMvDxKVNurQws5oNA9aXynuA/s320/P1000036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9fPchy72z66Zd5ACQHGornVsXIf0NtklGcGKZex3GmTYz0pHLwmTB3vyE4LfPM2Uap-xybpn_sEoezWq-J7RnFYlL_tTg79CSxZ8NvAhHtozthyzIllxb1ycke-_wuFbVck1np9_bBEqU0YvQZZBj4VjylUh8t5Yu_Ue_bRkbuor8MgU9tMM35wEag/s5472/P1000008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3299" data-original-width="5099" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7K4DFEBfjZnIPpzjA_FdQLPW6G5mMeTKCXpO_8nZRb5L9t8oJJIucjWrP64lLCAQA6ezAY7UGah78u50XBMqQl1NEzc82fdHv7DREpMql0c-a8yVzoV74_LHNr9N7HhhBHZooVeJYptGm5RdSmXvaRBPUhY7XaeELZGe8OShPY9YKLUe_2W4cx1gRkg/s320/P1000028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The end of the walk was Oxenholme station. Sadly, we missed a steam locomotive going past by minutes. No regular trains today due to the ongoing strike. No problem, a quick drink in the Station Inn then a bus into Kendal spending the rest of the afternoon in various pubs and cafes. One cafe was selling second hand jigsaw puzzles and J was thrilled to bits with a double one featuring caravans, hopefully no missing pieces!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhos4CkO086tv_0cXdAZG1I5antYh3egFUtxUrkqq2KzLHf6eY87pcXejxXI6JHY332MGyUR7t46y3yimBd5YC91_NC1-COUIBFxTLh0lqHPXtUqKp_2hpsOPon8kNnIyODTRMhVDkCu-Rq2k-IYPE5bNnsgGphfVN-h9OqZQmRE0i29KDHKzC1OiW9vg/s4032/IMG-2803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhos4CkO086tv_0cXdAZG1I5antYh3egFUtxUrkqq2KzLHf6eY87pcXejxXI6JHY332MGyUR7t46y3yimBd5YC91_NC1-COUIBFxTLh0lqHPXtUqKp_2hpsOPon8kNnIyODTRMhVDkCu-Rq2k-IYPE5bNnsgGphfVN-h9OqZQmRE0i29KDHKzC1OiW9vg/s320/IMG-2803.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We got a bus back to the site and had cous cous, salmon and salad sitting outside the caravan, taking advantage of the nice weather and wondering how much longer it will last. We were very good with the sun tan lotion applications this trip, no burnt faces this time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No probems getting home. The man at our storage site has noticed that we only do short trips, he is probably sick of getting the caravan out and putting it away all of the time. We just drop it off at the gate and leave quickly...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully a trip to Ingleton in a couple of weeks.</div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-41677034210691735922023-05-15T22:26:00.003+01:002023-05-16T14:14:40.596+01:00Keswick<p>12th to 15th May 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Second trip of the year to Castlerigg Hall, just outside Keswick. We are trying to go north as much as possible this year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We arrived shortly after 1pm and fell foul of what must be a new policy, whereby a warden escorts you to your pitch. J booked us in and came back to the car to say wait to be shown to our pitch, D declared there was no need as we'd been here many time before. We drove straight to pitch 24 with the warden in hot pursuit! D apologised profusely, J looked the other way. Something to do with traffic management apparently.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pitch 24 is a pretty good pitch, tucked away in a corner with excellent views of Keswick and Bassenthwaite in the distance.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOExFDjuEH60hb2eYDmrUor4lhBFCdIQ9jaBNJOiJiS8QVH5aqHg5QP0sN3kjJrF6uljmlzJCUqfwiPsS2sXKyu0y7VbnPSyHpx4kyq4gXmRBpYRrNyHkHq3CW9rVJD_Ee1-2O_hMKOq9BIWEWpAGB-nXaRnEfLAxYIC_-Zzy2_zx-zcymlNYmVyCUxw/s6000/DSC00832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOExFDjuEH60hb2eYDmrUor4lhBFCdIQ9jaBNJOiJiS8QVH5aqHg5QP0sN3kjJrF6uljmlzJCUqfwiPsS2sXKyu0y7VbnPSyHpx4kyq4gXmRBpYRrNyHkHq3CW9rVJD_Ee1-2O_hMKOq9BIWEWpAGB-nXaRnEfLAxYIC_-Zzy2_zx-zcymlNYmVyCUxw/s320/DSC00832.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACcFes3z5rR1M_FOXUNxqk-ucc7FR02XpltFDPWeOqsy-ZnG_8Wo1Lx2Un8BkygBKdX3x-fjB0c_FLWSejEiSibLFtP1gNxZp7CgDRLNGw3C6-K9kbGtgeqx54x5hy-e-B-lckXjpo1GZtTB1l1BtOth87lWf2K0HjL33gsvdMRpWrWd65jFcNiPGxQ/s6000/DSC00845.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACcFes3z5rR1M_FOXUNxqk-ucc7FR02XpltFDPWeOqsy-ZnG_8Wo1Lx2Un8BkygBKdX3x-fjB0c_FLWSejEiSibLFtP1gNxZp7CgDRLNGw3C6-K9kbGtgeqx54x5hy-e-B-lckXjpo1GZtTB1l1BtOth87lWf2K0HjL33gsvdMRpWrWd65jFcNiPGxQ/s320/DSC00845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">As we usually do here, we walked down the hill into Keswick after lunch and had a look around the shops and a few drinks before getting the last bus back to the site at 7.30pm We decided on a cheap chippy tea before going back and saw they had seating upstairs: 2 fish and chips, mug of tea each and a slice of bread £30! No wonder so many were eating theirs on a bench outside!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A pretty good sunset.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa3G64s3ro7D642VxZ1PlouxaYvr0LwQ0VXHTqgBSUdqhB7GufTzQxdBEMFzJlKQ2FlPCv_9V53t76mwA9qop9qVlR4Ke-Ks2bZtD2ikcIIxKipSA4NazMGGhxoIqLYOHcV4fgvvSDDUGpv31Nhr6uZaQU6tAGuh_9ZoGy_XV3sP4es62V3KCI3ZEPg/s6000/DSC00792.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa3G64s3ro7D642VxZ1PlouxaYvr0LwQ0VXHTqgBSUdqhB7GufTzQxdBEMFzJlKQ2FlPCv_9V53t76mwA9qop9qVlR4Ke-Ks2bZtD2ikcIIxKipSA4NazMGGhxoIqLYOHcV4fgvvSDDUGpv31Nhr6uZaQU6tAGuh_9ZoGy_XV3sP4es62V3KCI3ZEPg/s320/DSC00792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Two lesser Wainwrights today - Broom fell and Graystones. They all count.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgEsEqtpG8fhRNho6sDeZHcjqkilVXYpP33zu9ducb-8v2K_NNAMOsaguhVmEyjIqintUin7ouTyvglIiWI8HylyO5HUaykRV2FKc3Acbk-1qjEOu9czWLE4YdOUKhMm5ANlkcE6e7azO1cy8voebawUDrzY1Eea4oBLdUK086o_M3JjdJ4put6FC0Q/s960/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="960" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgEsEqtpG8fhRNho6sDeZHcjqkilVXYpP33zu9ducb-8v2K_NNAMOsaguhVmEyjIqintUin7ouTyvglIiWI8HylyO5HUaykRV2FKc3Acbk-1qjEOu9czWLE4YdOUKhMm5ANlkcE6e7azO1cy8voebawUDrzY1Eea4oBLdUK086o_M3JjdJ4put6FC0Q/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">A hot, sunny day and for once we were prepared, with sun tan lotion and lots of water. Quite steep in places, especially the trudge up Broom fell, and a bit of scrambling over felled trees when we got a bit lost towards the end of the walk.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SwJ1tnkyS95Wx9Yw5KTC_2SlTuGH8hxR_16XIls3mb3NVRZZhDxzBzbp_420NXvzKUnyTQFJOkQbUslIERt3Hm6n8lsudR8virVUpR-DEbz5xGwRKp5c70jRAgoJaivwusnGIsWUFC4y1KmpvYW5m7mVkRseOLhvBHxdScRVQrALFsZrO06nrWXB5A/s4032/IMG-2724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SwJ1tnkyS95Wx9Yw5KTC_2SlTuGH8hxR_16XIls3mb3NVRZZhDxzBzbp_420NXvzKUnyTQFJOkQbUslIERt3Hm6n8lsudR8virVUpR-DEbz5xGwRKp5c70jRAgoJaivwusnGIsWUFC4y1KmpvYW5m7mVkRseOLhvBHxdScRVQrALFsZrO06nrWXB5A/w237-h320/IMG-2724.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GxJVJnNIfgdGHhTOlXnWjUQuoFM9v7xjky37P5Fi4MUq8jH7hKibX7pDbarSoMOBjGpCoHHDjY7JUbMa3IE9W0j6p59PQQHl2hzOcl_2ZP83XGuCAR4-tNN2YlMM4ST3xoda-mf03kOFLYSqSbLWgDAD5lQ3AuWI3vkDZdAWDWL8RjdYHSigsAl31g/s320/DSC00824.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the evening we popped into the Crag bar for a pre dinner drink, before having a barbecue. A bit of a mix up meant we ended up with two gin and tonics and a pint of Loweswater Gold, so we shared the extra gin. It was warm enough to sit outside until quite late.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUs4GYmF4_eEJohFhp-0O1-yuJBA7dh0hCckOfAl3-EzZs9rFy0SRpGHoNDiXnaCyp036EYnivt3_aXRUGKmyN-391rL_xJ3mopTWTGOn39USep0XnU0Wpzq0czOUDXJeDHGsw_8YA0t5fG5boAuybTbA0qCyAkC_i1ho5abVXXHgh5F9dCBVfxgMJ6g/s6000/DSC00830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUs4GYmF4_eEJohFhp-0O1-yuJBA7dh0hCckOfAl3-EzZs9rFy0SRpGHoNDiXnaCyp036EYnivt3_aXRUGKmyN-391rL_xJ3mopTWTGOn39USep0XnU0Wpzq0czOUDXJeDHGsw_8YA0t5fG5boAuybTbA0qCyAkC_i1ho5abVXXHgh5F9dCBVfxgMJ6g/s320/DSC00830.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaDjdG_qTN3eXlEM8VLk58TF1y-a-3JH4wnhnw3KB3ihSmKhFrzoTq4ldwIzcNbk91ZjTMQYIcEWo0Uor0ug-ZM23bmTScy91ZvtvC7hsNqpwyAujGI1xow8tRtN1Jk-CZbB0cRqraYTmT8a0kS-WBRNEvWy-ZTKP9WWW8MT5NgrZXylHoUzvshSvsg/s6000/DSC00831.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaDjdG_qTN3eXlEM8VLk58TF1y-a-3JH4wnhnw3KB3ihSmKhFrzoTq4ldwIzcNbk91ZjTMQYIcEWo0Uor0ug-ZM23bmTScy91ZvtvC7hsNqpwyAujGI1xow8tRtN1Jk-CZbB0cRqraYTmT8a0kS-WBRNEvWy-ZTKP9WWW8MT5NgrZXylHoUzvshSvsg/s320/DSC00831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The weather wasn't quite so good today, with rain forecast in the afternoon. We decided to see a film at the Alhambra cinema in Keswick...The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. The film was quite good, apart from 20 minutes of adverts at the start. We are used to its equivalent, the Bijou cinema in Southport, which is a not for profit business and doesn't have any adverts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It must have rained a bit while we were inside because the streets were wet when we came out, so perfect timing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We had dinner in the Crafty Baa, Nachos for J and a very hot goulash for D! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4A66pE-QApNBnmJltd6Q6x_rYdvyScPM2mSM-dsT9FsWRF4VV4sqLAfwtKrbwIHJnT8wk0l_ktsA_aHltInA_20gNAg0KkRpKWMdHCH0hBDGxClHW2THfqyeBGv75VFb1b8GCOxFJsmLFeTNnFH_Rq9WddyC80dWnoX9Jhtnyq0K-vIfHFlg3152OxA/s4032/IMG-2730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4A66pE-QApNBnmJltd6Q6x_rYdvyScPM2mSM-dsT9FsWRF4VV4sqLAfwtKrbwIHJnT8wk0l_ktsA_aHltInA_20gNAg0KkRpKWMdHCH0hBDGxClHW2THfqyeBGv75VFb1b8GCOxFJsmLFeTNnFH_Rq9WddyC80dWnoX9Jhtnyq0K-vIfHFlg3152OxA/s320/IMG-2730.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J86zjkuHZrYnUcdrQXE2CEjdEs7QV9ur0MRs6HDcA9yE8cm3T2Ijdvxogf_Gpk9H6WYetd20Xhz9t1dc9zSx8RJgAFUg8fMxUc4p9LAuOzGRUj5URLFNUppJ9w8u0kKUZJDkvsEZ1qWntSSFnTwDMLH1z9I5MJ_UMpyTSGW6R0kSx_4MQ34KRDDbuw/s4032/IMG-2731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J86zjkuHZrYnUcdrQXE2CEjdEs7QV9ur0MRs6HDcA9yE8cm3T2Ijdvxogf_Gpk9H6WYetd20Xhz9t1dc9zSx8RJgAFUg8fMxUc4p9LAuOzGRUj5URLFNUppJ9w8u0kKUZJDkvsEZ1qWntSSFnTwDMLH1z9I5MJ_UMpyTSGW6R0kSx_4MQ34KRDDbuw/s320/IMG-2731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Got a taxi very easily back to the site. The driver remembered us from last time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We polished off a bottle of wine sitting outside the caravan in the evening, watching an even better sunset.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot5em6fuuExR3W3M_Cfwr1Sv4IrYBjncgfnWf-0h_CLdhaTgD6mpDSJ4_crQmN7YzLeicrAyM8np9wyafeOjnnn747MfSxTPatckRTJfKjSpCREKOCzBFEvnat4e0Ll_0QRy5aR6D7ygETFnTOrTKHMo5y6kz3OREWUmLNEYBZih_C6OGbDIK0mfeog/s6000/DSC00850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot5em6fuuExR3W3M_Cfwr1Sv4IrYBjncgfnWf-0h_CLdhaTgD6mpDSJ4_crQmN7YzLeicrAyM8np9wyafeOjnnn747MfSxTPatckRTJfKjSpCREKOCzBFEvnat4e0Ll_0QRy5aR6D7ygETFnTOrTKHMo5y6kz3OREWUmLNEYBZih_C6OGbDIK0mfeog/s320/DSC00850.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7g3XmFujt8fbu8NOv0U1RNwplsXZ45Tycy3N6mAm-WDSDTkK7sW0KzSDomYuEFSL8o4RuzUOxEqCvkwm3M2Sx9hMQpRRigLSdRpe0V3U44dWpWqlRE3vTcM8V3SkbyHIXXSVNk7Jnu6tlwu8gZNslfioYtz6Iah9eKTjM48iekOoNkhWuqnr3apEaqQ/s6000/DSC00856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7g3XmFujt8fbu8NOv0U1RNwplsXZ45Tycy3N6mAm-WDSDTkK7sW0KzSDomYuEFSL8o4RuzUOxEqCvkwm3M2Sx9hMQpRRigLSdRpe0V3U44dWpWqlRE3vTcM8V3SkbyHIXXSVNk7Jnu6tlwu8gZNslfioYtz6Iah9eKTjM48iekOoNkhWuqnr3apEaqQ/s320/DSC00856.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We left about 9.30 and got home just after midday.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">All in all another very good trip.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon.</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nothing booked but we hope to get away again at the end of May or early in June.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p> <p></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-60073469416533917482023-04-16T17:49:00.003+01:002023-04-17T07:19:13.192+01:00Kendal<p>14th to 16th April 2023</p><p>Our first trip of the year to one of our favourite sites - the CAMC site outside Kendal.</p><p><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We had a really good journey and despite driving as slowly as possible we ended up arriving five minutes before the earliest arrival time of 1pm to fnd the barriers up. Quite rightly the wardens made us wait, but we were still first on site and we headed straight to pitch no. 21, the holy grail of pitches.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNZRPr7_U4QTm2kT9E7QzAGCDOsd_0ZNBkLKGvWEL6OCbeUko_GYgjGv0J0XuI40wO4W5ohWf1Bo8h7KbASBl-W6rGbnCi1X5R1kqjq-8HG7NxAk_uy9ZRHEfEsMpMUWSAB40onAK89XqP3mAN8RNAVzS29Xvb9NMQ89-sGdjL33J7W8s33vRM-7wSw/s5467/DSC00755.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3483" data-original-width="5467" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNZRPr7_U4QTm2kT9E7QzAGCDOsd_0ZNBkLKGvWEL6OCbeUko_GYgjGv0J0XuI40wO4W5ohWf1Bo8h7KbASBl-W6rGbnCi1X5R1kqjq-8HG7NxAk_uy9ZRHEfEsMpMUWSAB40onAK89XqP3mAN8RNAVzS29Xvb9NMQ89-sGdjL33J7W8s33vRM-7wSw/s320/DSC00755.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg843LTPh79F8MuzwVzZ1Ij4ThJqGuwrPQuH4itBRb7xXCPbj2B2udrAyCM2hAjWpMA-GPYlwAOCiGuWS0U1o2zsE24YnF1KmFwFHvhK-pms1bguYo4aZiK0ChVONvaLDV5V_wpLmnpCXhQ2r4FjtMDsHoAP1xp9P1NkvDABVQzbuzRLeOCIihz_KtOLg/s5871/DSC00727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3874" data-original-width="5871" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg843LTPh79F8MuzwVzZ1Ij4ThJqGuwrPQuH4itBRb7xXCPbj2B2udrAyCM2hAjWpMA-GPYlwAOCiGuWS0U1o2zsE24YnF1KmFwFHvhK-pms1bguYo4aZiK0ChVONvaLDV5V_wpLmnpCXhQ2r4FjtMDsHoAP1xp9P1NkvDABVQzbuzRLeOCIihz_KtOLg/s320/DSC00727.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All caravan pitches should be like this. No rows of caravan here. We felt a bit guilty because we hate it when we arrive dead on time and have to join a queue of early arrivals who get the best pitches...but only for a moment. A very good start to the trip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We put the canopy up to make sure it is still okay, but it probably won't get many airings this year. It's too small to be any use and a lot of hassle to put up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What to do next? We decided to get a bus into Kendal but as we waited at the bus stop we changed our minds and headed to the nearby Strickland Arms instead. It was pretty empty and we ended up having dinner there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quite a late start, we got a bus to High Newton and walked from there to Newby Bridge. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="5266" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nfNABizd6pUzT3pdjI_XfAqQ5EGWZzTnhMzF783JISLxhC_mnKtYO7JlU3P-Gh35wU32c9flep7io_Injd0SS1KuJ8eQutkn_lAixp5EzzueoF_KGlw1U4vco-tPes_r6K-AYhgI95gxJZpPFD6xtjNVSJcluzkp6gzAe_0bEcQ9IgIH5qn36mTicw/s320/DSC00753.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had a quick pint in the Swan Inn, then headed back to the site for our first barbecue of the year, which after a shaky start due to last years coals and the firelighter not working turned out to be very successful.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><u>Sunday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>The journey back to the storage site was uneventful.</div><div><br /></div><div>All in all a very good two night trip. We have been very lucky on trips this year and our good fortune continues.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">It looks like there isn't any availability anywhere we want to go at the end of April and then almost every weekend is a bank holiday weekend in May so sites are pretty full...</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-71045073071174388242023-04-03T22:28:00.000+01:002023-04-03T22:28:10.477+01:00Ingleton<p>31st March to 2nd April</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Two nights at Thornbrook Barn, Ingleton, which is only about half an hour from our storage site. As with our previous trips this year the weather forecast was not particularly good but turned out to be ok. We left it until the last minute to book so were not surprised to get one of the less good pitches, but there aren't really any bad pitches here.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We set off a bit later than we would have liked due to work but were still onsite and set up by 2pm. Not the easiest of pitches to get into but luckily the motor mover decided to work this time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5C3uI7Iu0cH1yOne8DAaY4H4aPQPqQVcBoPjbk702n1QpP9Q5PyfGIvcYomQSs5aJt3kCz5I4zIzoug8wqC0JCN7aUMOokoWqP72KIZvo7bjyj_-ZCfbPZBO-woDpYApJU_cSTZ1uKuMTCLypVHXVDoAwGX4DFy3Usk0O5Um3J62qeQVauupTCfDAlg/s5502/DSC00689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3681" data-original-width="5502" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5C3uI7Iu0cH1yOne8DAaY4H4aPQPqQVcBoPjbk702n1QpP9Q5PyfGIvcYomQSs5aJt3kCz5I4zIzoug8wqC0JCN7aUMOokoWqP72KIZvo7bjyj_-ZCfbPZBO-woDpYApJU_cSTZ1uKuMTCLypVHXVDoAwGX4DFy3Usk0O5Um3J62qeQVauupTCfDAlg/s320/DSC00689.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ingleton is just a short walk away. It's not what you might call a tourist village but that is not a bad thing. We discovered our first choice pub (based on previous visits), the Old Post Office, doesn't open until 5pm so we popped into the Masons first, which is also a nice place to be.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dinner was fish and chips sitting outside the chip shop. It was just about warm enough.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We thought about getting a bus to Settle but decided to drive instead, which turned out to be more stressful than we thought it would be as we inched over a 6ft wide bridge at Stainforth Force waterfall!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiFpKJhl_nfrSIctdGUmiEW3YSieiK9rc1H_kBsp2UbHcPwrbYsOpkUzVpI4DZTokIfrJCZkvMOzoqejG_1gQnFV6rEiDMHA_kRFGYe3pVkx3OlGIa1fxGAAUdbZOXXmOxSLSj8ydwIB7oJUTpIsDwZOvLwuNlXCQHC78-D0KV_wtPtP_basi0MhE-w/s6000/DSC00690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiFpKJhl_nfrSIctdGUmiEW3YSieiK9rc1H_kBsp2UbHcPwrbYsOpkUzVpI4DZTokIfrJCZkvMOzoqejG_1gQnFV6rEiDMHA_kRFGYe3pVkx3OlGIa1fxGAAUdbZOXXmOxSLSj8ydwIB7oJUTpIsDwZOvLwuNlXCQHC78-D0KV_wtPtP_basi0MhE-w/s320/DSC00690.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quite scary at the peak of the bridge, with no visibility of the sides, but we got away with it. According to specifications our car is 6ft 1in, so not sure how!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The object of today's walk was Smearsett Scar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc8hd5-Lo5BY4TPSj8h4uP3IGGCttJCUuXOINXMp8qrJQTeMHkR-Y5cVF5JfuGAZZO0YMTnbX3plfjh92MrOmNAbIRfmmrXn3Im7THKYlgdvKDGzCc5hpQPC0hbc1r67XA7NxyUWjovTJmLJrxhn5vz89tS6sA06Ne_IXgOOIFCaxms4J1HkdZjPYCA/s1316/Route.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1316" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc8hd5-Lo5BY4TPSj8h4uP3IGGCttJCUuXOINXMp8qrJQTeMHkR-Y5cVF5JfuGAZZO0YMTnbX3plfjh92MrOmNAbIRfmmrXn3Im7THKYlgdvKDGzCc5hpQPC0hbc1r67XA7NxyUWjovTJmLJrxhn5vz89tS6sA06Ne_IXgOOIFCaxms4J1HkdZjPYCA/s320/Route.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lots of grey cloud but it didn't rain, so we can't complain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Three nice pubs in a village is pretty good going.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No problems getting home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We will wait for the Easter rush to die down and hope to get away again before the end of April.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-33057484668818481982023-03-20T19:03:00.004+00:002023-03-23T15:25:29.832+00:00Keswick<div class="separator"><br /></div><p>17th to 20th March 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another three night trip, this time to Castlerigg Hall, Keswick.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Quite a hard site to get into with little availability after this weekend. We were surprised to see a superior lake view pitch available and pounced on it before realising that the summer bus timetables don't start until next week and the nearby Crag bar would be shut. Then we saw the weather forecast....</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We set off quite early with a sparkling van washed by the storage site owner, and there was no traffic so we arrived dead on 1pm. Fortunately the motor mover worked after poking the wires a bit (we know which ones to poke now) and we were soon pitched up and entertaining a frequent visitor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZ0vMLWulZ2DpgIX7WX6Q7MLpvNjrO_eax_6CdTiCZ11tXUNoBIZMRvXeKCJ0IsDGrG5uPwHDUeajSPtnmkfdMcJsoivtiLnCqEVz9EyJRtB7MbMvPag5iCY-5NJeI3pJ60zoOT2gO7iJiyulb6tygDkrQBOUDKlNUGyIlTyKQRZe_EaqsHgdW3a3Sw/s5844/DSC00606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3843" data-original-width="5844" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZ0vMLWulZ2DpgIX7WX6Q7MLpvNjrO_eax_6CdTiCZ11tXUNoBIZMRvXeKCJ0IsDGrG5uPwHDUeajSPtnmkfdMcJsoivtiLnCqEVz9EyJRtB7MbMvPag5iCY-5NJeI3pJ60zoOT2gO7iJiyulb6tygDkrQBOUDKlNUGyIlTyKQRZe_EaqsHgdW3a3Sw/s320/DSC00606.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNu_nsRCsqBQZVBMWu-YGldrY3aLwzNAUsZVcrhi8r5cP4Km5VxZ7oEJ0bNlNXCShFE4HykaNhc5pWuPK2qSLApxzv9suJpg1t5Iar4NG7GxeKgbSQKwkfCL7WEZPDcX78pqs-ye4s3U_7oJuVvJ5vvZMAREElzxAoiqOY0Q8pER7QMGy5uZTP1iQvQA/s5324/DSC00616.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3389" data-original-width="5324" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNu_nsRCsqBQZVBMWu-YGldrY3aLwzNAUsZVcrhi8r5cP4Km5VxZ7oEJ0bNlNXCShFE4HykaNhc5pWuPK2qSLApxzv9suJpg1t5Iar4NG7GxeKgbSQKwkfCL7WEZPDcX78pqs-ye4s3U_7oJuVvJ5vvZMAREElzxAoiqOY0Q8pER7QMGy5uZTP1iQvQA/s320/DSC00616.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-8rwaSIa1lVSRM5sR94p1UUrROUri50ozrFQw7hT7hUcMwQycp-h4X95JbmwX7tfPjohcN-yHEfN5lAU048f9LoDmis8Po4Qk_xFmJndiDFsuim7LDHyQja_aTx0LilBwC5WL-uuf_H8LUwv4SZfTCu01UlH5gVBa01rwJZyswkTHHcqwhqqbo6y3Q/s4338/DSC00610.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="4338" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-8rwaSIa1lVSRM5sR94p1UUrROUri50ozrFQw7hT7hUcMwQycp-h4X95JbmwX7tfPjohcN-yHEfN5lAU048f9LoDmis8Po4Qk_xFmJndiDFsuim7LDHyQja_aTx0LilBwC5WL-uuf_H8LUwv4SZfTCu01UlH5gVBa01rwJZyswkTHHcqwhqqbo6y3Q/s320/DSC00610.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The walk into Keswick is about a mile and a quarter down a steep hill, and that is where we headed after setting up. We had a look in most of the outdoor shops without buying anything, as usual, and tea in one of the many cafes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we visited the Craft Beer shop, the new to us Crafty Baa, the Wainwright Inn, and the usually impossible to get into Dog and Gun, with tapas in Bar eS somewhere in between. All excellent venues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pre booked taxi back to the site at 9.30 was very welcome. We like Iains Taxis, they accept bookings via Messenger so no phone call necessary!</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Very murky and misty to start with, these pics of the lake were taken from our pitch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRFDzLEQJMKGJ0dGf4ekXE3gru98-DzxEpd4ftVZ9u6ws-2-3PPDiilqahrl0by4arYiKYGdvmj0XLRQpX-CIaohZAfeVaGA8RhGcbPUd-Q8S9fH8pEKWLYVSOHl7RyuG8vtqcsrOdkBRs_e4BBqHSgtuDvxyEPS-Ua4Oqqu1PiG7Etzhk-hZ74Zdjg/s5831/DSC00618.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3821" data-original-width="5831" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRFDzLEQJMKGJ0dGf4ekXE3gru98-DzxEpd4ftVZ9u6ws-2-3PPDiilqahrl0by4arYiKYGdvmj0XLRQpX-CIaohZAfeVaGA8RhGcbPUd-Q8S9fH8pEKWLYVSOHl7RyuG8vtqcsrOdkBRs_e4BBqHSgtuDvxyEPS-Ua4Oqqu1PiG7Etzhk-hZ74Zdjg/s320/DSC00618.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzODz5fN1UNg5Km63QZyqMz4cS0AlHU8ZKISyBPsX_LjmpwsXe9s_CItyp0kHTWdKKej7TBojQZ4iUKOr3NuWXexNFzP_OhOCcQIo9SwyG3jcNVj2vwGoD_KdnJhM8GGd8tFe3bd5hhgnfkuZBYSPf8SZ0Qz2N57wMqCA1DVscxrvgUyfjGl9h_gsI0A/s5711/DSC00622.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3737" data-original-width="5711" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzODz5fN1UNg5Km63QZyqMz4cS0AlHU8ZKISyBPsX_LjmpwsXe9s_CItyp0kHTWdKKej7TBojQZ4iUKOr3NuWXexNFzP_OhOCcQIo9SwyG3jcNVj2vwGoD_KdnJhM8GGd8tFe3bd5hhgnfkuZBYSPf8SZ0Qz2N57wMqCA1DVscxrvgUyfjGl9h_gsI0A/s320/DSC00622.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;">The worst day weatherwise, according to the forecast. Undeterred we set off for a relatively easy walk around Sale fell, which is at the top end of Bassenthwaite. Another Wainwright ticked off.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtWJq1AzX2PERjgHaPc_h1JRKcU8waqBx-AT0CZG94DQb7vzBuQRe_j0lBfmtu_14ANJTsmpHLScP9-v4mV91l9awOTHLmNJCloKgCtTYjsS2LKXDXWZ_ZuyAa5tm3AmCT2-IGp1sxSzfxQDAYXMdKYBjLlxvIFWTftikv9QDcOFMYczjOSNC2-HLDg/s1041/Sale%20Fell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1041" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtWJq1AzX2PERjgHaPc_h1JRKcU8waqBx-AT0CZG94DQb7vzBuQRe_j0lBfmtu_14ANJTsmpHLScP9-v4mV91l9awOTHLmNJCloKgCtTYjsS2LKXDXWZ_ZuyAa5tm3AmCT2-IGp1sxSzfxQDAYXMdKYBjLlxvIFWTftikv9QDcOFMYczjOSNC2-HLDg/s320/Sale%20Fell.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">It did rain a bit to start with but soon brightened up and turned out to be a much better day than expected.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Very expensive, so we just had tea and cake.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfHrXMSTcugCVtATfzkPY8t7Q_6m09ts6TlA45wVgcnbuBS7_m9CeLAhUYnA0eqaWjRk5EgvguEXwU0a2tL7Jm6VyGkQdI83yvQOLWsDSNOEVrWQF4kbcQ5LCbzUAM4aaDB1g8PG_MkMzl3tvOWi6AihUbJSkdCVE7z5joqUgQqsTW32_CfU-RWjWbQ/s5689/DSC00657.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3638" data-original-width="5689" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfHrXMSTcugCVtATfzkPY8t7Q_6m09ts6TlA45wVgcnbuBS7_m9CeLAhUYnA0eqaWjRk5EgvguEXwU0a2tL7Jm6VyGkQdI83yvQOLWsDSNOEVrWQF4kbcQ5LCbzUAM4aaDB1g8PG_MkMzl3tvOWi6AihUbJSkdCVE7z5joqUgQqsTW32_CfU-RWjWbQ/s320/DSC00657.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGB22JcvRS452AEzqhd_NvEsE8zw1CZWqO4nAE0venwfDsqw8aPyu_63nPq_reQEo37gxXrFK2M58jCfDfRJqtO7Lv0pYzCJnRqsl0m3wQSvbWmJRhLgdv-mA7j_a3mRNIUoVXsaANjc6WrgMUE4eGEXWMgTcI9NC7m73OwVE5cN7mMBi6gnRpzuxwg/s5925/DSC00656.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3915" data-original-width="5925" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGB22JcvRS452AEzqhd_NvEsE8zw1CZWqO4nAE0venwfDsqw8aPyu_63nPq_reQEo37gxXrFK2M58jCfDfRJqtO7Lv0pYzCJnRqsl0m3wQSvbWmJRhLgdv-mA7j_a3mRNIUoVXsaANjc6WrgMUE4eGEXWMgTcI9NC7m73OwVE5cN7mMBi6gnRpzuxwg/s320/DSC00656.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the afternoon we set off to get a bus into Keswick but we got to the bus stop too early, so we walked to the next, then the next and then it wasn't worth getting the bus so we ended up walking all the way. We didn't stay out long and got a bus back to the site at 6.30 for dinner in the caravan and a night in.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Very grey first thing, so much so that we almost abandoned our planned walk up Fleetwith Pike from Honister slate mine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYfuSFo9nCUhPIuAyC0N_mCWMzSxOTA9_RVsaCC3ijQR0ebCR0sh8YMNanjYYsLyJcBcpik-pq50h3p3cs4Dz-HG81VlEVYa_8EInCuPqy7qkDTQdH78_gKBCVIiIS61rCxCwwst3yQT440kbJCwriaHRStX31VfyJb9aLTU7Uv3U0dhjRI4wdM--Qw/s1402/Fleetwith%20Pike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1402" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYfuSFo9nCUhPIuAyC0N_mCWMzSxOTA9_RVsaCC3ijQR0ebCR0sh8YMNanjYYsLyJcBcpik-pq50h3p3cs4Dz-HG81VlEVYa_8EInCuPqy7qkDTQdH78_gKBCVIiIS61rCxCwwst3yQT440kbJCwriaHRStX31VfyJb9aLTU7Uv3U0dhjRI4wdM--Qw/s320/Fleetwith%20Pike.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So glad we didn't. It never really brightened up but it didn't rain and we managed our second Wainwright of the weekend.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT736Zy3HwpywobwWtcjGc1stcSCEhIMfkDdDXkJNMRDLlA-QHXMVOCVdU_XUqnUpDDQKJlqYUUigP-IUskvNjm4VNOM6fjD1ADOcTbbtdCzS5_7Te-_0IL6IZ37xOl-3iOOWLugvLjyZ6pp9130saqcNTbeWP3lwR5pd1DT3pcPkATH0W44j96Lii8Q/s5738/DSC00659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3772" data-original-width="5738" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT736Zy3HwpywobwWtcjGc1stcSCEhIMfkDdDXkJNMRDLlA-QHXMVOCVdU_XUqnUpDDQKJlqYUUigP-IUskvNjm4VNOM6fjD1ADOcTbbtdCzS5_7Te-_0IL6IZ37xOl-3iOOWLugvLjyZ6pp9130saqcNTbeWP3lwR5pd1DT3pcPkATH0W44j96Lii8Q/s320/DSC00659.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jWuRQsqmOAPrBDMyC5cu-qpoetVm1cc-s8vUjkEhC1JsJVZaDoahbhhElG-gYkkfMsRSOnZHqCtX0q8ExFZp0IEzNor3hRCqjyvAAM-lQyTcNT5TiguCiGFN_ept2H2UEu8Z_djzEDACaRFYCWqGxJBzinwKTxgXPjxcW-qNMRBWNKR0JKOS15zgXw/s5524/DSC00667.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3581" data-original-width="5524" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jWuRQsqmOAPrBDMyC5cu-qpoetVm1cc-s8vUjkEhC1JsJVZaDoahbhhElG-gYkkfMsRSOnZHqCtX0q8ExFZp0IEzNor3hRCqjyvAAM-lQyTcNT5TiguCiGFN_ept2H2UEu8Z_djzEDACaRFYCWqGxJBzinwKTxgXPjxcW-qNMRBWNKR0JKOS15zgXw/s320/DSC00667.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5Ol7sM1sm--F_O9IxFEAe3wXF0BDShS95xbCQLLZ7-dmlYtAu4Xv85c1cvFxgubsoFPNtyq6cK4Bguqc483SRqsKqeWDYy2lNyEU7897GHI2MgOi_JG6bPSV0_eoZldjRK0DGYrSWsVf-xNJdfe9iz4UmmDNWCuYgp-GVrIjc5UqQtGT-KNOFOaWPw/s6000/DSC00668.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5Ol7sM1sm--F_O9IxFEAe3wXF0BDShS95xbCQLLZ7-dmlYtAu4Xv85c1cvFxgubsoFPNtyq6cK4Bguqc483SRqsKqeWDYy2lNyEU7897GHI2MgOi_JG6bPSV0_eoZldjRK0DGYrSWsVf-xNJdfe9iz4UmmDNWCuYgp-GVrIjc5UqQtGT-KNOFOaWPw/s320/DSC00668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HwSEcAuRdsEobZycrAkg-WyIMEx9swywRwM_dPQNdUqLHPksLxDd6c9U7XjqRlr_1zwENAFRD9wevMKLCILCUZpbDZ-9xALROoEW2fW9XcOppakAjad0265k_jCMYabNO3n44cW3FFh87xpHysYhTlftFQBbb8oc4zzPad1eNw_pHqkweIXFs3cbMA/s5747/DSC00672.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3732" data-original-width="5747" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HwSEcAuRdsEobZycrAkg-WyIMEx9swywRwM_dPQNdUqLHPksLxDd6c9U7XjqRlr_1zwENAFRD9wevMKLCILCUZpbDZ-9xALROoEW2fW9XcOppakAjad0265k_jCMYabNO3n44cW3FFh87xpHysYhTlftFQBbb8oc4zzPad1eNw_pHqkweIXFs3cbMA/s320/DSC00672.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqD9ljYJ2JRf_pmbNfeXb3FD_6qj5fcZ5ImZdHKesmfkimBPaGPZjobmz6IPssyJOk8NPBG-zaNXGelsEhUw7Pl6KRrAfZf6UWFLnsmlZyEMAEGuoXpmpGbDNFkXcQowkBU_gkF_pS4X0YzLsEYPISn-ICbSZplRmHCpiKO7bkaNxu7HjwGHXckPO5A/s5769/DSC00678.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3759" data-original-width="5769" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqD9ljYJ2JRf_pmbNfeXb3FD_6qj5fcZ5ImZdHKesmfkimBPaGPZjobmz6IPssyJOk8NPBG-zaNXGelsEhUw7Pl6KRrAfZf6UWFLnsmlZyEMAEGuoXpmpGbDNFkXcQowkBU_gkF_pS4X0YzLsEYPISn-ICbSZplRmHCpiKO7bkaNxu7HjwGHXckPO5A/s320/DSC00678.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpy6uNchMFbim5fH1alx4zZAtROjYdP-kiVJmaACBW4wwlqqefKllgXbPEjALxtaOnz4eeSiuQWaTujyjh6vKxSVr6WeS0FMUox4rZbyIRqJBgbZ2mX-oiifIzvOdQkJHmMfF-HaL3CEe7DIDrgXBz2p9euL5hdoHqewgYN4v75QpB2EAHP3GjO7TNw/s5729/DSC00682.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="5729" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpy6uNchMFbim5fH1alx4zZAtROjYdP-kiVJmaACBW4wwlqqefKllgXbPEjALxtaOnz4eeSiuQWaTujyjh6vKxSVr6WeS0FMUox4rZbyIRqJBgbZ2mX-oiifIzvOdQkJHmMfF-HaL3CEe7DIDrgXBz2p9euL5hdoHqewgYN4v75QpB2EAHP3GjO7TNw/s320/DSC00682.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later in the afternoon we got a bus into Keswick and did pretty much the same as we did on Friday. We had a massive charcuterie slate in the Crafty Baa, which was our discovery of the weekend. Very quirky decor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdApZpR6ag9E7S52UkgThVUcUXUEjHdopgTd2vgN-He8epp7T0xngBzmEeKRhfBwRAM8JyZkS62HgDRC-jtfZZVHw8z1prP1D2HBUzNZJgaKzBAQ1OcH_g8r9a6x972pdp6eiVv6xsib_1_7Cn-70Y-IfrJI5e0gzX3yn18e2wwWCgb-e-YR38LrcSYw/s4032/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdApZpR6ag9E7S52UkgThVUcUXUEjHdopgTd2vgN-He8epp7T0xngBzmEeKRhfBwRAM8JyZkS62HgDRC-jtfZZVHw8z1prP1D2HBUzNZJgaKzBAQ1OcH_g8r9a6x972pdp6eiVv6xsib_1_7Cn-70Y-IfrJI5e0gzX3yn18e2wwWCgb-e-YR38LrcSYw/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTXDAg-8_i0DQjicsdgFEn1TyyYAqNVOWsnm5QV1tiC39FJCJyzlcNqfIboyQ8MD_cCrmr-lBM-39spjrRJ9PWTrnWTdEPbZlj0-FQ_2Qf22-0ItAuGjb7NPCBxsB_c1neYHAlJuidDcV-Qc0VIedBEw-7jHy0KlRmNzixuYmkUrCYiQZSIX97y-pDQ/s4160/20230319_182221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTXDAg-8_i0DQjicsdgFEn1TyyYAqNVOWsnm5QV1tiC39FJCJyzlcNqfIboyQ8MD_cCrmr-lBM-39spjrRJ9PWTrnWTdEPbZlj0-FQ_2Qf22-0ItAuGjb7NPCBxsB_c1neYHAlJuidDcV-Qc0VIedBEw-7jHy0KlRmNzixuYmkUrCYiQZSIX97y-pDQ/s320/20230319_182221.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0k_sLTHgSMIs99qfmoCyRHXp-zebwGQLYAk6odGYQwcYBMutl9TW1gUQbm1yNDjrc9mEg3l33JzWTZPpDpdZ_92eZL9RhoDBRlFBIBxDHZ5M_XIGVGoc7650qob4oxBVjs7I_6GLKxPeW-Dkb6gsk4kvtYL_hbJ8rc1dIP-lKkK3Hwqhwr0h_8o0GA/s4160/20230319_182335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0k_sLTHgSMIs99qfmoCyRHXp-zebwGQLYAk6odGYQwcYBMutl9TW1gUQbm1yNDjrc9mEg3l33JzWTZPpDpdZ_92eZL9RhoDBRlFBIBxDHZ5M_XIGVGoc7650qob4oxBVjs7I_6GLKxPeW-Dkb6gsk4kvtYL_hbJ8rc1dIP-lKkK3Hwqhwr0h_8o0GA/s320/20230319_182335.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6qHmz-enB6Q79m2-6d4DxXymLDJfctR2xS6CWYSCcSNtBTNk8nwYeR7Ci2pDnmu94OalKnbWqFK95mIMSdIG9LBdYiOH0m9-jQcaVSdDmqvvGXnMTLzoMDd0qxTDlUQPHsMt23joD4BPhxf1ZgxgrWetrxoiVXumPpm-xDoC_grxjBiHNP705AK-6w/s4160/20230319_182827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6qHmz-enB6Q79m2-6d4DxXymLDJfctR2xS6CWYSCcSNtBTNk8nwYeR7Ci2pDnmu94OalKnbWqFK95mIMSdIG9LBdYiOH0m9-jQcaVSdDmqvvGXnMTLzoMDd0qxTDlUQPHsMt23joD4BPhxf1ZgxgrWetrxoiVXumPpm-xDoC_grxjBiHNP705AK-6w/s320/20230319_182827.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcR4r7vikevwIckO_u6G7acnzvnyidII7N2V9nLVvO1CBUKRO7mGcNSl49nFhzhXAOZ7QV-gsP6yAIpCPIwgW0O5u0byUjvFqWNC4RhqogWviuMdj55Q1lAtJTL5NFgHwlGLHJRPaYciOKZFS2avQ8r52agd3I-Kvi_a6gX0sDvgKcjzVVvGwROWBkA/s4160/20230319_191959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcR4r7vikevwIckO_u6G7acnzvnyidII7N2V9nLVvO1CBUKRO7mGcNSl49nFhzhXAOZ7QV-gsP6yAIpCPIwgW0O5u0byUjvFqWNC4RhqogWviuMdj55Q1lAtJTL5NFgHwlGLHJRPaYciOKZFS2avQ8r52agd3I-Kvi_a6gX0sDvgKcjzVVvGwROWBkA/s320/20230319_191959.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another pre booked taxi back to the site at 9pm and an early night. Not sure what wore us out more, the walking or the eating and drinking!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><u>Monday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>It rained as we were putting everything away and didn't stop until we were almost home.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all a very, very good trip...almost 10/10. A bit more blue sky would have been nice but we managed to do everything we wanted to and got into all of the places we wanted to.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing booked but we are hoping to get away again before Easter.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div><br />Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-41766753448354090082023-03-06T18:14:00.000+00:002023-03-06T18:14:13.359+00:00Pooley Bridge<p> 3rd to 6th March</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our first "real" trip of the year (the last one was more of a city break) to Hillcroft Park, Pooley Bridge. Hillcroft Park is a big site which gets very busy, and noisy, in high season, but it's nice and quiet this time of year, which is how we like it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We arrived shortly after 1pm and headed to our chosen pitch. The booking system here is second to none.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The recently repaired motor mover failed to work initially...again, but did after poking the wires around a bit. Obviously a loose connection somewhere, which is very annoying because we just know it won't work when we need it to! D will have to improve his reversing skills!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">No trouble getting into this pitch, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jIN-hFEjZD9vufkLjRJXsv2g3K4ViIHAaym1ubFK5sMG_WNPPxBMzXsH2TN0B7HskqFt_7phCTmm3AxzwY0W3ojzUZZkLkuLJLl0sw8diTUefX1cI2Jq0vCNvA5v8tn8c9MZo8Oys3grZiFYaEIWyyU5M8nQx_jUQ-Oy0_rlYxqid2VQY0gDfV678Q/s5649/DSC00542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3679" data-original-width="5649" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jIN-hFEjZD9vufkLjRJXsv2g3K4ViIHAaym1ubFK5sMG_WNPPxBMzXsH2TN0B7HskqFt_7phCTmm3AxzwY0W3ojzUZZkLkuLJLl0sw8diTUefX1cI2Jq0vCNvA5v8tn8c9MZo8Oys3grZiFYaEIWyyU5M8nQx_jUQ-Oy0_rlYxqid2VQY0gDfV678Q/s320/DSC00542.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">And no problems with the caravan, fingers crossed it has survived another winter.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After setting everything up we walked down the hill into Pooley Bridge, which as usual was very busy. No freehouses here, so a choice of Robinsons or Thwaites. Not a beer drinkers paradise unlike some other places in the lake district.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We thought about having dinner out but instead retreated to the caravan for a Gousto meal, prepared mostly by D. We are really into Gousto at the moment but running out of introductory offers, so might have to resort to paying full price soon. It's great having all the ingredients weighed out and clear instructions to follow.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We spent the rest of he night inside the caravan listening to the radio and reading.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The best day weatherwise, accordng to the BBC weather forecast which wasn't entirely accurate on this occasion!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We got a bus to Glenridding (we're loving the fares capped at £2) to tackle Glenridding Dodd (475 metres) and Sheffield Pike (675 metres). What should be an easily achievable objective this year is to do at least ten new Wainwrights, so only eight to go.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzurohpJX7pdnSBsebLjV6aauIrlo9QMoo3cvaE8vrqiCqRQxzBrNlU84UTUiAFsrAWeBvUJaUaT01I_4s1szEFUlJAGKkbCjUiZixyyIDQiHtEnpv5CxRHzeBZmtJHrnvf23d-bMz0TKm4RUDOpfW05Q6Zi2_CnE0vcZU0nV33X3awwSyh_8wXtjm7g/s1482/Route.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1482" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzurohpJX7pdnSBsebLjV6aauIrlo9QMoo3cvaE8vrqiCqRQxzBrNlU84UTUiAFsrAWeBvUJaUaT01I_4s1szEFUlJAGKkbCjUiZixyyIDQiHtEnpv5CxRHzeBZmtJHrnvf23d-bMz0TKm4RUDOpfW05Q6Zi2_CnE0vcZU0nV33X3awwSyh_8wXtjm7g/s320/Route.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Quite steep in places, but a good walk of about 5 miles in good walking weather. Very cloudy, so not a great day for pics but great views of Ullswater from the summits.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEefvduySQguRHxKy6FJaUwCdQCmxKMmjmacAAIBP0x2eD4wCbJ9EGbnB9WbZ8avS3OxfMjKvulhu2jv4Y5PiiOxklzYDMGkRU_wt_dTd-hgNokESatsy4gZvbGgveeHnUX6woAw4tSZrLUly1G4gQ1fUMT-EdX8IT4Dkvm42pSaRDHKQmV3vCGvwvQ/s5310/DSC00569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3217" data-original-width="5310" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEefvduySQguRHxKy6FJaUwCdQCmxKMmjmacAAIBP0x2eD4wCbJ9EGbnB9WbZ8avS3OxfMjKvulhu2jv4Y5PiiOxklzYDMGkRU_wt_dTd-hgNokESatsy4gZvbGgveeHnUX6woAw4tSZrLUly1G4gQ1fUMT-EdX8IT4Dkvm42pSaRDHKQmV3vCGvwvQ/s320/DSC00569.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfERozYnJJlVTLlrx_bipUYiScV1USAgDYDuCSHu25H9a8Sx9bSBYicypkLc0vndDOHDQKeZZeWU19bqcsOsr5fizhZhEFn-P_Pg-yKvM3zbUoIhFbEi8m8Y9FsYge029DKLLxplX6jV3yrb6_i22n5gJMa3FzXPyHhnHVUzSqzuFxLZKuxVHUMC4nw/s6000/DSC00545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It turned out to be not as good as we thought it would be, but at least we have been now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The weather was a bit better today, but still lots of cloud around. We drove to Penrith and went for a quick walk to the beacon overlooking the town.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYpTz9LGHBm-l_xdfc1zmLf1zxn21NoNnN3yszinIk5s96PXthierHwTdKr6aoK7D7T1C3rmzWD1G_1nrhQUVz0Y0KfBvBtYip_8B3nqOK3rCum2k4JcqWXwvpJCGGXKWExBhy-6UhGy8L1iTy3fIvGG0KPYyXDgNFrYB4FeA2QmnMQIjnAA9TZG1CA/s5600/DSC00576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3666" data-original-width="5600" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYpTz9LGHBm-l_xdfc1zmLf1zxn21NoNnN3yszinIk5s96PXthierHwTdKr6aoK7D7T1C3rmzWD1G_1nrhQUVz0Y0KfBvBtYip_8B3nqOK3rCum2k4JcqWXwvpJCGGXKWExBhy-6UhGy8L1iTy3fIvGG0KPYyXDgNFrYB4FeA2QmnMQIjnAA9TZG1CA/s320/DSC00576.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEttHhHb2gQsBr9LcBrZmSPwtMh-1M53R7Q0GYn5Shj5pB5lZV1i3wHH6Eu_YpVEOxiTorrUQxni6UngyWF8UXCtMdgXnTD6in_m0HgA8blA3RC5RgBDbFFRhHksD6JVGj_vDA616nU4fefbQtD5MP-ABV_1YG25jBUYcLYwIjpE80vprRm4east2b4g/s6000/DSC00586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEttHhHb2gQsBr9LcBrZmSPwtMh-1M53R7Q0GYn5Shj5pB5lZV1i3wHH6Eu_YpVEOxiTorrUQxni6UngyWF8UXCtMdgXnTD6in_m0HgA8blA3RC5RgBDbFFRhHksD6JVGj_vDA616nU4fefbQtD5MP-ABV_1YG25jBUYcLYwIjpE80vprRm4east2b4g/s320/DSC00586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTLQyEaYpmTdK9gJx6i9OJ084-S39wD2ochSQycnLOQFqDiLRi7fHervWSQd8BQgQTqxMafbeJkcRSFwcTj_avw_Szp4GDnSz535VAVUdHKHYT_0ZuVL7mlqB3dckWK5bCI6qNpHUqyItG5bZOS3Fijru2SARcqlkDEAlVjA465uR7c7QLOEhzVqQ4Q/s5502/DSC00590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3572" data-original-width="5502" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTLQyEaYpmTdK9gJx6i9OJ084-S39wD2ochSQycnLOQFqDiLRi7fHervWSQd8BQgQTqxMafbeJkcRSFwcTj_avw_Szp4GDnSz535VAVUdHKHYT_0ZuVL7mlqB3dckWK5bCI6qNpHUqyItG5bZOS3Fijru2SARcqlkDEAlVjA465uR7c7QLOEhzVqQ4Q/s320/DSC00590.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then into Penrith town centre, which seems to be shut on a Sunday. Hardly anything was open!<div><br /></div><div>A bit disappointed, we headed back to Pooley Bridge for a pretty good roast dinner in the Pooley Bridge inn, then a couple of pics of the lake and back to the caravan for another night in.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMh5o7-5ZJW6jNvO2pkAZduIgIsbY9vMEM05Ns091JU7h3LEsy__6ApILyxcLz0ytKXBlXvIMm3vbmd0sHrBRVmVPVzCGttkz1mpof-DK4uUuprUHmSjboI7h3I110-saS3F0iMzEgE5IghGIF7CrQ4ktMxE8uN0ovysc3oN9BZOHD-h6m1uOUHiRlCg/s5533/DSC00595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3567" data-original-width="5533" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMh5o7-5ZJW6jNvO2pkAZduIgIsbY9vMEM05Ns091JU7h3LEsy__6ApILyxcLz0ytKXBlXvIMm3vbmd0sHrBRVmVPVzCGttkz1mpof-DK4uUuprUHmSjboI7h3I110-saS3F0iMzEgE5IghGIF7CrQ4ktMxE8uN0ovysc3oN9BZOHD-h6m1uOUHiRlCg/s320/DSC00595.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSqbc-tvAdUlW0EhC2SuyCpfFhMePN3FFMojnbrL83ESS6qRC0OuqIjbjxrWlxNU54wPrwTdIuavb8Z6PMK2Cf0ARWI_R7G5nUuPZCnutD00TJOhOc9bgfzfWBNdQiMed-LFMHfSMXCC7KQQkm7khcyt0GWyvsuCdEFt2R4Jkh1Mqxg8ZN6yEMDCqwQ/s6000/DSC00600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSqbc-tvAdUlW0EhC2SuyCpfFhMePN3FFMojnbrL83ESS6qRC0OuqIjbjxrWlxNU54wPrwTdIuavb8Z6PMK2Cf0ARWI_R7G5nUuPZCnutD00TJOhOc9bgfzfWBNdQiMed-LFMHfSMXCC7KQQkm7khcyt0GWyvsuCdEFt2R4Jkh1Mqxg8ZN6yEMDCqwQ/s320/DSC00600.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYveQIbCE19in7HpYWJgAiggBFW5pHV5yoI530vb3UV1ccKwhzNdfNyRn8GiuL4mwcV0-Hpng7XPGXbYz3acIev3zBR4O1k3sfRrmMBYzbkv6mormN0qvXx2ZZJTvN8mjjFFTtqMdZitlLZqSfYGxIshuSWbS3ZYWUt5-NWCu-tozjwaRgzkvm4TyUYg/s6000/DSC00604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYveQIbCE19in7HpYWJgAiggBFW5pHV5yoI530vb3UV1ccKwhzNdfNyRn8GiuL4mwcV0-Hpng7XPGXbYz3acIev3zBR4O1k3sfRrmMBYzbkv6mormN0qvXx2ZZJTvN8mjjFFTtqMdZitlLZqSfYGxIshuSWbS3ZYWUt5-NWCu-tozjwaRgzkvm4TyUYg/s320/DSC00604.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Only a couple of caravans left on site now, and a very hardy camper in a tiny tent!</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Monday</u></div><div><br /></div><div>The overnight forecast had been for light snow but there was not sign of any when we got up. It rained a bit on the way home.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div><br /></div><div>Three nights in Castlerigg Hall, on a superior pitch.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-81131150008972156032023-01-30T18:00:00.006+00:002023-01-31T07:16:09.578+00:00Bay View, Morecambe<p style="text-align: justify;">27th to 29th January 2023</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Back after a two month break, to what has become a familiar location. We discovered Bay View last year and liked it so much we visited it twice in one month. A bit of a jinxed site (on our first visit J tripped over a speed bump and twisted her ankle and on our second visit all of the pubs in Lancaster were packed due to the annual music festival, which was ok but we prefer things to be a bit quieter) but we thought we would give it another go. It's nice and easy to get to and there isn't much else open at this time of year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyg-Kb3B1rfpPsi96EfzwhUSv-BsGKrkNRwMGnxLOwBhY2KkpFTVRNY1HiEXvxYwhv1k1ukcro4eTDauCX0jU2YkM48VnBd0Qyb47PvTn5D20l2Bd5aojUezdp8x2lKD6lWrBqe1CHlyYn3ox4Uyc3AFuqPVSnsdxTGDBhrzE7MIR3UPWVE1WEGGeDQ/s4701/DSC00515.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2787" data-original-width="4701" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyg-Kb3B1rfpPsi96EfzwhUSv-BsGKrkNRwMGnxLOwBhY2KkpFTVRNY1HiEXvxYwhv1k1ukcro4eTDauCX0jU2YkM48VnBd0Qyb47PvTn5D20l2Bd5aojUezdp8x2lKD6lWrBqe1CHlyYn3ox4Uyc3AFuqPVSnsdxTGDBhrzE7MIR3UPWVE1WEGGeDQ/s320/DSC00515.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We arrived shortly after 1pm and were shown to our pitch by a friendly warden who looked on in admiration as D expertly reversed the caravan in...well, something like that!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUImPEuqWGgEsyzUL0O5MjDr45AqPBbdvtMC7ACHP7HYCFEbNPpWHGKm0v-8IR5JzgTUfOPAyE1Rm1bUjkRH13PDcKIrTis5618J0fbgEk507U5HzwsGUePcjoVzbsj44A2SWIls8WSOcm3AR_CJc-k5mYfGJjCEr3cMPHJB0NI02LLT0ibAMO4YaMg/s5862/DSC00513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3856" data-original-width="5862" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUImPEuqWGgEsyzUL0O5MjDr45AqPBbdvtMC7ACHP7HYCFEbNPpWHGKm0v-8IR5JzgTUfOPAyE1Rm1bUjkRH13PDcKIrTis5618J0fbgEk507U5HzwsGUePcjoVzbsj44A2SWIls8WSOcm3AR_CJc-k5mYfGJjCEr3cMPHJB0NI02LLT0ibAMO4YaMg/s320/DSC00513.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The weather was ok and just about warm enough for us to have our tea and sandwiches al fresco.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards we got a bus into Lancaster and tried a couple of the pubs that had been so busy on our last visit. The Stonewell Tap in particular was excellent. Had dinner in the Gallico Lounge, which was pretty good. Apparently we are getting something similar in Southport soon. We got the last bus back to the site.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Saturday</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Poor weather and a cold for J meant we had to abandon our planned walk to the summit of Clougha Pike. Instead we went for a walk along the canal to Hest Bank and returned via the shoreline, about five miles in total.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKhNK7HDHir6wYBtU4WE8PvOFaUyNvwVDoRt0FOe3T3Bk3svXYgBh_nP2ulQda8YsgkRYzjm55mdRmsu4SzWnoGigdzrcBsz67jUXhtMbqqdYzmmC2-tObVbdcryrJim8VuwYxl2QJOWbi7-5LRzhrHYtyuiOluSdtd2KT-oiuf_C9AuCVf7eTzpbEQ/s6000/DSC00517.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKhNK7HDHir6wYBtU4WE8PvOFaUyNvwVDoRt0FOe3T3Bk3svXYgBh_nP2ulQda8YsgkRYzjm55mdRmsu4SzWnoGigdzrcBsz67jUXhtMbqqdYzmmC2-tObVbdcryrJim8VuwYxl2QJOWbi7-5LRzhrHYtyuiOluSdtd2KT-oiuf_C9AuCVf7eTzpbEQ/s320/DSC00517.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIdD6iEhxJJEQTaLaySvwohnceZ7lX-8Ea08533piqdIeVOGIx5YjejcsfpbyX0IRmqikjDxr31_pBts8Pd-0CZBX0DlfRQ41rL6Bn1-KsjkBBoDK6SuM8WdXp41ZDiM59e0fRvJL3njMYMy2U-9GGujJmVWKpWZYmaaLEtpNkPVENTvcoAKcHDdNQQ/s4671/DSC00520.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3652" data-original-width="5609" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ty_OjKgS3RPQELEU7vJeU3xkGdgkx6BMrYyLQ51WNFohBY47LtGDzmxvp7QHLpoj4m9j9ysrRNzAO0kTpSA62uwbRtHb014_L21Bd5gxNqhsMWv4roxPN290BaNvM9OYMc7mBNHY-hsdNVWiCVuPgjc5jHMLmI9YN0VOwbMd2y_Mo8PEfBxJSUezAQ/s320/DSC00530.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2opGQAM6kCPglR53D53s0CJ5i7bRIUnzZvBxMDRgtiJLVJiUXi9pC-4n3gysKEhNqtcwuSeGdRSpJW4mvY6pgg-BP6jfheyYTKiE7cPG0RrvPzKgObaRplmsuz-qudUE7T_FTIVgMmHfUOtM4jgLv4X60EO2A4rbt2K8J5EFVJVAxopDeZD0a6IsKvQ/s6000/DSC00532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2opGQAM6kCPglR53D53s0CJ5i7bRIUnzZvBxMDRgtiJLVJiUXi9pC-4n3gysKEhNqtcwuSeGdRSpJW4mvY6pgg-BP6jfheyYTKiE7cPG0RrvPzKgObaRplmsuz-qudUE7T_FTIVgMmHfUOtM4jgLv4X60EO2A4rbt2K8J5EFVJVAxopDeZD0a6IsKvQ/s320/DSC00532.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Quite a dull, grey day but at least it didn't rain...much.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had dinner in the caravan and spent the night listening to music and drinking wine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A quick try of the newly repaired motor mover, which seems ok, then homeward bound.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It wasn't until we were home, and much later in the day, that we remembered we hadn't drained the water out of the caravan! Fortunately the weather forecast looks ok for the next week or so with no sub zero temperatures but if it changes we will have to go back to the storage site just to drain the water, which is a bit of a pain because it takes about an hour to get there!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully a trip mid February, but no idea where as most sites are still closed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-32389773203726175222022-11-15T17:51:00.000+00:002022-11-15T17:51:27.027+00:00Coniston<p>11th to 14th November 2022</p><p>Second visit of the year to the CAMC site near Coniston.</p><p><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The earlist arrival time here is 10am but we left a bit later than intended and didn't arrive until after midday, to find most of the site closed for the winter.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We like this site because the pitches are amongst trees and scattered all over the place, instead of regimented and in a long line, but we always seem to have trouble selecting one. Today was no exception. The one we chose was not an easy one to get in to, buy hey, we have the motor mover...or so we thought. Unfortunately the bit you turn to engage it snapped off, leaving one roller partly engaged! Not a good start. We gave up on our first choice pitch and limped to another which looked like it was much easier to get into. Luckily D's reversing skills saved the day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45N3_np-PY0LRX-12mUZM9x8TxQdXQiLdrcXowwaHynJIP5WPc95jRW2L5lejWqYnYf_A1i8bTw8eNcGwbcHO2pIal5b7Ish5cjN4kf46ygOSEixETKOKLYONDsAPSGlfrNUj28TFSO6AzzPOL3GhNhA9EJacvYD8MtfC4XKJD_0e69YyX22E-pcSag/s5102/DSC00458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3367" data-original-width="5102" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45N3_np-PY0LRX-12mUZM9x8TxQdXQiLdrcXowwaHynJIP5WPc95jRW2L5lejWqYnYf_A1i8bTw8eNcGwbcHO2pIal5b7Ish5cjN4kf46ygOSEixETKOKLYONDsAPSGlfrNUj28TFSO6AzzPOL3GhNhA9EJacvYD8MtfC4XKJD_0e69YyX22E-pcSag/s320/DSC00458.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">D struggled to dis-engage the partially engaged roller with a rusty pair of pliers and a screw driver for an ambarassingly long time, then gave up and called a repair man who agreed to come and have a look in the morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing more could be done, so we headed into Coniston a bit later than intended and had drinks and dinner in the Black Bull. Then we headed up to the Sun hotel but it was full of well dressed people attending a private party and we felt a bit out of place in our walking boots so we didn't stay long. Our final pub of the day was the Yewdale Inn.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had to wait in for the repair man, but luckliy he came before midday. It took him less than 5 minutes to dis-engage the roller...it's amazing what you can do with the right tools...and he went away happy with £50 cash.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was too late for a serious walk so we just strolled into Coniston and had drinks and a second meal in the Black Bull, definitely our pub of choice this trip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fabulous weather for November, or any time of year really. We set off early for a relatively easy walk to Beacon fell and Beacon tarn.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw69pKElXkmjBTocLaaw5Davj0ukYDkaWCALwfILm7taEJJQPC34fq78nksJjGRUf_I-aZV6ZziKeqdRwPMCB7zPugXqzO2nq49Uo3JSQe8ftMBiRqmp_T-zkJHJX2Ir_xmsXMBFGdyhe-xK163R9rfGL_dj_JH2fj9Y1uzMQ45KePuDStbyh_PviU6w/s792/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="792" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw69pKElXkmjBTocLaaw5Davj0ukYDkaWCALwfILm7taEJJQPC34fq78nksJjGRUf_I-aZV6ZziKeqdRwPMCB7zPugXqzO2nq49Uo3JSQe8ftMBiRqmp_T-zkJHJX2Ir_xmsXMBFGdyhe-xK163R9rfGL_dj_JH2fj9Y1uzMQ45KePuDStbyh_PviU6w/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXmUOmZyNa4jhd-AcvIO0zhsUnlM83Ix7lkVca7UIO6ok9GXB1YnenrIDC11mcNS1neG7VmHNnAxHulRRNzbCQ3q-94JsCs-y_ImDSefg2mzkR3GEcW0mRjYgA4wywusKs87fy-QDsyZ_zn9uUGScaf6yfYyAhoykF_yV4lcfD755ErVCM_1JxCRI5A/s6000/DSC00469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXmUOmZyNa4jhd-AcvIO0zhsUnlM83Ix7lkVca7UIO6ok9GXB1YnenrIDC11mcNS1neG7VmHNnAxHulRRNzbCQ3q-94JsCs-y_ImDSefg2mzkR3GEcW0mRjYgA4wywusKs87fy-QDsyZ_zn9uUGScaf6yfYyAhoykF_yV4lcfD755ErVCM_1JxCRI5A/s320/DSC00469.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNJ7GdwOOGdgzD3IgLgJX4m7CcuCes_3CVcJK4LJld5JE2Df8MKVvTgkzYGS-ZYXch23ZevvZ_v1buSpwpXHXdsmXLChI8colksCUM_giCQpn2hvxadDHIHLT7hDUPqQoMb3io4b5IdYTZTSU1xbUhIkDcckJFOfryeQO8IND4bvFoNrs0K9x5qXSRA/s6000/DSC00472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNJ7GdwOOGdgzD3IgLgJX4m7CcuCes_3CVcJK4LJld5JE2Df8MKVvTgkzYGS-ZYXch23ZevvZ_v1buSpwpXHXdsmXLChI8colksCUM_giCQpn2hvxadDHIHLT7hDUPqQoMb3io4b5IdYTZTSU1xbUhIkDcckJFOfryeQO8IND4bvFoNrs0K9x5qXSRA/s320/DSC00472.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibv8ixiyxZAfIskR45C5MqsGEasBBbyUl2GarAUQSLTfkH-EdF-9hLGr1iBw6fkkjzgKqD33NNZgSbQjFRRHVfJcbsnNkFIdR-UC9-3fxxG7S-wrX_cTb_zNd5Jmb2_hiRKbOyKiXog58z7_XNxM1m_us9mwxTv_DPQzEnn5ux0CwQzLGxLN7Q-kSNhw/s6000/DSC00478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibv8ixiyxZAfIskR45C5MqsGEasBBbyUl2GarAUQSLTfkH-EdF-9hLGr1iBw6fkkjzgKqD33NNZgSbQjFRRHVfJcbsnNkFIdR-UC9-3fxxG7S-wrX_cTb_zNd5Jmb2_hiRKbOyKiXog58z7_XNxM1m_us9mwxTv_DPQzEnn5ux0CwQzLGxLN7Q-kSNhw/s320/DSC00478.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Not many pics today, not sure why...too busy enjoying the views.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the afternoon we walked to Torver and discovered that its pub, the Wilson Arms, has undergone a transformation. It is now more of a restaurant than a pub, but nicely done. Of course we had to stay for dinner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then it was back to the caravan for the rest of the night in, listening to music.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dropped the caravan off at the storage site and they are going to give us a price to fix the motor mover, if it is fixable. Fingers crossed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing booked, it all depends on the weather...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-29660726152717300732022-10-18T18:37:00.000+01:002022-10-18T18:37:27.656+01:00Bay View, Morecambe...again<p>14th to 16th October 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">An early return to Bay View, to do all the things we would have done last time if J hadn't tripped and twisted her ankle...and a bit of a bonus in the Lancaster Music Festival.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUnYJxQj1WIkBYRkowaqhi_a1F6gBMdUzEHaLEbDUU66J-3pgQY-iwfCGDf6j1AylHdN-0C4Q6Q9ice6VF3cIBvuMuDkktyRCn0dLxten0-sMj91XjWY-kTtIIBW_Mm5rc6xVcTKZsR32OcZTi1TNP0bPtKRPm0eLq9-ifSTjcr8DbhVZuZz8H05PFA/s3677/DSC00454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3677" data-original-width="2938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUnYJxQj1WIkBYRkowaqhi_a1F6gBMdUzEHaLEbDUU66J-3pgQY-iwfCGDf6j1AylHdN-0C4Q6Q9ice6VF3cIBvuMuDkktyRCn0dLxten0-sMj91XjWY-kTtIIBW_Mm5rc6xVcTKZsR32OcZTi1TNP0bPtKRPm0eLq9-ifSTjcr8DbhVZuZz8H05PFA/s320/DSC00454.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> <u>Friday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This site is very easy to get to from our storage site and we managed to arrive dead on 1pm. The friendly warden showed us to our pitch and stood by the car as D reversed the caravan onto the pitch, telling him when and which way to turn the steering wheel. No need for the motor mover this week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNzwVJl0KKPUpfy4Jt9MsZGDFpYN3NriFRNJHOIdtYhbqAfe6dtV0EO3toZswESzkj3SbSSOhUdGcPQdqRPXBNud9E2l7pcEqZlbMjinQO3cPcgJyNK6fXGJppQd7UXrUzEZuMVE7kmHGv7bAoy7RHEI-oDZIi-PdxUtH6cnUudHihJF1zKdASEBspg/s5449/DSC00418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3497" data-original-width="5449" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNzwVJl0KKPUpfy4Jt9MsZGDFpYN3NriFRNJHOIdtYhbqAfe6dtV0EO3toZswESzkj3SbSSOhUdGcPQdqRPXBNud9E2l7pcEqZlbMjinQO3cPcgJyNK6fXGJppQd7UXrUzEZuMVE7kmHGv7bAoy7RHEI-oDZIi-PdxUtH6cnUudHihJF1zKdASEBspg/s320/DSC00418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We got a bus into Lancaster and watched a few bands in a few pubs. We hadn't known about the festival in advance so we had no plan, but a couple of the bands were ok. All of the pubs were packed and we ended up right next to the performers in one place...a bit too close for comfort. It was good, though, we will probably return next year but do a bit of panning first. The Stonewell Tap looks like a fabulous place, definitley worth a visit when it is a bit quieter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We'd pre booked dinner in a tapas restaurant, so at least we had somewhere to eat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No problem getting a bus back to the site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We awoke to the sound of heavy rain but it soon stopped and despite a threat of heavy showers it didn't rain again until the evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The plan two weeks ago had been to walk from the site into Morecambe, which is what we did today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oD-ou7xue5qs1eVBAbbj0noubzN7Smsdf93ajnh7df1mkB__xrD3cOjaLWgXTcBt1wqwMgaSyF1lhUOeHWb2wois_H3c1jzL1jDPah6dfEe5YzAhvUXFLTeLLg205DYDdy0bJnDHsIIKtqsVnKgPwWImVG3c3s9slEj0uoMxNX7oZrdmLekHMc_EEg/s1199/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Good selection of beers but full of locals, so we felt a bit out of place. From there we got another bus to Carnforth and had a look around the heritage centre, then another drink in the pub on the platform. Then another bus back to the site.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We thought about going back into Lancaster but the weather was worsening and we were a bit tired so instead we had dinner in the onsite restaurant and then retreated to the caravan.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A pretty good sunset from the site.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIXjwtTeZpJ2Jxh6qjKOvZL3ZWOGxwIRpWDOX_NQnAPFeATdnJEVEfEXkeCH5ZhQ6yFIgOMyk746uyFBlYmGRx-EBMGcHMZWNX7w_2JyAwx-uTJV4PhSYm9FEnnrFADlzPQ_Rvn94_SOUx-hR3RgnJ5gHg49M1wqc2FqOTZUvVrRPThMgsdGIOYjlLA/s6000/DSC00456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIXjwtTeZpJ2Jxh6qjKOvZL3ZWOGxwIRpWDOX_NQnAPFeATdnJEVEfEXkeCH5ZhQ6yFIgOMyk746uyFBlYmGRx-EBMGcHMZWNX7w_2JyAwx-uTJV4PhSYm9FEnnrFADlzPQ_Rvn94_SOUx-hR3RgnJ5gHg49M1wqc2FqOTZUvVrRPThMgsdGIOYjlLA/s320/DSC00456.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><u>Sunday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We drained all the water out of the caravan again, just in case, but forgot to take some clothes home so we will definitley have to go on another trip before the year is out.</p><p><u>Coming soon...</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A few things to do at home in the coming weeks so our next trip will probably be mid November, weather permitting, with Coniston first choice location.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-43421934657096776722022-10-03T15:32:00.002+01:002022-10-03T16:32:43.128+01:00Bay View, Morecambe<p>1st to 3rd October 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bay View holiday park, Bolton-le-Sands, our second new site of the year. Handy for Lancaster and Morecambe, both just a short bus ride away.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Saturday start to avoid dreadful weather on the Friday. It was still a bit windy when we picked up the caravan but the site only is less than half an hour from our storage site so not problems getting there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1VM9eD_c_KGh64BJ5VWqlLi3gqTwq6ge8PArcSUpyBBP7NyWrYvarBclmGzercroBgTSA-n_fNQLHy8clbi_WDjYItldsyAfJ8GV0-QBvWRvgJgxDZTC00MemRnuDCMFbSMVxeCZ975CRYikLn363l8e2GNSMBCBAIS3U7GVnkblB-Xv7tgVsq1Fbg/s5747/DSC00390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3755" data-original-width="5747" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1VM9eD_c_KGh64BJ5VWqlLi3gqTwq6ge8PArcSUpyBBP7NyWrYvarBclmGzercroBgTSA-n_fNQLHy8clbi_WDjYItldsyAfJ8GV0-QBvWRvgJgxDZTC00MemRnuDCMFbSMVxeCZ975CRYikLn363l8e2GNSMBCBAIS3U7GVnkblB-Xv7tgVsq1Fbg/s320/DSC00390.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bay View is a huge site, but it's mostly statics and seasonal pitches with just a smallish area for tourers. The facilities are excellent, especially the second block, but that was a bit too far to go from where we were. Our block was ok, too. The on site bar looked ok but we didn't go in on this occasion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Lancaster canal is just across the road and we walked along it to Carnforth after everything was set up. Too windy for our canopy this time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Carnforth has a couple of nice micropubs and a couple of proper pubs. We visited them all and were particularly impressed with The Snug, which is on the railway platform. Walked back along the canal in the dark.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The walk along the canal was ok but then disaster...J tripped over a speed bump on the site and hurt her foot!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Excellent weather but J's foot was too sore to do anything, so we had a lazy day in and around the caravan apart from a quick drive to Morecambe. The plan had been to walk to Morecambe in the morning and get a bus back.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is an exit from the site onto the shoreline and D had a quick look first thing in the morning. Sunrise from the pitch was pretty good.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2NNGGuaAmhEOZ-227iafq2vKsJ3QXidKolFYH6G5GZHDbur2vWYGRqt-rEucDXWwaXUEywbHjX4WDvCLK_pyfjZsXeTyTiMFOdWo55FfkIdDAN_SL06CBqtl0P3Md3HeQaPuM-tjwHECeg0Jmjx_QhBj56eU1CbAU89SCvULh7gxvj0DyDXJuQqaPg/s5675/DSC00381.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3732" data-original-width="5675" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2NNGGuaAmhEOZ-227iafq2vKsJ3QXidKolFYH6G5GZHDbur2vWYGRqt-rEucDXWwaXUEywbHjX4WDvCLK_pyfjZsXeTyTiMFOdWo55FfkIdDAN_SL06CBqtl0P3Md3HeQaPuM-tjwHECeg0Jmjx_QhBj56eU1CbAU89SCvULh7gxvj0DyDXJuQqaPg/s320/DSC00381.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZ4EKdw1OTWNL0JK6dvxm-OkkmBuIbchpmfqVXjm6UY3SneZvoKfzngK3vHrtGZnz2zHoRMZPc4PocT4qP-oZheLHXFFb4J92C4YuF4e0w4t4FHhqTO637QrvWGrOyomXyAK6t7PnnFC_PLQ9_WCpqv6hCNEWYuH7ygoTcwMo1UOLjuKv360myt6HIQ/s6000/DSC00389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZ4EKdw1OTWNL0JK6dvxm-OkkmBuIbchpmfqVXjm6UY3SneZvoKfzngK3vHrtGZnz2zHoRMZPc4PocT4qP-oZheLHXFFb4J92C4YuF4e0w4t4FHhqTO637QrvWGrOyomXyAK6t7PnnFC_PLQ9_WCpqv6hCNEWYuH7ygoTcwMo1UOLjuKv360myt6HIQ/s320/DSC00389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />In the afternoon J hobbled to the bus stop and we got a bus into Lancaster. A couple of places we wanted to go to were shut but we had a nice roast dinner in a cellar bar called Merchants 1688. We thought about staying for their quiz but thought it might be difficult to get a taxi back to the site later, so didn't.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No problems getting home, this site is very easy to get to.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully another trip in a couple of weeks, but we have drained the water out of the caravan just in case...</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-35571962264931706152022-09-18T18:31:00.003+01:002022-09-19T09:07:11.601+01:00Carlisle<p>12th to 14th September 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It took about an hour and a half to get from Ravenglass to Green Acres caravan park, Carlisle, and it rained most of the way!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82-NOT0qA6uNi7EuLS623lnknmOdq00stmnDRYcC0hMXp_omw5ka6BEOB4_h3-JObB4iZdSCHpIX_83ySqPXioMvwcHs2mc1qnxVlhWA-D0-xH0UYtXCSwRGEJCkKLQGf-e-jgfKNR0WCr-_Jg0ELOE7vZb9-mUWmjGnau6AcqPyiavyHMMviUfMO7A/s5093/DSC00343.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3306" data-original-width="5093" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82-NOT0qA6uNi7EuLS623lnknmOdq00stmnDRYcC0hMXp_omw5ka6BEOB4_h3-JObB4iZdSCHpIX_83ySqPXioMvwcHs2mc1qnxVlhWA-D0-xH0UYtXCSwRGEJCkKLQGf-e-jgfKNR0WCr-_Jg0ELOE7vZb9-mUWmjGnau6AcqPyiavyHMMviUfMO7A/s320/DSC00343.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">A new site for us and the furthest north we have been in the caravan...almost Scotland! A neat and tidy site with excellent facilities just a short bus ride outside Carlisle. It has a boules pitch or green or whatever it is you play boules on and a badminton court. We didn't have time for either, sadly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Contactless check-in so we went straight to our allocated pitch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZSLy6qyD4OqHswv4V9WkIRzcK1f2rFk04ghkJNS5EpFPA-vfxyyPCWSVsW6cm2dUO1KPUHPGfeF6xWx_NqoKhMqinU43fTz-W7Fy7bxuu_0H_uoV9e71d0EkmWdkNCdeY8osxm-VPDGrqMvrGAYCdUDIgZE8DNSylgm28gT6qqD0F3RXMpSzHfX9Cw/s5404/DSC00297.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3417" data-original-width="5404" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZSLy6qyD4OqHswv4V9WkIRzcK1f2rFk04ghkJNS5EpFPA-vfxyyPCWSVsW6cm2dUO1KPUHPGfeF6xWx_NqoKhMqinU43fTz-W7Fy7bxuu_0H_uoV9e71d0EkmWdkNCdeY8osxm-VPDGrqMvrGAYCdUDIgZE8DNSylgm28gT6qqD0F3RXMpSzHfX9Cw/s320/DSC00297.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We had a look around the site and then headed to the bus stop to Carlisle for dinner and drinks. It turned out to be 1.4 miles away so a bit of a dash to get there. Caught the bus with minutes to spare!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A couple of the places we wanted to go to were closed on a Monday but we had an excellent meal in the Thin White Duke (nothing to do with David Bowie) and then drinks in the Last Zebra (it has a full zebra pelt on the wall) before getting a taxi back to the site.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Tuesday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The main reason for coming here was so that we could walk along Hadrian's wall, which is what we did. About 6.5 miles from Milecastle Inn to the visitor centre at Housesteads. We got a bus one way and walked back to the car.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxTY2Ex0vlsEkdgUZyZFkj0YxcMgB-3QoDon_PUoaq5dc3A8jXI8rDFm-RdnF15qg3_JraJzrLRAmhfzjQvwgQ6ql9kB7TWWG8YJ4TGAxdjaGL9EzIkyN41xmBEY47VVfo6xp24IQWULaGVdfTaOBdwLkzf_NubCnjYycTdR3bylGCibgfE5nXKHxnA/s1618/Untitled1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1618" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxTY2Ex0vlsEkdgUZyZFkj0YxcMgB-3QoDon_PUoaq5dc3A8jXI8rDFm-RdnF15qg3_JraJzrLRAmhfzjQvwgQ6ql9kB7TWWG8YJ4TGAxdjaGL9EzIkyN41xmBEY47VVfo6xp24IQWULaGVdfTaOBdwLkzf_NubCnjYycTdR3bylGCibgfE5nXKHxnA/s320/Untitled1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The weather was excellent. Too excellent, maybe, we got a bit sunburnt, but it was nice to finally get to see the wall. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsWdwejM-yKElNEgqqIn53Xesht7d2nHvX4Fo0bxonSvRko4hLKkiZW_D1jWCvp9exQz-6ppBTvwvovDQ8ARtKuYfDEWUD8CJEsaK4Ac6hDNG0koNcl1tBqgMyjTWge8LclxNVVqf4MVaqakm-H2oNclQpsuGbWWFD4ZJO9pctOBpg645uywKk6eMgQ/s5884/DSC00331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3910" data-original-width="5884" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsWdwejM-yKElNEgqqIn53Xesht7d2nHvX4Fo0bxonSvRko4hLKkiZW_D1jWCvp9exQz-6ppBTvwvovDQ8ARtKuYfDEWUD8CJEsaK4Ac6hDNG0koNcl1tBqgMyjTWge8LclxNVVqf4MVaqakm-H2oNclQpsuGbWWFD4ZJO9pctOBpg645uywKk6eMgQ/s320/DSC00331.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Quite a strenuous walk with lots of up and down. We were too tired to do much in the evening but the weather was okay so we had what might be our last barbecue of the year.</p><p>Quite a good sunset.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxjrI7f75rYLp7D5LadRX33V7jEdag8P271WGNJY8ALv0jKi-a-60GzyfbGHTzIfd_ajpu-HtAazAKQ8tHZ24h4NRbFIrE1qUA_N-Xs0fJlbKzguUKIQ1HyYplMnJz0s_Fjq1IyQLDs4_yIf1k-iUOF54ZyXbtKTKMsSDcULtPfzEHJOPwAdzkLfhww/s6000/DSC00342.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxjrI7f75rYLp7D5LadRX33V7jEdag8P271WGNJY8ALv0jKi-a-60GzyfbGHTzIfd_ajpu-HtAazAKQ8tHZ24h4NRbFIrE1qUA_N-Xs0fJlbKzguUKIQ1HyYplMnJz0s_Fjq1IyQLDs4_yIf1k-iUOF54ZyXbtKTKMsSDcULtPfzEHJOPwAdzkLfhww/s320/DSC00342.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">A caravan a few pitches away had balloons and ribbons all over it and a "just married" sign. The bride and groom did put in an appearance with best man and a bridesmaid. They had a quick game of boules and then vanished for the rest of the night.</span></p><p><u>Tuesday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Five nights is a long time in the caravan for us, so we headed for home early on Tuesday quite tired out! The journey didn't take as long as we thought it would, so this might be a site we will come back to in the future.</p><p><u>Coming soon...</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A non caravan trip to Haworth, then maybe Coniston later in September.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-40096758658867067512022-09-15T22:57:00.004+01:002022-09-19T09:02:01.736+01:00Ravenglass<p> 9th to 12th September 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our main caravan trip of the year - three nights in Ravenglass followed by two nights in Carlisle.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First the C&CC site at Ravenglass.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTP8fIerNtKu5YZjQRMCY_bArW5NSRac_fWjdTqwuxfmPGc5GT8h27eE4O8oR4mde3S4GAL6Or3peqH2gqayUvrqflpc0jeMhpmVvmQ0Duei5PwarT0PaZfyJ91xX7YrH0LirWQUZX0TztUDOjoj8TB8P8psBS8h6OENy4-IEfCTai0RvVE3EjLv4WEw/s3928/DSC00295.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3928" data-original-width="3411" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTP8fIerNtKu5YZjQRMCY_bArW5NSRac_fWjdTqwuxfmPGc5GT8h27eE4O8oR4mde3S4GAL6Or3peqH2gqayUvrqflpc0jeMhpmVvmQ0Duei5PwarT0PaZfyJ91xX7YrH0LirWQUZX0TztUDOjoj8TB8P8psBS8h6OENy4-IEfCTai0RvVE3EjLv4WEw/s320/DSC00295.JPG" width="278" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">This used to be our favourite site, bar none, and it still is a really nice site, but we think the village of Ravenglass is not quite the same since covid. The Ratty Arms is no longer open every day and closes at 9.30pm when it is open. Still a great selection of beers, though, unlike the Inn at Ravenglass which seems to be focussing on Scottish beers. We were a bit disappointed earlier in the year but thought we would give it another go...and it makes a change from Kendal!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A traditional Friday start and no nasty surprises on arrival because we requested a specific range of pitches and the wardens here are very obliging. Forgot to take a pic of the caravan on this occasion.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After setting everything up we went for a wander around the village and a pint in each if the pubs before retreating to the site for a barbecue. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9REzQ2kzopR4Ye38fZSdARMZTKyIeIV0csM0Xz61A27ylVzmIlkezP5AiUHlFzRZslyDMvTv-MemZ49gbXTRPu1f_v24mcLB2miqZbRdYV7aLNNU4TbIuqubgribrfpwmh4kcthRp0ck9poEiiNcyrQDF93oS8_pi2h03W3zsAp-olsnBsbOmAIquA/s4032/IMG-1785.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9REzQ2kzopR4Ye38fZSdARMZTKyIeIV0csM0Xz61A27ylVzmIlkezP5AiUHlFzRZslyDMvTv-MemZ49gbXTRPu1f_v24mcLB2miqZbRdYV7aLNNU4TbIuqubgribrfpwmh4kcthRp0ck9poEiiNcyrQDF93oS8_pi2h03W3zsAp-olsnBsbOmAIquA/s320/IMG-1785.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sign at the Ratty Arms</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf2ahXIt3WCCY8k4vHugkdopYqwlcK0EqLIkTAHv7NIr5Xd8odOBC-8PIOSTL2Wjm8wpR2uyerRRg-lBlzD3cr4sBhS6gVWWPUhANPR-RJGkTfjKKdX0w0vMPbN_O2r14J4zNlZiqpox6zcph06wP4IfsjGXEIPwS3YhNSW-s5d9wG8vd0jz6-GKC0g/s2378/IMG-1817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="2378" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf2ahXIt3WCCY8k4vHugkdopYqwlcK0EqLIkTAHv7NIr5Xd8odOBC-8PIOSTL2Wjm8wpR2uyerRRg-lBlzD3cr4sBhS6gVWWPUhANPR-RJGkTfjKKdX0w0vMPbN_O2r14J4zNlZiqpox6zcph06wP4IfsjGXEIPwS3YhNSW-s5d9wG8vd0jz6-GKC0g/s320/IMG-1817.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">We were pleased to see that the campsite cat was still there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then it was back to the Inn at Ravenglass, but not a very good sunset tonight.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm0Xx-ol1mUmcmttjx7TBYS2HqiVYMzMZBgAR4i3p4ryzpeuge4yzL8WRqtlA0ik7HKq02lTXP3jwCagkkNCRIBWXqtdsbQ8iyIhgMVIr17JYuIVqo00ZcWpMkOJr-5_iyDWjZPqgM3-dvl_WZG11HDGOxGL9OheF9O9fmFck6LFnD-O7eh0P8CPgkA/s6000/DSC00167.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm0Xx-ol1mUmcmttjx7TBYS2HqiVYMzMZBgAR4i3p4ryzpeuge4yzL8WRqtlA0ik7HKq02lTXP3jwCagkkNCRIBWXqtdsbQ8iyIhgMVIr17JYuIVqo00ZcWpMkOJr-5_iyDWjZPqgM3-dvl_WZG11HDGOxGL9OheF9O9fmFck6LFnD-O7eh0P8CPgkA/s320/DSC00167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Saturday</u><div><br /></div><div>Up early for a long drive to Loweswater and a more challenging than expected walk up Mellbreak (512 metres).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorcbFNHE-NFHmXIYtybn28Gc7FbV8lCVQT2TljUU1O9s9aDF-fO1qBTS286OU7-jkFz5L4dojg2mBVo9lokjEyHyNpRAbDCmorED1hU0y_cNVUQuprvBWYLRgECyV7dUgfboFco5iabbx8Y6ot-dTQSRblEfOnbze3l-sEOAoB5pE5VXtltRPpYIwLA/s887/Untitled1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorcbFNHE-NFHmXIYtybn28Gc7FbV8lCVQT2TljUU1O9s9aDF-fO1qBTS286OU7-jkFz5L4dojg2mBVo9lokjEyHyNpRAbDCmorED1hU0y_cNVUQuprvBWYLRgECyV7dUgfboFco5iabbx8Y6ot-dTQSRblEfOnbze3l-sEOAoB5pE5VXtltRPpYIwLA/s320/Untitled1.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div>Very, very steep to begin with, but we made it and didn't get left behind by a group of much younger men. 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We did attempt to get through, but ended up ankle deep where the path should have been. The waterproof shoes couldn't cope and took about 3 days to dry out!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDyopt_8i-TMYqpQVi8KXdf2MGzb1tYY8uOcBXrsMG8ivWL-kn6mJf0kb4cGkIQAFJrnioF5oPC4jUAT6kVg44C94R-tdvnk27rtYyGAeMSdw2OEAPFNEJuTJLMk2xp3nLrDFy_B--I1jnuUkzFJg35Lr6c87gD9FgA8Knl4ueHAF2KMB2ijQ9mHJQQ/s4032/IMG-1812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDyopt_8i-TMYqpQVi8KXdf2MGzb1tYY8uOcBXrsMG8ivWL-kn6mJf0kb4cGkIQAFJrnioF5oPC4jUAT6kVg44C94R-tdvnk27rtYyGAeMSdw2OEAPFNEJuTJLMk2xp3nLrDFy_B--I1jnuUkzFJg35Lr6c87gD9FgA8Knl4ueHAF2KMB2ijQ9mHJQQ/s320/IMG-1812.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRn9FDUPGSFl4-vkbjVv2_okr5bqIurjy7XSpr5G0Tun3P3ZnaVMJFD-kagsIf0JfrLNSBJ91c9k-Z2VU02zttkOcYVwc_FvQ6JCKyDJvHywBcOyBUJoijPxl-eDpfifq68h-R-4s0cpfTMShHFYLaFMmZG8dB3t4XwKGO3iPR4eka6Nk1krpDYBanEw/s6000/DSC00283.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRn9FDUPGSFl4-vkbjVv2_okr5bqIurjy7XSpr5G0Tun3P3ZnaVMJFD-kagsIf0JfrLNSBJ91c9k-Z2VU02zttkOcYVwc_FvQ6JCKyDJvHywBcOyBUJoijPxl-eDpfifq68h-R-4s0cpfTMShHFYLaFMmZG8dB3t4XwKGO3iPR4eka6Nk1krpDYBanEw/s320/DSC00283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixULpI884dEHeMulwZJk9AC08J9rvykUi3uRMwPOJStyHbrvkOoiatCaxtCe8UmLVMxRZlHtEIKXXt0JXYQPSzlOJtN_0rLO2JrT6td0GWqnmSYwOzOAZwNkJFofeTvGGZ0HLJJapS6d8OG43HO_xZQrYD_5QI6GEXFK6WAWGU9LkRpyp4Bgwgn-b9kA/s6000/DSC00289.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixULpI884dEHeMulwZJk9AC08J9rvykUi3uRMwPOJStyHbrvkOoiatCaxtCe8UmLVMxRZlHtEIKXXt0JXYQPSzlOJtN_0rLO2JrT6td0GWqnmSYwOzOAZwNkJFofeTvGGZ0HLJJapS6d8OG43HO_xZQrYD_5QI6GEXFK6WAWGU9LkRpyp4Bgwgn-b9kA/s320/DSC00289.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F5JCs7aMPVfItIunOcya2JnSeJc6ftgGbzeQdh5jwBI4PvGH4wAXPih7eyyKgohQFHfDRRRKxAycqkbjAdIblU6Yo7YTJoVrKXffhADQV8i3thlyeKvhL7JXjLTAKOA_okpIdSxc54FPc0w1sptFz3irPuzoItlT-HcAoqhtCUNwndlEzwzfgSQPqg/s6000/DSC00290.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F5JCs7aMPVfItIunOcya2JnSeJc6ftgGbzeQdh5jwBI4PvGH4wAXPih7eyyKgohQFHfDRRRKxAycqkbjAdIblU6Yo7YTJoVrKXffhADQV8i3thlyeKvhL7JXjLTAKOA_okpIdSxc54FPc0w1sptFz3irPuzoItlT-HcAoqhtCUNwndlEzwzfgSQPqg/s320/DSC00290.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We retreated into the sand dunes and sat under a tree waiting for the tide to turn. Note the low bridge with the road completely under water...our car was just to the right of the bridge and we feared the worst. Luckily a farmer came along, looking for some of his cows which had strayed into the dunes, and after he had located them and made sure they were ok he showed us an alternative route back to the car across fields. The car was ok, the water hadn't quite reached it. We can laugh about it now...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgku0c0I2Khuv_0SuWDhgZxiTB2Mvd5itKPqsFnMBJDG14csboPZipzS7z64Skq4xfIVBay6bQe_3076Uvc1YYnB_I7nDJrAPK6ggIODfby3gD8OAQVXtnAPPGLBiHSdIny84u90AKswrnReHhzTAB5xIS10RqiwCmcI2W0MoMpjPJOnShFi8LCSL_CJA/s4032/IMG-1813%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgku0c0I2Khuv_0SuWDhgZxiTB2Mvd5itKPqsFnMBJDG14csboPZipzS7z64Skq4xfIVBay6bQe_3076Uvc1YYnB_I7nDJrAPK6ggIODfby3gD8OAQVXtnAPPGLBiHSdIny84u90AKswrnReHhzTAB5xIS10RqiwCmcI2W0MoMpjPJOnShFi8LCSL_CJA/s320/IMG-1813%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back at site we had dinner in the caravan and then a night in, not wanting to venture out into the rain which was quite heavy all night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We waited for the rain to ease but still got a bit wet putting everything away and set off for Carlisle about 10.30.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Carlisle.</div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-15166951165335417432022-08-01T19:53:00.002+01:002022-08-01T19:53:53.818+01:00Kendal<p> 29th to 31st July 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our love affair with the Kendal CAMC site continues...our fourth visit this year. We do like this site but it is mostly because we can't find availability anywhere else. It's a bit of a mystery why this site is so unbusy during the school holidays, but we're not complaining.</p><p><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We arrived shortly after 1pm and were congratulated by the warden for being the first arrival of the day. Lots of available pitches, including dream pitch no. 21. D told the warden that we would aim for that pitch and he gave us the key straight away. We couldn't have asked for a better start start to the trip.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxZnfHR4b1KURI3lLGDrbVNUQ07ETfM6QVRgj_M6CCST3j07D2bZYgngKpfiizhDhTCiL5T4hKGeqUjOIXjBBe7YTeOsGiTNMZrjJrd9DQbMlHrRQMpSpvKsvhJLpL8zb9sTq3l2Q-06yxxtSqTgPpOMWTmSxSc-pnq2h2T8K-ZDaxFCmWEx1XevDUw/s4160/20220729_145020936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxZnfHR4b1KURI3lLGDrbVNUQ07ETfM6QVRgj_M6CCST3j07D2bZYgngKpfiizhDhTCiL5T4hKGeqUjOIXjBBe7YTeOsGiTNMZrjJrd9DQbMlHrRQMpSpvKsvhJLpL8zb9sTq3l2Q-06yxxtSqTgPpOMWTmSxSc-pnq2h2T8K-ZDaxFCmWEx1XevDUw/s320/20220729_145020936.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5WjmowGxqVaRqUBmRZeZBr4Txx6rJZHX4RiyikAwa-j0-ROarPYshxlOJm5SUrqI6tbqI62jbhb3CPQQ3TZMstsMXZegLsHnow1D_R1B-CN91nxwgMLfPkUVbU8uQQa7KYAES9HQlHI5WLAw9tkH10XQFdQcbyVYCtkkjb29-YQEfMZ32DlXG5CqcA/s3802/20220729_145458737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2770" data-original-width="3802" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5WjmowGxqVaRqUBmRZeZBr4Txx6rJZHX4RiyikAwa-j0-ROarPYshxlOJm5SUrqI6tbqI62jbhb3CPQQ3TZMstsMXZegLsHnow1D_R1B-CN91nxwgMLfPkUVbU8uQQa7KYAES9HQlHI5WLAw9tkH10XQFdQcbyVYCtkkjb29-YQEfMZ32DlXG5CqcA/s320/20220729_145458737.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoS7StrVpNNco242mSQW5jn-KWOP5LrUE7xS4wqcRUs2WGU6f6xatE6Y_7U7AGJ9DIGvlnf3jXExTbMeaVR7g6Et34NHnUxQpNG8ZrKf6di51il3rW10apecfygG_KfpaacfrmlCChDShn4ACWowMRa99IMaduYljO7LEiX5_crMVBYSbfxFrPGbJ-g/s3230/20220730_084105767.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3230" data-original-width="2435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoS7StrVpNNco242mSQW5jn-KWOP5LrUE7xS4wqcRUs2WGU6f6xatE6Y_7U7AGJ9DIGvlnf3jXExTbMeaVR7g6Et34NHnUxQpNG8ZrKf6di51il3rW10apecfygG_KfpaacfrmlCChDShn4ACWowMRa99IMaduYljO7LEiX5_crMVBYSbfxFrPGbJ-g/s320/20220730_084105767.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A frequent visitor to our pitch, it was almost eating out of our hands.</b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just phone pics this trip because our camera has died and we haven't had a chance to get a new one yet. Oh, and the rubbish weather...but more of that later.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The weather was great on the Friday, so much so that we dared to think this might be a 10/10 trip. As is customary when we come here we went for a stroll to the nearby farm shop and then to the Strickland Arms, before a very successful barbecue in the evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQExgwn--2qHzV0WeAZe507YQgEEzaL7YC8zyvRzwoq4vWq9jkd8CG5_mCO2XxtC6sNTt7hQCiaWrL3R6eFcGAd0VzdyjaPo9sZCqWPbEYJEDiGwBqOkLceZMnf7peYNea-MX2oI266ikfjm09-_fIgfxLCVws1q6KPTtJmNeuReYKJq-enRhICUwyXQ/s3858/20220729_191037074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3858" data-original-width="2799" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQExgwn--2qHzV0WeAZe507YQgEEzaL7YC8zyvRzwoq4vWq9jkd8CG5_mCO2XxtC6sNTt7hQCiaWrL3R6eFcGAd0VzdyjaPo9sZCqWPbEYJEDiGwBqOkLceZMnf7peYNea-MX2oI266ikfjm09-_fIgfxLCVws1q6KPTtJmNeuReYKJq-enRhICUwyXQ/s320/20220729_191037074.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y0YCwQexDVlKMpXVEX4wQGH2-Y3fPYs9-3zmI7dmYGxMijdnScb8Lz6_9p7EZnorKFM23T8o-2OUd9mA7pqxo4TU1965g5e_bHoViJJPNGY4rjG0ZslFeJIlMPEgSQ8OEJNEixrlGwWeMEuX8jZDc5WZAN69tA3NE0sa0uptdRoweiWNy7wJW5qARQ/s4028/20220729_192538024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4028" data-original-width="2865" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y0YCwQexDVlKMpXVEX4wQGH2-Y3fPYs9-3zmI7dmYGxMijdnScb8Lz6_9p7EZnorKFM23T8o-2OUd9mA7pqxo4TU1965g5e_bHoViJJPNGY4rjG0ZslFeJIlMPEgSQ8OEJNEixrlGwWeMEuX8jZDc5WZAN69tA3NE0sa0uptdRoweiWNy7wJW5qARQ/s320/20220729_192538024.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A lot of sausages but some were for breakfast the following day</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What a difference a day makes. It was raining when we woke up and it didn't stop all day! Thank God for the canopy which meant we could sit outside and weren't cooped up inside the caravan all day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It eased off a bit in the afternoon so we donned our waterproof coats and went for a stroll along the river, but that was it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtowpXQY3oXvDSr-L9RvD4WwJiJlfp-JdG4j93BhiI__uyJR76lWUWMW7zsLZ_vD-YBUVukYDN_fHUkaEaqFJf6zMCYwnwaI-PKCwddjJDDqC5aARGn1C9Imq-RNJslFnIICvoJGo23YiDjXjSTPf-_AHQGlC51Nus0SbIxEkNI9fuO28nOAW4IIe5Aw/s3866/20220730_133632045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="3866" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtowpXQY3oXvDSr-L9RvD4WwJiJlfp-JdG4j93BhiI__uyJR76lWUWMW7zsLZ_vD-YBUVukYDN_fHUkaEaqFJf6zMCYwnwaI-PKCwddjJDDqC5aARGn1C9Imq-RNJslFnIICvoJGo23YiDjXjSTPf-_AHQGlC51Nus0SbIxEkNI9fuO28nOAW4IIe5Aw/s320/20220730_133632045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz0WPiFQ006qep5RqYZyoRjbMl3RFObcern0QJdMzAAtdhrdmmOq59U-6wH0cBtBrodLAoar3a818U1fCvj4zkGdlMbaCnK0aahuWXNROFG04773wYLaTXCQmzQS3G8MOToAHHdIkiJx7oi2puy9WjNPCOsrWGgOzgxRl2bdqkW2GXG3Qx_u97SHfHQ/s4160/20220730_134209851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz0WPiFQ006qep5RqYZyoRjbMl3RFObcern0QJdMzAAtdhrdmmOq59U-6wH0cBtBrodLAoar3a818U1fCvj4zkGdlMbaCnK0aahuWXNROFG04773wYLaTXCQmzQS3G8MOToAHHdIkiJx7oi2puy9WjNPCOsrWGgOzgxRl2bdqkW2GXG3Qx_u97SHfHQ/s320/20220730_134209851.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPv3WAUTvf8OW_HIuh9M9ZTOcNj4DO5wzYx0vAWfK5o9H63lGPisamDyOVeMMhZLh8rqv5BG4_y4ifdlWRb_kon4zQ4vvy1WgBo7MhHhDnzLolFzA5UgSA7wlfghzz4wyEgWHyaOsQq8ee2_utp-xm_gVRflyeW-g2FtlVpW0Yrhfojxv_wBQENkZvA/s4160/20220730_140254859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPv3WAUTvf8OW_HIuh9M9ZTOcNj4DO5wzYx0vAWfK5o9H63lGPisamDyOVeMMhZLh8rqv5BG4_y4ifdlWRb_kon4zQ4vvy1WgBo7MhHhDnzLolFzA5UgSA7wlfghzz4wyEgWHyaOsQq8ee2_utp-xm_gVRflyeW-g2FtlVpW0Yrhfojxv_wBQENkZvA/s320/20220730_140254859.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards we managed to make it to the bus stop between downpours and got a bus into Kendal where we had dinner in Pedro's. Excellent food and we particularly liked their mago and passion fruit sangria. Then a few drinks in the Fell bar and the Bowness Bay Brewery tap, then a bus back to the site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We awoke to the sound of rain and thought we would get soaked packing everything away, but it stopped just in time. Blue sky everywhere as soon as we hit the M6.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A break of a couple of weeks for a short film festival in Southport and then getting the car serviced. We hope to go somewhere mid August and at the moment it looks like it might be Kendal again!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-32729021176746416622022-07-04T22:42:00.001+01:002022-07-06T17:18:11.120+01:00Kendal...again<p>1st to 3rd July 2022</p><p>Kendal again...we can't keep away!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjT1pY3lhtCGuej8U7ePn2yTa6m0-7WfObybukjoF6hjwXrbhREol7v3aq2OEN5HJDbP_vBFV3kRu2EoB4c8ZXf1gWR4zlv1v9G-sQICkDZ5P9bUJxNI0M41GRV6J_3AWgf76gm4qyhEJlGKDq2iDIGNZae59OMg1TFitCJ4x8B9f_tXuezeCOVLbHA/s3303/P1030986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="2888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjT1pY3lhtCGuej8U7ePn2yTa6m0-7WfObybukjoF6hjwXrbhREol7v3aq2OEN5HJDbP_vBFV3kRu2EoB4c8ZXf1gWR4zlv1v9G-sQICkDZ5P9bUJxNI0M41GRV6J_3AWgf76gm4qyhEJlGKDq2iDIGNZae59OMg1TFitCJ4x8B9f_tXuezeCOVLbHA/s320/P1030986.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> <u>Friday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We arrived dead on 1pm, the earliest arrival time, and joined a queue!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course the best pitches were taken by the time we got through reception but we managed to get the same pitch as our last trip, so weren't too disappointed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">High excitement....first outing for our new to us canopy. All 2.4 metres of it, we only just got it in the car! Much easier than an awning to put up, which is why we got it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv58mPNaUfIt1NwQdKxokVY05BpIQVlJzZBZXF9IkaaOX72UiLAEPDvWl2A46XqEcxQwZ1nb5xBiMn8k3GfYgNM-YppiRHBbVWNJt0Nyagx5ckPwUD5FFcooYM_GDp-q_xlPQ97aWwpVN98qimJolEZx_pk4Jro-Ihpo-3bKzBsnQmpX0R8hd-gVCc1Q/s4975/P1030982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4975" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv58mPNaUfIt1NwQdKxokVY05BpIQVlJzZBZXF9IkaaOX72UiLAEPDvWl2A46XqEcxQwZ1nb5xBiMn8k3GfYgNM-YppiRHBbVWNJt0Nyagx5ckPwUD5FFcooYM_GDp-q_xlPQ97aWwpVN98qimJolEZx_pk4Jro-Ihpo-3bKzBsnQmpX0R8hd-gVCc1Q/s320/P1030982.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq9B5YNerp5lj_97z0sKMN68-0l3Dvjd4jShvCpLoucRRbH9mbjjXr7b8rhtzkFYXCIL3P3rLInVdxqzLAkLEARROG9zBr_yZ6_TWl709CI5Q_1skBhhhI3k3Qw54wEZ-wZb754JbUlFIA24wlh-BvQufhkL9rwv01w1S-j8S84iw51Fw3hToboiNRQ/s5472/P1030983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq9B5YNerp5lj_97z0sKMN68-0l3Dvjd4jShvCpLoucRRbH9mbjjXr7b8rhtzkFYXCIL3P3rLInVdxqzLAkLEARROG9zBr_yZ6_TWl709CI5Q_1skBhhhI3k3Qw54wEZ-wZb754JbUlFIA24wlh-BvQufhkL9rwv01w1S-j8S84iw51Fw3hToboiNRQ/s320/P1030983.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7N_IHZdGGnt5iQWP4qZv3J3QA76HDx-uO5fLamqWrJb4TrFDfpDnu_TTutg9NipEvWZ779DTKXCvk00KutmkO6IslTOBWV-0qWchQgAWiQ3Th5U7ZthB_1jONkqeN1VVhKGBn6ZGI8UpdfwCT-mfDBberLXOTWsDc00uxqMAym6sfrV7Ss6p_54vVg/s5008/P1040023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3209" data-original-width="5008" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7N_IHZdGGnt5iQWP4qZv3J3QA76HDx-uO5fLamqWrJb4TrFDfpDnu_TTutg9NipEvWZ779DTKXCvk00KutmkO6IslTOBWV-0qWchQgAWiQ3Th5U7ZthB_1jONkqeN1VVhKGBn6ZGI8UpdfwCT-mfDBberLXOTWsDc00uxqMAym6sfrV7Ss6p_54vVg/s320/P1040023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We popped to the Strickland Arms after setting everything up and had a couple of pints in the beer garden. Barman, barman there's a fly in my beer...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeeC5MUZ2DJcctnZ9gZW4Q8_6gGZAMsay8x84cU9nRmFPwIhsd6uVnyDmvdZvMyWb7E0r3D_CaS8vYmCrX-yQWhbraQ9I-S4n0ZVX9SjjVJYSrizWyehb4BDaobLPLWMieUTkHmoLsZebTMpojMMw_MSCnKNpjnDymXqzZq6Of_S_MCzQKIT2ypvJEA/s4896/P1030987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3110" data-original-width="4896" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeeC5MUZ2DJcctnZ9gZW4Q8_6gGZAMsay8x84cU9nRmFPwIhsd6uVnyDmvdZvMyWb7E0r3D_CaS8vYmCrX-yQWhbraQ9I-S4n0ZVX9SjjVJYSrizWyehb4BDaobLPLWMieUTkHmoLsZebTMpojMMw_MSCnKNpjnDymXqzZq6Of_S_MCzQKIT2ypvJEA/s320/P1030987.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7Pv6e9Cxu45S2u2xBKTGldL6M-caeZVhyEgK0HWjhrzReMxp20kt-KNavjvBWdTg84cjjbFFSVtDws9QXFgW3rfijzcnu88RhM6_Pd1kEpRGNOhvqxYgNiIV8eRXrEnf9vEHd84YAZCmIwkEGOIwtycJLmE7-Sd9ikqP3tWjAmEdTjwlVk3ux3hZ1A/s4129/P1030989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2494" data-original-width="4129" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7Pv6e9Cxu45S2u2xBKTGldL6M-caeZVhyEgK0HWjhrzReMxp20kt-KNavjvBWdTg84cjjbFFSVtDws9QXFgW3rfijzcnu88RhM6_Pd1kEpRGNOhvqxYgNiIV8eRXrEnf9vEHd84YAZCmIwkEGOIwtycJLmE7-Sd9ikqP3tWjAmEdTjwlVk3ux3hZ1A/s320/P1030989.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>The dog was very lively and chewed its way through a sturdy looking branch!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Back at site we had a barbecue before it started to rain, which is when the canopy came into its own...we were able to sit outside in the rain but only until the cold drove us inside. No need to put the chairs away.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A bit of rain in the morning but undeterred we set off for a walk from Crook to Lord's Lot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMrpiGjbwsoSwlPl1nhoshWjuIGF-UsAkqIDc8oB7ol-1qbLdi5Dh2XzCUq05tDGlKJNJ-g2DTCIdk_3cLNeqIRFxGKCP09_oaRmDPZJ9gkFZh2sHCFMmqQycamTjKK0P7T7pG5n1TGBFNhVIJlJKVppKfVLZopyBzSG8PzS3jeKHEOU1R6be6gw3Tg/s879/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="689" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMrpiGjbwsoSwlPl1nhoshWjuIGF-UsAkqIDc8oB7ol-1qbLdi5Dh2XzCUq05tDGlKJNJ-g2DTCIdk_3cLNeqIRFxGKCP09_oaRmDPZJ9gkFZh2sHCFMmqQycamTjKK0P7T7pG5n1TGBFNhVIJlJKVppKfVLZopyBzSG8PzS3jeKHEOU1R6be6gw3Tg/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">First stop was St Catherines church (remains of). The tower has been restored and looked in pretty good condition.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSokTdKBFq6ADmJl06Dg4FMSzTT6viY60F9wolrS4c-D8Ro7xfOxRYLB2NjPOlj2VwWU9GrILZGmdTr7HZ2MczxnNEVJMqkOO4wHV_aW9A36mpG0vEl1OeoUc7xm2plYjZhZZmmoILIXpCTLzUxI90WJh763DR2zspe-rL_oihar6l2T4laguhKBhCZg/s5472/P1030995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSokTdKBFq6ADmJl06Dg4FMSzTT6viY60F9wolrS4c-D8Ro7xfOxRYLB2NjPOlj2VwWU9GrILZGmdTr7HZ2MczxnNEVJMqkOO4wHV_aW9A36mpG0vEl1OeoUc7xm2plYjZhZZmmoILIXpCTLzUxI90WJh763DR2zspe-rL_oihar6l2T4laguhKBhCZg/s320/P1030995.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SC5bxJhg-7lVq3oSHKN34_UmI4UrzEKM1TUSBKHvWyOtzrbjQkztO41YNBbzfSPfFMDY6WCRh3wF9Uw3qLvPNHD1uV66oLjF2jwqcnLvBMKhhQ_Q4-_0H0LXXMXlR4hreNxHRsRpIPf9I9pdcJQR93gMy4WaXOZO7cyjf9YYSaGOknYSPYUY6fzNHA/s5472/P1030998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit11seL8GzevkvRxK5YqYiSI-71tncU2JGwg_xFNZGVBkkviY53izRnColkeYkXNtfA-XSyTb7gGYC_fxj8jXi2ktrl5DLFq7mCSH8jXxZ-30KmjU6maej2_9y8K43QFVrrENaM0gh4bGPown6M12Iq5C4lE-qatBwcX9eLky4yftve5fk30-H8uAhDg/s320/P1040017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the afternoon we sat around the caravan for a while and then went back to the Strickland Arms, this time for a pre booked dinner.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We toyed with the idea of leaving the canopy attached to the caravan but decided against it because the case is a bit torn and we want to get that fixed first. Not sure how we are going to fix it yet, but hopefully we will figure something out.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">An uneventful hourney home.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nothing for a few weeks, we are going on holiday to Playa Blanca soon, but hope to be back in the caravan in August.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-25799895557746774492022-06-19T21:33:00.001+01:002022-06-19T22:49:45.652+01:00Kendal<p>16th to 19th June 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our second trip of the year to the Kendal CAMC site which is firmly established as one of our favourites now.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0LCaTJFVToSZ7FoKg7siIvuPc3fZBXmRsNdp6Rbe4OW0KPWcNb2FLmGf8MUTC2PiNIVKnmRxouCYuaCWNbd_YelkHvDcIkDLNGMBY8JBqYG5kxNHG496VmvRbWYfArqV3aB8EUqt3kUZW3FLX8gIdsLcJUas9xxr6l7-2MfDon-w99oxtfGx2gBgEw/s3230/P1030141.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3230" data-original-width="2995" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0LCaTJFVToSZ7FoKg7siIvuPc3fZBXmRsNdp6Rbe4OW0KPWcNb2FLmGf8MUTC2PiNIVKnmRxouCYuaCWNbd_YelkHvDcIkDLNGMBY8JBqYG5kxNHG496VmvRbWYfArqV3aB8EUqt3kUZW3FLX8gIdsLcJUas9xxr6l7-2MfDon-w99oxtfGx2gBgEw/s320/P1030141.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><br /> <u>Thursday</u><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Thursday start, primarily so that we could go to the Kendal Brewery Arts centre to see a-ha: the movie in the evening. J is a big a-ha fan!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On arrival we managed to get one of the pitches we wanted, so a pretty good start.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRIbl3HhlAbv1FOis9zn_Cu19Yt__oEjUjWC332D0ld1216Pcb7m28nFv9ZhTHNCwVnG-yvnOqOcqczsi_BdqvJoWbnaX_h4r2FWtmeKwd6W4BdtRfECfM7GOadcCkxDnv2GvXB0I9FevcIjSrKIfUdDvM8Yla1D_qqkIVZEcOtICTHYHoHP0inG6OA/s5472/P1030914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRIbl3HhlAbv1FOis9zn_Cu19Yt__oEjUjWC332D0ld1216Pcb7m28nFv9ZhTHNCwVnG-yvnOqOcqczsi_BdqvJoWbnaX_h4r2FWtmeKwd6W4BdtRfECfM7GOadcCkxDnv2GvXB0I9FevcIjSrKIfUdDvM8Yla1D_qqkIVZEcOtICTHYHoHP0inG6OA/s320/P1030914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We headed straight to the nearby farm shop for supplies and then a quick pint in the Strickland Arms. Just the one drink because we would be driving later. Then we had a barbecue back at the site.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We drove into Kendal and after a bit of a panic trying to find somewhere to park we settled down to watch the film, which was very good. The story of how they met and formed the band right through to comeback tours. The Brewery Arts centre is a nice place to go to, we will look out for other events in the future.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course we just missed out on the hot, sunny weather and today was mostly cloudy but still very pleasant. We drove to Winster for a walk from the church to Ghyll Head reservoir. Not a great day for pics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZN7WmZ1MOELnXHcwaLFRxJoNOr0gkaAcNGRrSo-d3R58fBG5GVUubXL_suFtmUMbMzuCWM5WSjpHc2kYVL5EBB3x-YTq-bQqtknP8KF21bIvk3Mj-BN075h9u0LkNLbJmvOW5iAdvljRz9EOqLb1YwjEkN-28W0b08bICxZskCsJoYMEXC4CPFX99Q/s978/Winster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="978" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZN7WmZ1MOELnXHcwaLFRxJoNOr0gkaAcNGRrSo-d3R58fBG5GVUubXL_suFtmUMbMzuCWM5WSjpHc2kYVL5EBB3x-YTq-bQqtknP8KF21bIvk3Mj-BN075h9u0LkNLbJmvOW5iAdvljRz9EOqLb1YwjEkN-28W0b08bICxZskCsJoYMEXC4CPFX99Q/s320/Winster.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13Qfc03ku5nf9FUlEr8nptLYR5ghlQC7LNz3XDS5cgX4waMIcleJzaFoq1wIrXuKWHs6eLfzBfP9e6SXNm3i1nTKj9YbdRhWu8_2njmIqJwepsn0UHyHDuzd-UVIZqYK4BZwB8QdT7LtgRZy8cCqptkq0T3hXMDvoUvTLt4wGpnfLyxDdfnPdgjbaAA/s5472/P1030919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13Qfc03ku5nf9FUlEr8nptLYR5ghlQC7LNz3XDS5cgX4waMIcleJzaFoq1wIrXuKWHs6eLfzBfP9e6SXNm3i1nTKj9YbdRhWu8_2njmIqJwepsn0UHyHDuzd-UVIZqYK4BZwB8QdT7LtgRZy8cCqptkq0T3hXMDvoUvTLt4wGpnfLyxDdfnPdgjbaAA/s320/P1030919.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9oqsE1504ApKmNPJ6GQl7Mm7O7Dvrbzk-Y3It9hG11Btd0EFC_6_KEO7X97Ms-p-2gKhsCznogioq84Q7XpZykwhnmvgtgYj24wYjuQ_NqXwQuyE_zIRJTJNrFQtlIRhL8-MhIJXx0g3PF274ChN_pawzqTCuYcFK6GNMHeXiK8vvz3xp2eJSduVvw/s5472/P1030929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9oqsE1504ApKmNPJ6GQl7Mm7O7Dvrbzk-Y3It9hG11Btd0EFC_6_KEO7X97Ms-p-2gKhsCznogioq84Q7XpZykwhnmvgtgYj24wYjuQ_NqXwQuyE_zIRJTJNrFQtlIRhL8-MhIJXx0g3PF274ChN_pawzqTCuYcFK6GNMHeXiK8vvz3xp2eJSduVvw/s320/P1030929.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggFin2wxq89V6ByK4yh2ovYOo-sG-YJrT-P0sejHm9lfQb3REImHzoGiu2BxRxLqdZyxbDi1VOgarYqL09M17EPX8BR1-_-sZRS8IrZg8W271OPsP-e9wh-7CFS6S_BQESHT8ItFrbGjD2_d8PYc371sqzqvBLneHEQ1snPRnqmeYmq5iSd0dXssCiw/s5302/P1030931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3487" data-original-width="5302" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggFin2wxq89V6ByK4yh2ovYOo-sG-YJrT-P0sejHm9lfQb3REImHzoGiu2BxRxLqdZyxbDi1VOgarYqL09M17EPX8BR1-_-sZRS8IrZg8W271OPsP-e9wh-7CFS6S_BQESHT8ItFrbGjD2_d8PYc371sqzqvBLneHEQ1snPRnqmeYmq5iSd0dXssCiw/s320/P1030931.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6dCE76HpkrzWB-nXZCEajkXFgjjEnIzlAQbucBcij62FIwF2LGCi-se5QKkXXwxCC1K6ZVDJY7OI4KVFvpV0ScUiB9CJq4nYkFDktfKMLc-CaTQl1yZB9Jl-bNuDpjQmeC3XLgyQuDM0HP_NIUR5oFLP7Em_58NXEQhxEeuhQWgUYqh4llPMZf3wCw/s5472/P1030941.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6dCE76HpkrzWB-nXZCEajkXFgjjEnIzlAQbucBcij62FIwF2LGCi-se5QKkXXwxCC1K6ZVDJY7OI4KVFvpV0ScUiB9CJq4nYkFDktfKMLc-CaTQl1yZB9Jl-bNuDpjQmeC3XLgyQuDM0HP_NIUR5oFLP7Em_58NXEQhxEeuhQWgUYqh4llPMZf3wCw/s320/P1030941.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the evening we had another barbecue and thought about going to the Strickland Arms but instead just sat outside the caravan. This is a big site but it was incredibly peaceful, the only sound birds singing and one in particular high in the trees.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hWLtlDPFxyruYVXIPL16QLg-u2DYS0mVDYCkJqeZK7wvLAQd5hk-kb3ArBzFmd9WtEogo7q8GjO1yEujLj5TVf49dtiPROoUb0HpAODF3yzJFzEezcqFfTDGEM1qcp05jBzA4ALgOxyQrsChm3ewVkNRGIn8ffmfT36259OPlxXCIaA-pHYXjvOSyw/s5012/P1030945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3163" data-original-width="5012" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hWLtlDPFxyruYVXIPL16QLg-u2DYS0mVDYCkJqeZK7wvLAQd5hk-kb3ArBzFmd9WtEogo7q8GjO1yEujLj5TVf49dtiPROoUb0HpAODF3yzJFzEezcqFfTDGEM1qcp05jBzA4ALgOxyQrsChm3ewVkNRGIn8ffmfT36259OPlxXCIaA-pHYXjvOSyw/s320/P1030945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Our bird feeder was a great hit this trip. They cleaned us out. We will have to stock up on peanuts and seeds for our next trip. The highlight was a jay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjVklvHHKmtreHfbIjDylfWBYoTzXUJs8MwYU8phHgiaGnN5Prme7jYqhWVo-jnZZhXMIuAa5cbNYQqF2Q5tIq53mOq8iaOgWysTHFtuefqZ4Fu_BROyGw5fmBPstx4z09rXVNuTR1vg7pTX6D26PjbnLBqt_wd6gmk5rA8leWRJ9bShXDf3-IUE53A/s5472/P1030969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjVklvHHKmtreHfbIjDylfWBYoTzXUJs8MwYU8phHgiaGnN5Prme7jYqhWVo-jnZZhXMIuAa5cbNYQqF2Q5tIq53mOq8iaOgWysTHFtuefqZ4Fu_BROyGw5fmBPstx4z09rXVNuTR1vg7pTX6D26PjbnLBqt_wd6gmk5rA8leWRJ9bShXDf3-IUE53A/s320/P1030969.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRwo6yXIm-TmcIR6T6uJd2UMwTe8kjsDIB62k2Olq4KJ8pL8za6EZ4d1-jl6dHiJqpNwDeFgA2PVjjwBFHhhisyooQJ0Z-YrY3Pji8LzsfDMXqTfRYc6QIC8azhXTIola-keQehMdiWG4U6H0xe2W_GJoXxPyVbx7cTaLeZErsOV7M8FgOx-P2XSn3A/s5472/P1030970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRwo6yXIm-TmcIR6T6uJd2UMwTe8kjsDIB62k2Olq4KJ8pL8za6EZ4d1-jl6dHiJqpNwDeFgA2PVjjwBFHhhisyooQJ0Z-YrY3Pji8LzsfDMXqTfRYc6QIC8azhXTIola-keQehMdiWG4U6H0xe2W_GJoXxPyVbx7cTaLeZErsOV7M8FgOx-P2XSn3A/s320/P1030970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Saturday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another mostly cloudy day. We got a day ticket and set off on the X6 bus for Lindale and what we thought would be an easy walk to Dixon Heights tower.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgjt0sPQ1DQKq822nMV-Jz0BlPSLNJNI0cUnaefy0KrCe6z5j9Zdteig_Jk1lXXdWAQKWaJLfz35Ai3g0zg7cXVssCJ8IxHQfaSHNVUEfxJRqbJA4IFGFVE7C_e6-Fm_8XqTC8S9dcXPDZ1e3YgLnb0Nv2xJEhV5Ce0lt_6wqFOwolhbq4bnThsXCag/s767/Dixon%20Heights.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgjt0sPQ1DQKq822nMV-Jz0BlPSLNJNI0cUnaefy0KrCe6z5j9Zdteig_Jk1lXXdWAQKWaJLfz35Ai3g0zg7cXVssCJ8IxHQfaSHNVUEfxJRqbJA4IFGFVE7C_e6-Fm_8XqTC8S9dcXPDZ1e3YgLnb0Nv2xJEhV5Ce0lt_6wqFOwolhbq4bnThsXCag/s320/Dixon%20Heights.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The path to the top from Back o' th' Fell road was pretty much non existent and turned out to be a not very pleasant scramble through bracken which in places was over our heads! We made it, though, and the view from the top was just about worth it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqxSDJAOZeEAHciOcwPV5VRMSbZxL4zFatFhxTg6grp0dQLP2fsBN4BLLNMSnqlwo6qWKq8mi-WoIfLmAf5DFfjmQFhvssG2SYeJa-DFEITrKurWyJq9agjIUTzeJFOfHANE1w1d-3-8o1mCRVb0dG-ooTa5JkVdHxsbg5-sWavA6PTEThuwTfezI_Q/s4810/P1030974.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2965" data-original-width="4810" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqxSDJAOZeEAHciOcwPV5VRMSbZxL4zFatFhxTg6grp0dQLP2fsBN4BLLNMSnqlwo6qWKq8mi-WoIfLmAf5DFfjmQFhvssG2SYeJa-DFEITrKurWyJq9agjIUTzeJFOfHANE1w1d-3-8o1mCRVb0dG-ooTa5JkVdHxsbg5-sWavA6PTEThuwTfezI_Q/s320/P1030974.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Makes a change from sheep</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBLsKMCH-4sRUZgETLLPRrNCA1S5jM8nerxEa_ik0EzXBTBEWjxB-V5ye9ecQH68w9zTjp20mpyhZrSCUqVZM0ILkXf7OPJnK789-RNOj4bRqRR6GyyK4SbmRnvyLUPZEYCImZYAq4bOXjEBO_aTrNm4FMW0xq1j3D2KPg36u8ajoAelO5G1TrG7fag/s5472/P1030976.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBLsKMCH-4sRUZgETLLPRrNCA1S5jM8nerxEa_ik0EzXBTBEWjxB-V5ye9ecQH68w9zTjp20mpyhZrSCUqVZM0ILkXf7OPJnK789-RNOj4bRqRR6GyyK4SbmRnvyLUPZEYCImZYAq4bOXjEBO_aTrNm4FMW0xq1j3D2KPg36u8ajoAelO5G1TrG7fag/s320/P1030976.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAo6fnH8xRRvw_szB0tuFj4HwdCHgRWVObtIeYdGoRKrJ7M5z5OBYVZBjYlwdnxffuYIrjcXtUP_8c2ezjMu2FWlK9RueyQNI2Hn_p1uBczWDvkZ4jFUqNJxY0VDY-NimqBIQmGcUTEGG0lUG-V7sqxYFE0aL656-gHcyB8l1icJsQWt0Laugidm94w/s5277/P1030981.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3433" data-original-width="5277" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAo6fnH8xRRvw_szB0tuFj4HwdCHgRWVObtIeYdGoRKrJ7M5z5OBYVZBjYlwdnxffuYIrjcXtUP_8c2ezjMu2FWlK9RueyQNI2Hn_p1uBczWDvkZ4jFUqNJxY0VDY-NimqBIQmGcUTEGG0lUG-V7sqxYFE0aL656-gHcyB8l1icJsQWt0Laugidm94w/s320/P1030981.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had time for a quick half in the pub in Lindale, which was very refreshing, before catching the bus back to the site.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">After quick showers we rushed back to the bus stop and got the X6 this time into Kendal. We had dinner in a cafe and then drinks in the Barrel House (Bowness Bay brewery), the Factory Tap and the Fell bar. All excellent venues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An uneventful journey home, the only incident being forgetting the laundry basket!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing booked but we have a week off in July so will aim for a three or four night midweek trip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-25267051348055328742022-05-22T19:30:00.000+01:002022-05-22T19:30:13.818+01:00Ingleton<p style="text-align: justify;">20th to 22nd May 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A first visit of the year to what might become one of our favourite sites...Thornbrook Barn, Ingleton. It's easy to get to, the pitches are massive, the facilites are ok and there are a couple of nice pubs nearby...oh, and good walking in the area!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNhRURD9Dj84MW2AuaSy1SP17sm-hqEZf96m7YBepPiDyGfU7X6SbF4Skdkpkq9jgN3Xaj6p5QgrIQJkqPLEaQ6V1zNd2zPo4T1nZ30cS6MVC2P0b89JcrHqUh6hni9tTAVaOmUfMyXvxUyFfxsxBy5nxq8eufasJLsUqcBDtT1B8SBA4zii1Fu6zXQ/s3354/P1030866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="1631" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNhRURD9Dj84MW2AuaSy1SP17sm-hqEZf96m7YBepPiDyGfU7X6SbF4Skdkpkq9jgN3Xaj6p5QgrIQJkqPLEaQ6V1zNd2zPo4T1nZ30cS6MVC2P0b89JcrHqUh6hni9tTAVaOmUfMyXvxUyFfxsxBy5nxq8eufasJLsUqcBDtT1B8SBA4zii1Fu6zXQ/s320/P1030866.JPG" width="156" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Friday</u><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">We received our pitch number by email a couple of days previously and it was one we would have chosen anyway. No check in on arrival, you just go straight to your pitch, which is ok with us. The pitches are great, with hedges in between, so a bit of privacy! We positioned the car carefully, too, so that the people opposite couldn't see us and we couldn't see them when sitting outside!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxB5uUOovjFdLmGOgXMRaNLxIpyiJwwq_ku0eb-6YEDP2g1mBaHnnQhtnBiIntc9KltLUUrSBMbBTo8Qne1tZpl_i2btEiSfYeQrHccwLCNuVogOs4YRFYPxs1vfwrmXVuQ-nh1eW4eZljtT0yGy7tq7pPzvWlhBej9Syou9wknroRLng56PA6vN6wg/s5198/P1030863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3329" data-original-width="5198" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxB5uUOovjFdLmGOgXMRaNLxIpyiJwwq_ku0eb-6YEDP2g1mBaHnnQhtnBiIntc9KltLUUrSBMbBTo8Qne1tZpl_i2btEiSfYeQrHccwLCNuVogOs4YRFYPxs1vfwrmXVuQ-nh1eW4eZljtT0yGy7tq7pPzvWlhBej9Syou9wknroRLng56PA6vN6wg/s320/P1030863.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwi4O70sa9ZdgJIYDltlQqxzK9EpT2RckRJKmyKbo5oevcYE_CqHmoepQWVRCdBHBnYkVulH7jLoFDIsx6Qt9vALlqDTmjYl-GFRvnJTrrMmsZiRWqPxPjduvqFiWwpvhdt6Gjt3M7ugROrTOHHjr1JbuP-aEBOSA4KZJ2hREeotETk_-IyqfdSsl8A/s5472/P1030865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwi4O70sa9ZdgJIYDltlQqxzK9EpT2RckRJKmyKbo5oevcYE_CqHmoepQWVRCdBHBnYkVulH7jLoFDIsx6Qt9vALlqDTmjYl-GFRvnJTrrMmsZiRWqPxPjduvqFiWwpvhdt6Gjt3M7ugROrTOHHjr1JbuP-aEBOSA4KZJ2hREeotETk_-IyqfdSsl8A/s320/P1030865.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A quick trip to the nearby farm shop for essential supplies...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbasR9UdFFfpn1MkdLa_fm3z4xEu3YIrAMJFGgjQfvKlp3a_WhoMAGpBt_fJFhEPqiDFS13s6hSHDM6Ud-8aDv0gBUhc61wFRTUX5Fqptpj_u3fX0zYonq7__Dt0dCs9Fx-8JHtWEye8XFU_smISgxvnyV5mvvk92BA3773K1Sb212LiUUSiuGnD1bsQ/s5335/P1030867.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3516" data-original-width="5335" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbasR9UdFFfpn1MkdLa_fm3z4xEu3YIrAMJFGgjQfvKlp3a_WhoMAGpBt_fJFhEPqiDFS13s6hSHDM6Ud-8aDv0gBUhc61wFRTUX5Fqptpj_u3fX0zYonq7__Dt0dCs9Fx-8JHtWEye8XFU_smISgxvnyV5mvvk92BA3773K1Sb212LiUUSiuGnD1bsQ/s320/P1030867.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we headed into Ingleton. We stopped off at the Falls cafe, which is new, we think, and then on to the Old Post Office micropub which has changed quite a lot since we were last there!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvJnan6sLFZ_8c0zvZVGBboBFwmbUAC64-NHZ4DDXb3MzCfPLmc3MEF4RvFJT3Lacu20WZT7Z95_qlTj6y4e6BeVx9HBvJUWbhjNNL1ca8YfjIEUj4MWe3htrlLsDbbiSf4hbtOpBIMCYg1rH5Rb-TfY05jukG7a4XqbncqUhoIf1ScYqYiYZ3ydJtQ/s5472/P1030869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvJnan6sLFZ_8c0zvZVGBboBFwmbUAC64-NHZ4DDXb3MzCfPLmc3MEF4RvFJT3Lacu20WZT7Z95_qlTj6y4e6BeVx9HBvJUWbhjNNL1ca8YfjIEUj4MWe3htrlLsDbbiSf4hbtOpBIMCYg1rH5Rb-TfY05jukG7a4XqbncqUhoIf1ScYqYiYZ3ydJtQ/s320/P1030869.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil4CR42dVniCa7zd-3-pHga_c3MWcJxUw3wxw8p8w6STYpvlSqnKDF0QaKm7xtn8CpeDhCxaZ1yXC9pUSZ4BoP07IeIvozuqgeLxT7hZfnH9HPGU59WSV08lzxpd7jT_kkBw3BYtL5P5cygapLgtL-g4t7auH5ZHFeYaOSgmohxp3aYa_lUrjK5jfmQ/s5199/P1030870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3487" data-original-width="5199" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil4CR42dVniCa7zd-3-pHga_c3MWcJxUw3wxw8p8w6STYpvlSqnKDF0QaKm7xtn8CpeDhCxaZ1yXC9pUSZ4BoP07IeIvozuqgeLxT7hZfnH9HPGU59WSV08lzxpd7jT_kkBw3BYtL5P5cygapLgtL-g4t7auH5ZHFeYaOSgmohxp3aYa_lUrjK5jfmQ/s320/P1030870.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLk4GjI5tbTjCqvfpIcxwK2UbDAmgmhS5VrmggR9ka2_4VgN0mVvHbwXk8kbwTKPJGMOYzpDytQ_bAfHYi7UXmFE7XUJkupBxRGenwmeFjhW6jlAGTkgICI5eTGBrhNZBx9mxCq1ZSNphh5OfnvJDjWa6ayVwMUmFovvrcTiZfNvob9jKDgMyU2W1Hw/s5472/P1030871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLk4GjI5tbTjCqvfpIcxwK2UbDAmgmhS5VrmggR9ka2_4VgN0mVvHbwXk8kbwTKPJGMOYzpDytQ_bAfHYi7UXmFE7XUJkupBxRGenwmeFjhW6jlAGTkgICI5eTGBrhNZBx9mxCq1ZSNphh5OfnvJDjWa6ayVwMUmFovvrcTiZfNvob9jKDgMyU2W1Hw/s320/P1030871.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pics are of the back room, which is Soho inspired, the front room is more conventional. We liked it, but others looked in and chose the front room instead. The manager or owner said it was speakeasy style. Apparently there are many places like it in the northern quarter in Manchester...only about an hour by train from us!</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we had dinner in the Bank Top restaurant, which was excellent and almost empty, then back to the Old Post Office. We had far too much to drink!</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Saturday</u></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not a great weather forecast today, but better than the last time we went for a walk from Horton-in-Ribblesdale station. Moughton Scars and Long Scar were the objectives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp5QOmfd9bsn--3O-DANxHmihO2IqAfxcMDPyFlTW8fCa3PvR2j0_qJTwnLayftQMw6hWIoQ_octh7U9G8kRJf8C1CppMbuHV53G3ScuOciVuCkzeXWiW1tslL_fW30bQinoxKUcHgTgC_eXzq0ov4pGaH_l6adTqbqZC-V7G6D_gIECYg6pzL0k7Kg/s1485/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1485" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp5QOmfd9bsn--3O-DANxHmihO2IqAfxcMDPyFlTW8fCa3PvR2j0_qJTwnLayftQMw6hWIoQ_octh7U9G8kRJf8C1CppMbuHV53G3ScuOciVuCkzeXWiW1tslL_fW30bQinoxKUcHgTgC_eXzq0ov4pGaH_l6adTqbqZC-V7G6D_gIECYg6pzL0k7Kg/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quite a long walk for us at over 8 miles, probably a bit too much, but despite the ominous looking clouds it didn't actually rain. Pretty spectacular limestone pavements.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe4NCFJEck23aySQdkgIvWDGw7dVjzYdscBDG3_4MLLT5n4zZyKA-8-9u0o7fuxp1dIX-mE6og2RB52R2lOOilCLNwP7TlyaZz9Ln567IOYnVPsMf1iD9hfB8CkAM07IGtRq6wt_jRWOPfiuauGRc4L2XFjz8C4NQz6fKV92lofodY1DRUujR4zvRgQ/s5472/P1030898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe4NCFJEck23aySQdkgIvWDGw7dVjzYdscBDG3_4MLLT5n4zZyKA-8-9u0o7fuxp1dIX-mE6og2RB52R2lOOilCLNwP7TlyaZz9Ln567IOYnVPsMf1iD9hfB8CkAM07IGtRq6wt_jRWOPfiuauGRc4L2XFjz8C4NQz6fKV92lofodY1DRUujR4zvRgQ/s320/P1030898.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDgrZ3UKbXWICCi3yb18IvTHejw5_IORKb8mKx55MC50VbFjXfRByEqnfVPJOTB8PSHq3HQ5OrEVZKs_rlUSDV57M04wEKGtgekpHO-sk6Vryj3ZGgQQOxaVZ1rwY3aDZCWlrpgSQlkecf3e5N_gkT6mkUiEjECFOWH-Ifs2VvvfMLmoaqwNE_fdVcg/s5472/P1030879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYBeemE-UW4wmnJa96kglFoc-JyOtR9hAPGkTQLNOoUF7k06uOKWRCl1N_tWWJK10DOS1Iw6yQ2NllHO2xua9VuXO3pr2Ha8eXxRoRQZS0JR5ZNo4n2Akdve9fxdXt-t4TRFs2XdG26t-ZwD9tWVAl1Er86WIkjj5KmgWcxhKMA97oUECCGUl1VLuyA/s4883/P1030903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3039" data-original-width="4883" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYBeemE-UW4wmnJa96kglFoc-JyOtR9hAPGkTQLNOoUF7k06uOKWRCl1N_tWWJK10DOS1Iw6yQ2NllHO2xua9VuXO3pr2Ha8eXxRoRQZS0JR5ZNo4n2Akdve9fxdXt-t4TRFs2XdG26t-ZwD9tWVAl1Er86WIkjj5KmgWcxhKMA97oUECCGUl1VLuyA/s320/P1030903.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lots of people around, runners and, we think, people doing the three peaks challenge. All much fitter than us!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back at site we had a pretty successful barbecue and it was warm enough to sit outside the caravan until quite late in the evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAn3xqcSEYXtaqi-O3vcMRAThVKx8Ui4sxfVkRbHukjnujtqpvJa0RRBQCyn11aaotrXHLvgg4esZazEMhcLkUQ8oAXi6prPdzGPh5nBXBZnf_yj9BrsZmfFA9DiabNidlDnYjEhPPZPX92Llr2X6ZcfWqkisDn-OXpq-DNuL3d3NKTyYjgLKKGCRkQ/s5294/P1030905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3499" data-original-width="5294" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAn3xqcSEYXtaqi-O3vcMRAThVKx8Ui4sxfVkRbHukjnujtqpvJa0RRBQCyn11aaotrXHLvgg4esZazEMhcLkUQ8oAXi6prPdzGPh5nBXBZnf_yj9BrsZmfFA9DiabNidlDnYjEhPPZPX92Llr2X6ZcfWqkisDn-OXpq-DNuL3d3NKTyYjgLKKGCRkQ/s320/P1030905.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We got up and left later than usual but this site is so easy to get to we were still home before midday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We'll be staying home for the jubilee bank holiday weekend and then we have a wedding to go to, so we might not be able to get away again until mid June. Kendal, maybe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047395104205655951.post-44377080032937049762022-05-09T18:51:00.001+01:002022-05-09T19:15:32.864+01:00Ravenglass<p> 5th to 8th May 2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A much anticipated return to our favourite site - the C&CC site in Ravenglass - after a break of two and a half years mostly due to covid.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA0CkeJ2n_ljXQJoXut8hBnDajmJBHGnZb5s3m6iRDHoGzVY7C0cTcjYe05xFfexpDaCajZZdZyeTGA_1dLeL2dQcgCZ088NVQgqgZogDozoF00c1aKeyuQYssxCESKQ81SkLxjXAP5QYO2g111sziv643LtrUh7iNhB2P2VBHtv515TEInu6G0lMUw/s4805/P1030814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3225" data-original-width="4805" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWA0CkeJ2n_ljXQJoXut8hBnDajmJBHGnZb5s3m6iRDHoGzVY7C0cTcjYe05xFfexpDaCajZZdZyeTGA_1dLeL2dQcgCZ088NVQgqgZogDozoF00c1aKeyuQYssxCESKQ81SkLxjXAP5QYO2g111sziv643LtrUh7iNhB2P2VBHtv515TEInu6G0lMUw/s320/P1030814.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><u>Thursday</u><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A Thursday start to a three night trip. The journey took over three hours and a lot of it was on narrow, windy roads, so not much fun, but it did include a stop for tea and sandwiches. The mobile cafe had run out of milk so we gave them one of ours!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH1mJTe_Iy4h7ruU5NxJNap-tgxtUw3rOnGzERxnc9DsQg6LLhine04kBFk5_pOlt45RmryIXXyNQomSh5CumYM5H_GzSYQamrcNH1inPuLeHzd8NxKg-ej-RgOHVwQrnlyi0b2rTdc4EJLKjmGEpKsi25HyGi0ypqAWBSyv0VQDY2U3sQylCxLdcbA/s4792/P1030749.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3017" data-original-width="4792" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH1mJTe_Iy4h7ruU5NxJNap-tgxtUw3rOnGzERxnc9DsQg6LLhine04kBFk5_pOlt45RmryIXXyNQomSh5CumYM5H_GzSYQamrcNH1inPuLeHzd8NxKg-ej-RgOHVwQrnlyi0b2rTdc4EJLKjmGEpKsi25HyGi0ypqAWBSyv0VQDY2U3sQylCxLdcbA/s320/P1030749.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We finally arrived just before 2pm. We have a list of favourite pitches here and requested one of them when we booked, so no nasty surprises on arrival.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pitch we got overlooks a field and most caravans choose to face frontwards, which is what we did. Unfortunately we were in a minority of one this time, so when another caravan turned up later and positioned itself the other way around it meant our door opened onto theirs, which is never a good thing! Had it been the other way around we would have been fuming! They didn't seem to mind, though, and in addition to two dogs they had a cat called Sylvester with them!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcReCKeDLI659sc7-qC9PpEkaEnoM1mCjLWEcGYAtxEImSADEzfMZ70vJAV2Qzq6L4qpoMFseSJym5RjZMEvxFtNC6ec2ZbRLv9seLyrSvYzBOR0EJB3bGtBXvVedUdT_mFVD7dszipjeGy9mxPw8D8ORlmvlEq4GXSbqD0Q1INNOyCo_7t_IcaJ-1pg/s4419/P1030766.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3020" data-original-width="4419" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcReCKeDLI659sc7-qC9PpEkaEnoM1mCjLWEcGYAtxEImSADEzfMZ70vJAV2Qzq6L4qpoMFseSJym5RjZMEvxFtNC6ec2ZbRLv9seLyrSvYzBOR0EJB3bGtBXvVedUdT_mFVD7dszipjeGy9mxPw8D8ORlmvlEq4GXSbqD0Q1INNOyCo_7t_IcaJ-1pg/s320/P1030766.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We'd already eaten, so after setting up we strolled into the village only to find everything shut! The Ratty Arms would open later but the Inn at Ravenglass was closed all day!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We decided against a barbecue because the weather was a bit iffy, with rain threatening. We had dinner in the caravan and then went for a walk along the shoreline returning via Newtown Knott.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWq7T4Uuf0AyHybB92e57a_lR2WkqLFYiG1iJEzF0w3DXk3VyvSHYmHGihWJyOsNwauhWiYEX7-leR8YfWmv10rslQ0IeyIj9wCbxQlqg2HQv9VJ-W9Evwhxj3pzb5Fazq1ML_wpn5UOA51VJFjK7aLCNqHxey9s-Z_nN8QpltxyOxRpebNnecmKjLg/s836/Untitled2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="836" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWq7T4Uuf0AyHybB92e57a_lR2WkqLFYiG1iJEzF0w3DXk3VyvSHYmHGihWJyOsNwauhWiYEX7-leR8YfWmv10rslQ0IeyIj9wCbxQlqg2HQv9VJ-W9Evwhxj3pzb5Fazq1ML_wpn5UOA51VJFjK7aLCNqHxey9s-Z_nN8QpltxyOxRpebNnecmKjLg/s320/Untitled2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsZL_n_xQ_DiAGbbFeYoIx1DNRI4AC54Tn3gRyIxcU9H29_XlZDrS834nRF_0ZgeEaIERTb4hobd19z1zIPn3YzDp7jWUiHeHHvwChmh205VxXL5HxUr5SzfsJFnvWGzx4xBIDKaKRjWx_fY9eVdCpr5o2gf3u5UN9A9IeW7vmOKql23_KoC_kJFakg/s5472/P1030751.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsZL_n_xQ_DiAGbbFeYoIx1DNRI4AC54Tn3gRyIxcU9H29_XlZDrS834nRF_0ZgeEaIERTb4hobd19z1zIPn3YzDp7jWUiHeHHvwChmh205VxXL5HxUr5SzfsJFnvWGzx4xBIDKaKRjWx_fY9eVdCpr5o2gf3u5UN9A9IeW7vmOKql23_KoC_kJFakg/s320/P1030751.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tqp6ysFQS4RnOokXoo2gFnlYLHNJ4GP6nuRk_CgyJqwQh0bvZNabcEjUr9GjJ8WZySPlhCgYrz1-TZvoE44DqhbCRyOUuoTY-ghz-0tADoZtIeg_1znuz8r8AJIlopEiPP3Hs9IISHqUPGbLN7l9c1sD2bO5JGYTuUyKcg2TrLDlyb2FHRnYBZjQ9Q/s5472/P1030756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tqp6ysFQS4RnOokXoo2gFnlYLHNJ4GP6nuRk_CgyJqwQh0bvZNabcEjUr9GjJ8WZySPlhCgYrz1-TZvoE44DqhbCRyOUuoTY-ghz-0tADoZtIeg_1znuz8r8AJIlopEiPP3Hs9IISHqUPGbLN7l9c1sD2bO5JGYTuUyKcg2TrLDlyb2FHRnYBZjQ9Q/s320/P1030756.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EGm-zY3F6PAYNv--e_Q3z53E3yVZY8-zlr0Z93aN0MMOB-0PkDqYLi6zUBXR97Vf3yTDAS7uIQvIPEkJp47hptFUcqsFGIvlapE7KkimWyLcGtlWzRNHBxLxQzIusCountPHVllBPIhylxwl4jQSA0vOHVXxc6m2MfwS7cHJTeyZs55O595QBdpARA/s5472/P1030761.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EGm-zY3F6PAYNv--e_Q3z53E3yVZY8-zlr0Z93aN0MMOB-0PkDqYLi6zUBXR97Vf3yTDAS7uIQvIPEkJp47hptFUcqsFGIvlapE7KkimWyLcGtlWzRNHBxLxQzIusCountPHVllBPIhylxwl4jQSA0vOHVXxc6m2MfwS7cHJTeyZs55O595QBdpARA/s320/P1030761.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then we popped into the Ratty Arms and stayed until closing time, which would have been far too long if closing time hadn't been 9.30, and strictly enforced by the barmaid! It seems the Ratty Arms is more of a restaurant these days, but at least it had nice beers for D!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Friday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A grim day today, weatherwise.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It didn't look too bad in the morning, so we walked to Muncaster castle. The rain started just as we sat down to enjoy their owl display and it didn't stop until the evening. We retreated inside the castle as soon as it opened at midday, but then had to walk home in the rain. We got soaked!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had dinner in the caravan - courtesy of the visiting fish and chip van - then ventured out to the Inn at Ravenglass for what turned out to be a pretty good sunset. The Inn at Ravenglass has only just re-opened after covid and it doesn't seem as nice as it used to be. Maybe it will be back to normal for our next visit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrgBbpwh0UotgD3c9v0KXCaagCCdY0UPZ7BRx8O-j3H5cFvEmhPv8cYf3zMFxwqjzH6cC5kG03daAycvL9tcHGw2vKvbGOqAPEdNEOB2pNSFaUHtBGRtch4AdZ2AfNpuLFEX5NW7V_AWdDp7O24dmx997rIcx9d14pE4KuRlp980PFyAeGUZAs6NJrQ/s5472/P1030783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrgBbpwh0UotgD3c9v0KXCaagCCdY0UPZ7BRx8O-j3H5cFvEmhPv8cYf3zMFxwqjzH6cC5kG03daAycvL9tcHGw2vKvbGOqAPEdNEOB2pNSFaUHtBGRtch4AdZ2AfNpuLFEX5NW7V_AWdDp7O24dmx997rIcx9d14pE4KuRlp980PFyAeGUZAs6NJrQ/s320/P1030783.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6_pr6YLgf8XzVXPzN1bImcafRvMuqCRen1rsN2H-zAFRWdWeXmFWc25RJfXwwWuaWrxoLPl3AtUYZoIQIIynTmOkfPD1ttEvIx3yQ2wU00XW4e2HZ1YWXZHAK3OpPeNqgX8wiU9TmQevleOI971MZPHbiW8KF746MHvVbAn3246JXKlPWkv4Wad2pg/s5472/P1030803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was only then that we saw their menu, which was much better than what we'd just had in the Ratty Arms! Oh well, next time...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgnrq-zUEB6lxarlpnanz399KofpHk5n264mr6KzbNI1jVRO_W94-ZR-z_xw7Gt3IbLAl6kCuDZMi2vPgGomdSAFuAglMLFfaeL091VB022KDt3D_2-tHstiQOhvQpKcPipFEdf4JI7hOHIEGKZek-QYQ017bUBBhbAl2-I17zNx7lJ7hY4WbS3pSyQ/s5472/P1030858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgnrq-zUEB6lxarlpnanz399KofpHk5n264mr6KzbNI1jVRO_W94-ZR-z_xw7Gt3IbLAl6kCuDZMi2vPgGomdSAFuAglMLFfaeL091VB022KDt3D_2-tHstiQOhvQpKcPipFEdf4JI7hOHIEGKZek-QYQ017bUBBhbAl2-I17zNx7lJ7hY4WbS3pSyQ/s320/P1030858.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Sunday</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We left at 9.30 and got home at 12.30, so another long journey.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not the best ever trip to Ravenglass, the weather spoiled it, but still pretty good.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Trip rating: 7/10</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A quick word about cats. We didn't see much of Sylvester, the cat next door. They took it for walks on a lead from time to time but we didn't get to stroke it. A small ginger cat was much more friendly. We think it lives on the site but it doesn't seem to belong to anyone! It has a basket and food and water under a bench by the toilets. Not sure what happens in the winter or when the site is shut!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Coming soon...</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A two night trip to Ingleton.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Our Caravan Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09091051690286708671noreply@blogger.com0