Thursday 27th August – Monday 31st August 2009
The approach to this site is easy enough and presented few problems. The road is narrow in places but there are many passing places providing walkers have not used them as car parks. Don’t arrive before 12 noon. I arrived at 1154 and was sent away and told to come back in six minutes. I don’t know what time the owners of the outfit in front of me had arrived but they had decided to go for a walk and were no where to be seen when the gathering crowd of new arrivals were let in to reception, consequently a bit of manoeuvring was necessary to get around their caravan.
Anyway all that was eventually sorted and the next task is finding a pitch. It was easy for me because my daughter and family were already here so I headed off for a pitch close to them. It gets a little more difficult if you are not familiar with the site as there are so many little nooks and crannies that it is difficult to decided. If you head off into what could be a cul-de-sac with your outfit to find there are no vacant pitches you may have to back out. I noticed a few arrivals going around the one way system a few times before they eventually got sorted out. The whole site is set in a wood so pitches that would catch a glimpse of the sun [if it ever came out] were few and far apart. Inspite of all this the site has a relaxed atmosphere, and makes an interesting walk without even leaving the complex. A water main developed a leak during our stay and consequently one toilet block had to be closed and some service points were out of action, but this was eventually repaired and life quickly got back to normal.
The nearest town of any size is Kendal about a 5 mile drive away. This can be reached by bus if you walk back to the main road. Sizergh Castle entrance gate is about a mile away and there is a pub cum restaurant near to the entrance. There is also a popular farm shop and tea room close by that is well worth a visit. A fish and chip van visits the site a few nights each week. We never tried it but my daughter’s family did and they were unimpressed.
I had eventually reach Cumbria which was the first region to switch off the analogue TV signal, so it will be interesting to see how caravanning and digital TV work together. I think caravanners will be disappointed with my findings. No such problems here though, the Caravan Club had installed a hook up system so don’t forget your extension and a digital compatible TV
No analogue signal
Digital signal from bollard [no radio]
£24.50 per night [3 adults for part of stay]
The approach to this site is easy enough and presented few problems. The road is narrow in places but there are many passing places providing walkers have not used them as car parks. Don’t arrive before 12 noon. I arrived at 1154 and was sent away and told to come back in six minutes. I don’t know what time the owners of the outfit in front of me had arrived but they had decided to go for a walk and were no where to be seen when the gathering crowd of new arrivals were let in to reception, consequently a bit of manoeuvring was necessary to get around their caravan.
Anyway all that was eventually sorted and the next task is finding a pitch. It was easy for me because my daughter and family were already here so I headed off for a pitch close to them. It gets a little more difficult if you are not familiar with the site as there are so many little nooks and crannies that it is difficult to decided. If you head off into what could be a cul-de-sac with your outfit to find there are no vacant pitches you may have to back out. I noticed a few arrivals going around the one way system a few times before they eventually got sorted out. The whole site is set in a wood so pitches that would catch a glimpse of the sun [if it ever came out] were few and far apart. Inspite of all this the site has a relaxed atmosphere, and makes an interesting walk without even leaving the complex. A water main developed a leak during our stay and consequently one toilet block had to be closed and some service points were out of action, but this was eventually repaired and life quickly got back to normal.
The nearest town of any size is Kendal about a 5 mile drive away. This can be reached by bus if you walk back to the main road. Sizergh Castle entrance gate is about a mile away and there is a pub cum restaurant near to the entrance. There is also a popular farm shop and tea room close by that is well worth a visit. A fish and chip van visits the site a few nights each week. We never tried it but my daughter’s family did and they were unimpressed.
I had eventually reach Cumbria which was the first region to switch off the analogue TV signal, so it will be interesting to see how caravanning and digital TV work together. I think caravanners will be disappointed with my findings. No such problems here though, the Caravan Club had installed a hook up system so don’t forget your extension and a digital compatible TV
No analogue signal
Digital signal from bollard [no radio]
£24.50 per night [3 adults for part of stay]
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