Our third trip was another two nights at North View near Garstang right at the end of February 2011.
We were still new at caravanning and wanted to get out as much as possible.
We intended to go out for a walk and to have a go at Geocaching.
We found our first geocache after a bit of a hunt, under a bench and didn't realise we had found it because the cache was a micro one which are tiny magnetic cylinders and I thought I'd just found a magnet.
We then decided to drive to a local childrens' open farm. Unfortunately we had car trouble and our fan belt decided to have a look at the scenery as well, which put a stop to our day out.
We called the breakdown company who at first wouldn't send anyone out to us because we had called them out 2 or 3 weeks previously for a wiring fault. The arrogant lady on the phone was suggesting that our broken fanbelt was linked to the wiring fault and therefore wouldn't rescue us twice for the same fault.
Anyway I convinced her that there was a difference between the two faults and they came and put our tow car onto the back of a truck and said they would fix it next week.
So, there we were stuck in Garstang without a way of getting our caravan back home.
My sister kindly came and gave me a lift home so that I could pick up my other car to continue the holiday.
The owner at North View let us leave our caravan on the pitch for a week for £10 and we agreed to come back next weekend.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Friday, 18 February 2011
2nd trip - North View near Garstang
Our second trip in our caravan was near the end of February 2011.
2 nights at North View near Garstang.
We stayed at the back of the site in the CL section and it is a very pretty looking site and we can easily recommend this site.
The owner was very friendly and made us feel very welcome.
There is a small basic play area and a basket of outdoor toys which our kids seemed to enjoy.
My wife thought the kids were playing in the bin, but it turned out to be toys and not litter.
We bought fresh locally farmed eggs from the onsite shop and had a lovely breakfast in our caravan.
In February it gets dark quite early and we arrived in the dark after a small detour.
Our Sat nav said we had arrived but we couldn't see the site so carried on driving down the narrow-ish country lane at a reasonable speed, which turned out to be too fast to be able to stop in time when I saw the entrance going zipping past on the right. We drove a few miles looking for somewhere to turn around, but couldn't see anything because it was so very very dark, I've never know night time to be so dark!
I found a farm house which had a bit of a wide bit and thought, yep, I can do a u-turn here.
My wife got out with a torch and to check out the feasibility of making the turn and promptly shone the bright torch into my eyes and nearly blinded me, this happened several times.
A passing motorist stopped behind our caravan and asked if we needed assistance, which was nice. We said our thanks and they drove off.
I managed to do my first caravan u-turn and without damage or incident and felt rather pleased with myself.
Anyway we got back facing the correct way and located the site this time without zipping past.
A view from behind our caravan looking down the site.
North View's website
2 nights at North View near Garstang.
We stayed at the back of the site in the CL section and it is a very pretty looking site and we can easily recommend this site.
The owner was very friendly and made us feel very welcome.
There is a small basic play area and a basket of outdoor toys which our kids seemed to enjoy.
My wife thought the kids were playing in the bin, but it turned out to be toys and not litter.
We bought fresh locally farmed eggs from the onsite shop and had a lovely breakfast in our caravan.
In February it gets dark quite early and we arrived in the dark after a small detour.
Our Sat nav said we had arrived but we couldn't see the site so carried on driving down the narrow-ish country lane at a reasonable speed, which turned out to be too fast to be able to stop in time when I saw the entrance going zipping past on the right. We drove a few miles looking for somewhere to turn around, but couldn't see anything because it was so very very dark, I've never know night time to be so dark!
I found a farm house which had a bit of a wide bit and thought, yep, I can do a u-turn here.
My wife got out with a torch and to check out the feasibility of making the turn and promptly shone the bright torch into my eyes and nearly blinded me, this happened several times.
A passing motorist stopped behind our caravan and asked if we needed assistance, which was nice. We said our thanks and they drove off.
I managed to do my first caravan u-turn and without damage or incident and felt rather pleased with myself.
Anyway we got back facing the correct way and located the site this time without zipping past.
North View's website
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Our first caravan holiday - Royal Umpire, Croston
We bought our caravan in February 2011
Our first trip in our newly bought caravan was on a Saturday the following weekend and we spent our first night at Royal Umpire, Croston, near Southport.
We only stayed 1 night.
Our memories of this trip are that it was cold, it was February after all.
Our pitch was far away from any other caravan and we didn't see anybody else whilst we were there.
We felt that we were staying on an empty car park. I think we were the only people daft enough to go camping in cold February.
The weather was typical rainy and the ground was nice and muddy.
Our kids found the park which was also incredibly muddy and managed to ruin all their clothes. Of course when you go camping (as newbies) you only pack 1 set of clothes, so our kids spent the afternoon with their clothes caked in mud, whilst we tried to keep our new caravan clean!
All in all we enjoyed our stay in our van and it was a good experience..
This was my first go at towing and it was easy with no concerns at all.
Royal Umpire's website
Our first trip in our newly bought caravan was on a Saturday the following weekend and we spent our first night at Royal Umpire, Croston, near Southport.
We only stayed 1 night.
Our memories of this trip are that it was cold, it was February after all.
Our pitch was far away from any other caravan and we didn't see anybody else whilst we were there.
We felt that we were staying on an empty car park. I think we were the only people daft enough to go camping in cold February.
The weather was typical rainy and the ground was nice and muddy.
Our kids found the park which was also incredibly muddy and managed to ruin all their clothes. Of course when you go camping (as newbies) you only pack 1 set of clothes, so our kids spent the afternoon with their clothes caked in mud, whilst we tried to keep our new caravan clean!
All in all we enjoyed our stay in our van and it was a good experience..
This was my first go at towing and it was easy with no concerns at all.
Royal Umpire's website
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