Saturday:
An early start with no work to attend to, yippee! We packed the car, a little more equipment this time with the new awning and chairs .. and table. We picked up the ‘van and made short work of the trip to Scunthorpe. It was quite strange passing Ferrybridge Services without stopping, but the extra half hour would be best spent on the site I thought, seeing how it was only 45 minutes away.
We arrived at the site and checked in. We were greeted by Richard who is a bubbly character. He showed us to our pitch, one of the best on the site (he said, although we have to agree with him) and then showed us the amenities. We were then left to it, so we pitched up and tackled the new awning. This awning was an air frame awning, top of the range from Kampa. We unpacked the flysheet and spent a little while working out which end was which before threading it up. Then a few pumps of air and the awning was up. Quite simply simples! The only downside was the pitch, it was rock hard. The hardest pitch we’ve ever been on. It took a lot of effort to peg it out, but overall we were very impressed with our new purchase. We soon had everything in place and settled down for the evening. Tea and TV before retiring for the night. The weather was glorious!
Sunday:
More glorious weather! We decided to complete the awning with the annex we had purchased as well. This soon went up as well, but again the pegging out was a headache! This now gave us the room to store ‘stuff’ in whilst leaving the awning as a more usable space without the clutter. It worked a treat, we finally have a quick solution to better caravanning with more space and less clutter! We stayed on site for the rest of the day enjoying the weather before relaxing down for the evening.
Monday:
A trip to Scunthorpe town center was on the cards for today. We headed out in the morning and set about looking around the shops. We soon covered all the ground and headed off to the supermarket to pick up some essentials for this glorious weather, cooked breakfast and BBQ essentials! We enjoyed the rest of the day on site and settled for the evening with a film.
Tuesday:
Armed with all our outdoor cooking ingredients meant it had to rain, and rain it did, all day. So we accepted that the awning needed a little weathering for the seems and stayed indoors all day. The good thing about caravanning is that you have all your home comforts: TV, DVD, radio, computer, internet, playstation, books, so there’s lots to do to keep occupied on such days.
Wednesday:
A trip to Cleethorpes today as the weather had returned to sunshine and warmth. Only a 45 minute drive away from the campsite, Cleethorpes is a mini Blackpool, although I have to say a better Blackpool. The promenade is walk-able all the way, not too far, unlike the mighty Blackpool promenade. The promenade is full of attractions: Rides, cafes, miniature railway (in lieu of the trams!), swimming pool, lake, boats, donkeys, fun fair, pleasure beach, the list goes on! We enjoyed a lovely stroll along the promenade, after taking a ride on the railway first. We stopped for fish & chips, took the railway back. A thoroughly enjoyable place and looking forward to returning some day.
Thursday:
Cooked breakfast morning, and boy was it nice: Bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, mushrooms and beans. This followed an early morning stroll however, to get our appetites up. We walked along a footpath that took us from the campsite up to the village, not long, but enough to stretch the legs and make one a little hungry! Following this a little cleaning of the ‘van and we relaxed in the sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. Tea, TV & film concluded the evening, along with topping up the aquaroll with water in one’s pj’s this evening was something a little different!
Friday:
Our final day, so a stay on site to relax again was the order of the day. We attempted to have a bbq for tea, but alas the gas finally ran out, so we only managed to get a beef burger out of it! The rest of the day drifted by and soon we heading for bed for the final evening.
Saturday:
We began the pack-up and were once again very impressed with the awning, it took seconds to deflate and take off the rail. Even folding it for the first time it fitted in the bag! All in all it took us 2 hours to be ready for the off, not bad for a first time, I reckon we can get this down to 1.5 hours, perfectly viable for a weekend away. We left the site saying goodbye to Richard and headed home. Another summer holiday over, roll on our Autumn week!
- Date: 15th August 2015
- Nights: 7
- Pitch #: 53.656131, -0.690094
- GPS: 53.655897, -0.690726
