Still favouring the quieter life of a CS site, especially during the school holidays, The Beeches was selected as our next destination for this weekend.
Again this CS site is on a working farm, access straight forward from the A66. The final approach is down a farm track, which is narrow and full of pot holes. Steady progress here however and we didn’t haven’t any problems. The site is then located around the back of the farm house. Hard standing pitches are provided, not a great deal of space between them, but as the site is so quiet it didn’t really matter. Still enough space to sit outside and park car in front. With full awning on, things would have been a lot tighter.
There was no one there to meet us when we arrived, so we duly picked our plot and set about readying the caravan for our relaxing weekend! The rain did try to spoil this, but a couple of films and some food soon saw Saturday night through and in to the next morning, with much better weather!
The sun was shining and it was time to go for a walk. I had already printed off an ordnance survey map of the area, so boots and gilet on and off we went! Now this site just happens to be very close to a railway line and this walk would take us quite close to it and even crossing it before reaching our destination of Middleton St George. Bliss! Some fields with horses in had Cath a bit uneasy, but we made it through. Even over some electric fences! Excellent walk and weather. Back to the ‘van for some dinner.
A new addition to our arsenal of caravan equipment this time was a new wind break. Not any old wind break, oh no, we had researched the matter some what and decided to purchase a Jormax windbreak. These wind breaks are very well made and provide a sturdy solution without guy ropes and split wooden poles. It went up first time with ease, looks really good and provided a nice corner for us to shelter in when the wind picked up. Very pleased with this purchase, not cheap, but worth it!
We finally tracked down the owner and paid our fees, relaxed for the rest of Sunday and wished we were here for longer! The toilet block has to be the best toilet block on any farm CS site. In fact, it’s better than some of the bigger sites we have stayed on. Two immaculately kept rooms with toilet, sink and shower in. Hand wash, toilet rolls, towels, very well done indeed. There is also a general washing up sink provided.
Another great weekend, really liking these small CS sites, they are perfect for the ultimate relax!
- Date: 17th August 2013
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: 2
- GPS: 54.511608, -1.489191
