Heading North this weekend, back up to Seahouses as I’d found a nice campsite at a working farm found just along the B1340 in-between Beadnell and Seahouses. So South we went for the ‘van. Then back North, but this time I took the A19 to bypass the ‘Western Bypass’ as the roadworks were still there and last time there was a bit of a hold-up. Sailed up the A19, back onto the A1 and we were on the Northumberland coast in no time!
The sat-nav placed us right outside the turning for the farm, in we went and true to the email notice I had received from Sue there, our name was on the board for the ‘Walled Garden’ area, pitch C. Access is a little narrow, so I made sure we squared up before committing. Once inside, I found pitch ‘C’ and reversed the ‘van on. Pitches nice and flat so no levelling required. Jobs were executed as normal and before we knew it, it was time for refreshments! Weather was looking promising for the weekend, we were even tempted to get the table and chairs out for the evening, but decided against it and spent the evening relaxing inside the ‘van.
Sunday morning came and so did my pains again, forearms and legs were hurting quite bad. So much so that I got up and filled the aquaroll up at about 6am! Following breakfast, I paid our dues at the farmhouse and then we made the trek into Seahouses itself. Not a long walk, only about 1 mile or so. Weather wasn’t looking as perky as yesterday, but we made it there and had a look around. Obviously we claimed our thimble there as well. Deciding on whether to have dinner out or not, we decided against it as the weather was now turning for the worst with rain beginning. We headed back to the site getting quite wet on the way. Finally we returned to a nice warm ‘van and changed into some dry clothes. Now it was Cath’s turn for some pain, here teeth started to play up causing agony for the rest of the night. That pretty much wrapped up Sunday, such a shame as again the evening cleared quite nicely and it would have been nice to do a little more exploring and enjoy outside a little.
Facilities on the site were good. In the Walled Garden section (which is for adults only) there was a toilet, shower and sink. Further toilets and showers could be found across the farm by the other field (which was for families). All were clean and tidy. Fresh water was also located at our toilet block along with the Elsan disposal point. The Walled Garden had 3 other pitches in use whilst we were there. Surprisingly enough, the other field was empty bar 1 unit. I would have thought that, with the school holidays, it would have been fuller, but there you go!
Monday morning, glorious weather, typical! We set about packing up and duly headed off back to storage, again via the A19. On arrival at storage, lots of work was taking place with regards to new bays being provided for all caravans. We ended up storing ours in a different spot due to this work. We’ll just have to remember when we go back, exactly where our ‘van is, or we’ll think she’s gone missing!
- Date: 11th April 2015
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: C
- GPS: 55.567975, -1.645523
