Our next weekend outing took us to Boroughbridge. Ideal, as it is only a simple trip down the A1 with the site located only about 500 metres away after exiting at junction 48. The site is a C&CC site situated on the bank of the river Ure. Prone to flooding and indeed the night before had seen the site flood. Fortunately for us, the Saturday was a sunny day and the river levels were back to normal!
We were allocated a grass pitch near the river, a simple drive on drive off affair as the site was fairly empty when we arrived. We went through our usual procedures of setting the caravan up and by 12.30pm, we were sitting outside lapping up the sunshine.
A trip to Boroughbridge of course was in order, so off we headed in the car. It is perfectly manageable to walk there, but we decided to use the car to save some time. We parked up by the church, as the car park was full. There’s not a lot in Boroughbridge, the usual compliment of pubs, newsagents and small stores, but all very pleasant. We soon found ourselves heading back to the campsite, where we were looking forward to sampling the chips for the van that would be arriving at the campsite very soon!
A quick walk around the site brought us to the chip van and we made our purchase. Very nice they were too! The evening was wrapped up with some TV, as the X-Factor had begun again to my dismay! And yet again, before we knew it, the night came to an end and Sunday had approached.
We decided to have a totally relaxed Sunday and go nowhere. This was very welcome but was somewhat spoiled by persistant showers. A little rain: chairs and tables in, sunshine: chairs and tables out – and so it went on! It was then we drew plans for our next cunning purchase: a canopy!
We discussed as to whether or not to purchase a porch awning for our weekends away, but we concluded that we proibably wouldn’t bother with it in the end as it is still quite a job to erect and time was precious on these weekend breaks. But a canopy, now that is a 5 minute job and would be ideal for when the showers prevail. Furniture stored under the canopy, a modest shower would even allow us to sit outside under the canopy reading or doing whatever, instead of having to retreat inside all of the time. Following a little bit of research on the internet, we decided to go for a 4m Isabella Shadow canopy. This would duly be ordered upon our return!
The toilet block was of a very high standard and was accessed via some steps from the camp site up and over the flood defence hill by the site entrance. There is a small shop in reception which sells the usual basics. A games room can also be found here sporting a pool table. Boat trips are available nearby and we saw plenty of people doing this during our stay.
Once again Monday arrived and we departed from the site. Another successful trip and a very nice camp site. Looking forward to the next one already!
- Date: 18th August 2012
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: 20
- GPS: 54.090228, -1.414300
