A local site was required for this weekend’s escape, due to having to play for a wedding at noon on Saturday. Luckily this was in Houghton-le-Spring, only 5 minutes away from the caravan. So a local CL site was chosen again, this time on a farm in Ferryhill, County Durham.
Access is very easy from the A1, making it an ideal stop-over location. The field is of a generous size and has plenty of EHU points. There were about 4 ‘vans already there when we arrived, but we found a good spot facing out over the field. We unhitched, used the Mammut to place the caravan looking out over the field facing the fence and got into our usual routines for setting the ‘van up!
Weather was glorious, hooray! We were soon enjoying some refreshments outside and began to relax for the weekend. It was then that we discovered that you get to hire a farm dog free of charge for your stay! This K9 wouldn’t leave you alone, wanting to play ball all of the time and would literally sit at your feet until you succumbed to the pressure and threw the ball. Now not being dog lovers, this was not ideal, but at least we got some piece when we retired to the caravan itself!
The site has a washblock with toilets and showers inside, very basic, but it does the job. Elsan and fresh water point. Nothing else to mention on the site really, which is how we like it!
- Date: 3rd August 2013
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: 54.643528, -1.549818
- GPS: 54.643401, -1.549475
