Grass pitch and no wrist bands – that about summarises this trip!
We arrived at tea time for this trip, as Cath had to work a full day due to staff holidays. As I paid my dues at reception, I was then given the map as usual, but this time with a choice of 3 pitches! Yes, only 3 left and our usual #36 was not to be today. All pitches left were grass only. Well this is a first for us, we’ve never been on the grass at Durham Grange. But we pulled on and backed up onto pitch 74. Luckily the weather has been hot and dry for the last few weeks, so the ground was firm and no rain had been forecast for this weekend, so we should have a nice time on the grass! Friday soon turned into night as we finished setting up and enjoyed a sandwich for tea. Weather was very humid however, never sweated so much putting the awning up.
Saturday, a nice bacon and egg butty from the Cadac started the day nicely. We’d arranged to visit Carole and Kevin today, to have a natter and a cuppa. We joined them at noon and stayed for a couple of hours. Returning to he site, we enjoyed more outdoor weather. I’d purchased a new chair last weekend, to replace our trusty old folding camping chair. It makes a big difference as it is far more comfortable. Cath got a new sun lounger, but she didn’t try it out this weekend. The wash blocks are now back to normal, with no band restrictions in place – hooray! It felt quite strange going in without doing the band ‘thing’, having it all open again with free access was quite strange, who’d have thought it!
Sunday, another bacon and egg butty early doors prior to leaving for church. The service at church was the first live music and congregational singing since the pandemic struck, so was quite a key affair. Good to be back doing what I do best! Back at base, we relaxed for the rest of the day.
Monday, still very warm, everything packed up – we headed back to storage. A nice weekend break and nice to experience a different pitch!
- Date: 23rd July 2021
- Nights: 3
- Pitch #: 74
- GPS: 54.795747, -1.530499