Home Farm Caravan Park

Saturday:
A relaxed start to the day, easy and smooth pack, ‘van collection and off we went, South on the A1. And then just before Scotch Corner, we joined the queue! This was no ordinary queue, this was a diversion on the A1 due to the road being closed for road works. This queue ultimately ended up controlled by the lights on the roundabout of Scotch Corner itself, this along with a couple of other roads merging into the queue made for a long stop start delay. We spent about an hour and a half in it, until we eventually got to Scotch Corner roundabout, here I decided to change the route and use the A66 to take us West rather than the M62. Weather was good so no concerns about using the A66. We soon found our way onto the M6 following this and headed South. With all planned stops now out of the window, I chose Lancaster services for a stop. Managed to park with the HGV’s and then had a quick bite to it. We made it quick as the stench of urine there was something else! All was plain sailing heading into Anglesey, viewing the bridges and then I took a wrong turn!

We now were travelling on roads unknown, so I decided to follow the sat nav and get us back on track. Unfortunately the route the sat nav chose was not the best. What at first seemed like suitable roads suddenly turned into single track farm lanes. Just as we got out of one we seemed to head back into another. Determined to stay on good roads I avoided any further narrow looking roads but on the very last stretch, what seemed like a suitable road again turned into a single track lane. Fortunately we only met one car during this, so only one little reverse was required to get us by. Then we arrived, phew, that has to be the toughest journey we’ve been on to date!

We were pleasantly booked in and told where to pitch. The park looks lovely on first viewing, our pitch is superb, plenty of room for ‘van and awning, along with a section of grass to sit out on. Plenty of room to park the car as well. The pitch is fully serviced, even providing a water barrel to use which is mains connected. I chose just to use our equipment despite this, always nice having the water tap on the pitch however. We set the ‘van, put the awning up and then settled inside enjoying tea and some Saturday night TV.

Sunday:
Following breakfast, we decided to take a trip to see the Menai Suspension Bridge. This was only half an hour away down the A5025, following the road we should have used yesterday! We parked up and took the walk down to Church Island and then along the river to the bridge. All very pleasant and interesting. We dropped into Waitrose whilst we were there to pick up some BBQ food as the weather was looking very promising. Upon return we sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine. We substituted Sunday Lunch for the BBQ, washed up and then returned indoors for the rest of the evening.

Monday:
Today we decided to take a trip to Beaumaris. This is home to it’s famous castle and stunning views of the Menai Strait from Bangor up to Llandudno. Weather was a bit more temperamental today as we caught the odd shower or two, but still enjoyed what the town had to offer.

Tuesday:
Snowdon was on our radar today. Weather being glorious we headed off to reach the summit. Well we planned on using the train to get to the summit! We had a quick breakfast and then headed off for the station. Parking up we coughed up our £7 to park and then went for tickets. Hoping to get tickets for the 10am diesel we went to the kiosk. Quite unexpectedly the station was quite busy and we could only get tickets for the 12.30 train. So we bought those and then enjoyed the station, cafe and theater. After a coffee, thimble purchase we headed into the film theater to watch a film based on the mountain railway and also a few episodes of ‘Ivor the Engine’. It’s quite funny, I remember watching it as a child, but never realised it was Welsh in origin complete with dragons! The time came and we headed for the station. We were allocated seats in seating section ‘B’, so got quite a good view on the way up. Weather was still great, but upon reaching the summit, we couldn’t see a thing. We departed the train and headed for the summit. We managed a couple of photos there before heading back inside for a coffee and to warm up. The departing train left promptly at 2pm and we were soon back down again. A very worthwhile trip, thoroughly enjoyed it. Back at base we enjoyed some tea and relaxed for the rest of the evening, weather a little more gloomy now with plenty of clouds.

Wednesday:
A stay-on-site today. Took some photos of the site as the sun came out in the afternoon. Had a BBQ for tea and simply relaxed.

Thursday:
Final day, so nothing to do but relax. Oh and change the route back home, avoiding the A1 roadworks! Weather has been very good all week, plenty of sunshine and just the odd shower. Winds have picked up in the last few days however. I think we’ve decided that this is possibly the nicest site we’ve ever stayed on. Best pitch, grounds superbly well kept. Excellent facilities, great base for seeing Anglesey & Wales, couldn’t have picked a better site for this holiday.

Friday:
Thankfully an uneventful drive home via the M6 and A69!