Lamb Cottage Caravan Park

Saturday:
A good start to the holiday, we were trucking down and across the UK to Cheshire. I chose to use the A69 and M6 to get us there. This would involve a new service station for us, namely Southwaite. I decided to stop here rather than Tebay a little further down, as Tebay has limited parking spaces for caravans whereas Southwaite has masses of room! There’s nothing to say about it other than it does the job. There’s a Greggs here as well, so a bacon breakfast was the order of the day. From here it was easy going, down the M6 and then into Cheshire.

We arrived at the site and swiftly booked in. The site was pretty full, but we found a nice pitch and set-up there. All the pitches are fully serviced with hard-standing for caravan and awning, with car parking in-front of the caravan. We soon had everything sorted and relaxed for the rest of the day. TV reception is poor, so I set the satellite up.

Sunday:
A trip to Crewe Heritage Railway was the plan for today. We headed there following breakfast. There’s quite a lot to see and do, so definitely a worthwhile visit. Conveniently located next to Tesco, we popped in there afterwards to pick up a few extras.

Monday:
You can’t visit Cheshire without visiting Chester Zoo. We headed there today, not too far away with plenty of parking available. The place is massive, we spent 4 hours there, but you could honestly spend 2 days here in order to cover everything at a relaxed pace. It’s very well run and a great day out.

Tuesday:
A visit to Liverpool today. Our plan was to park at Seacombe Ferry port, see Spaceport there. Take the ferry to Woodside and see the U-Boat. Take ferry again across to Liverpool, see the dockside, Cavern Club and then return via ferry back to Seacombe and return home. This all went to plan. Spaceport is okay, but even as an avid Star Wars fan, there wasn’t much Star Wars there and more general ‘space’ information. The U-Boat was very interesting, worth a visit. Liverpool itself was better than expected. The dockside was alive with gift, foods and entertainment and rides. The atmosphere at the Cavern Club was excellent. We could have spent longer here in Liverpool, but the last ferry ride home was 4pm, which seems a little early during the Summer Holidays. All in all, a great day out.

Wednesday:
The Anderton Boat Lift was the attraction for today. We parked up and paid our parking fee (£3 all day). We headed to the visitor’s centre and enquired about a boat trip. The next one was over a 2 hours wait, so we decided to skip that experience. We made our way down to the base of the lift where we soon watched a lift in operation. It’s a fantastic bit of engineering and a superb solution to a business problem that needed a solution! Worth viewing as the only working boat lift in England.

Thursday:
A trip into Chester itself. It’s a beautiful city with many Tudor style buildings. The cathedral was worth visiting as well. Shopping isn’t really our thing, but there’s plenty of them there if that’s your cup of tea! Plenty of cafes for refreshments, street music and generally a good buzz about the place.

Friday:
Chill day, going nowhere! Just as well really, it’s raining. In between showers we managed to get the awning down.

Saturday:
More rain to contend with whilst packing up, we’re used to it though. We were soon on our way, now in glorious sunshine. A quick bacon butty stop at Southwaite again, and then back at storage. The rain started again as we put the ‘van away. It’s been a great trip, really enjoyed the sights of the North West.

Lamb Cottage Caravan Park:

Adults only
Easy journey from motorway
Fully serviced pitches
Hard-standing pitches
Excellent wash block, although push button showers – a bit more time per push please :/
Wash cubicles – toilet, shower and sink
CDP has heated rinse water – now that’s another first!
Dog walk
16A EHU
TV signal poor – satellite signal accessible from most pitches
Mobile signals good