Another cheeky weekend outing, so the site needed to be open at this time of year and also be close to home. A CS came to mind which we visited 2 years ago, namely The Granary.
A small working farm based in Maiden Law, so the CS provides both hardstanding and grass along with a good 16A EHU, perfect for this cold weather! We arrived just after noon and were greeted once again by Maureen and Dixon in their usual very welcoming style. We discussed ‘Limpy’ who had now been renamed to ‘Hugo’ as wherever you go, he goes! Pleased to hear he was alive and well! Maureen had also purchased a new car which led to even more conversation before we were finally granted access to the site!
Despite the time of year, the grass was in good order, draining very quickly, therefore we were able to pitch up in the same place as our last visit, on the grass looking out across the fields. We unhitched, levelled and set about our usual routines. Plugging the EHU in and no sign of power. Tried a second socket, still nothing. Put the tester in and it confirmed, no juice! I tracked down Dixon in a barn and he confessed to not having plugged the site in, which he duly did. Power on and we were set.
Saturday came and went in its usual format. As night closed in, so did the wind, a very strong wind at that! This lasted all through the night rocking us to sleep and taking the Alde heat away, although not by too much! Sunday arrived and with an early start for breakfast, we had our egg on toast and then headed off for church. Arriving back we relaxed with some reading, TV and a Star Trek film in honour of Leonard Nimoy who had just passed away.
Monday morning and the snow had arrived! This picked up into a mini blizzard as we were packing up, which made things interesting once again, as well as very cold! We headed out of the site and were once again greeted by Maureen, who came by for another chat in her dressing gown! Following our farewells we were on our way and headed back to storage.
A super CS, we will be back soon, as it ticks all of the boxes for us.
- Date: 28th February 2015
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: 54.842547, -1.730465
- GPS: 54.842547, -1.730365
