Our Autumn break was here, a week away in the caravan! It was decided that the North Yorkshire Moors would be an appropriate area to visit. Namely due to the railway, so the town of Pickering was chosen and one of the best campsites in the area looked to be the Vale Of Pickering.
A few options on how to get here. One is via the East coast, another via the ring road of York and lastly, the caravan suggested route to avoid Sutton bank. I opted for the York route, a few more miles, but a much more relaxed journey than the other two in my opinion. So Sat-Nav armed with the route, we headed off and arrived in the town of Pickering. It was by coincidence that the weekend of our arrival also happened to be the much loved ‘was weekend’ – so the town was, full, to say the least. We managed to squeeze through the streets, past numerous army vehicles and headed our way to the site, which was a couple of mile East of Pickering. Booking in was swift, although we were lucky to get a pitch as the site was full, but our week’s stay carried some weight over the weekender’s!
Good size hardstanding pitches. We used the Mammut to move into place, as a commercial vehicle was blocking the swing needed to reverse. We quickly set-up and headed off to the supermarket in Malton to pick up food supplies.
Sunday morning and the awning was erected. Getting better at this now. Without too much trouble we had it up and relaxed for the rest of the day.
Monday and we headed for Scarborough. Lovely seaside town, complete with Tardis! A nice selection of shops, sea front, weather wasn’t brilliant, but it didn’t spoil it.
Tuesday and a visit to the NYMR! Starting out at Pickering and travelling the complete line through to Whitby. We went on steam and returned on diesel, superb! Whitby is another fantastic seaside town. Of course full of the history of Dracula, climbing the 199 stairs to St Mary’s and the infamous churchyard.
We found a lovely cafe on the front where we had a full English breakfast, very nice it was. Lots of interesting shops to view along with the great harbour views. We found a shop where we purchased some Christmas ornaments, starting early!
Wednesday and a visit to Malton, not just for the supermarket this time, but to look around. It has a small high street, very pleasant, although not much to do for an all day visit.
Thursday saw a return visit to Scarborough and before we knew it, Friday was back and it was time to pack the awning up and get ready for our departure tomorrow morning. A lovely site, a lovely area, we will be back some time!
- Date: 13th October 2012
- Nights: 7
- Pitch #: 54.217956,-0.648813
- GPS: 54.218334, -0.648969
