Another weekend away at a our local favourite site. Weather looking good and it’s also my birthday on Saturday – can’t beat a Saturday birthday in the ‘van 🙂
On Saturday we explored ‘Hopetown’ in Darlington. This used to be the old railway museum, but has now been upgraded thanks to multi-million pound funding, to create a much larger offering, with children’s playground (wagon woods), cafes, gift shop, exhibition hall along with all of the railway history with old engines and rolling stock to discover. There is also a viewing gallery to watch over the construction of a new P2 class engine currently being built there. It was a good trip out, although I was expecting some parking facilities there, but alas there didn’t seem to be any. It does seem there is a car-park near by, just not dedicated to the attraction.
We enjoyed some films on each night, meaning we didn’t get to bed until after midnight on each occasion, quite a change from the norm! We’ll soon be back and as always, looking forward to it.
- Date: 13th September 2024
- Nights: 3
- Pitch #: 52
- GPS: 54.568506, -1.286260
