Another cheeky weekend away, so a local site was required and so I chose Woodside Ridge, grass pitches but the weather has been okay so shouldn’t be a problem.
We picked the ‘van up and headed South, we soon arrived and were warmly greeted by the warden. Not having her specs with her, we walked to the reception hut where the arrivals for today were displayed on a notice. Ridgwick assigned to pitch 4, one away from our usual pitch 5! A little reverse back down the track and onto the pitch we went. We were soon set-up and enjoying some sunshine, although it didn’t last and the clouds and rain moved in. Never mind, some TV and food sufficed for the rest of the night.
Sunday, off to church first thing and then returned early afternoon. Weather again not so clever so we didn’t venture far. There’s a little walk in the woods next door which we’ve never done, must try that next year. The site has quite a few seasonal caravans on it now, although there is still plenty of space for tourers and tents. All pitches now have EHU bollards, rather than the laying of cables around the site, so looks a lot more refined, especially with the shrubs and bushes starting to mature as borders between the pitches. Monday came and back to storage, a nice weekend break.
The site has good, well defined pitches now. They are all grass and most seem fairly level around the perimeter of the site. Some seasonal pitches in the centre require some levelling. 16A EHU bollards between every two pitches. The toilet block is excellent, very clean with piped music. Washing up sink is also provided along with CDP. Access to the site is easy from both the A1 & A19. All in all, a great site and well worth a visit. It’s near to Durham, Seahouses, Hartlepool etc. So plenty of interesting places to visit and things to do.
- Date: 30th September 2017
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: 4
- GPS: 54.725276, -1.436675
- A19 > A181 > B1278 > Lane