Category: lake
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Back in the Lakes again
We had a 4 day long weekend staying at Castlerigg Hall site – a beautiful site with stunning views across Derwentwater towards the Cat Bells ridge We set up Herdy on Pitch 60 with a slim view over Bassenthwaite. Once sorted we headed out towards Latrigg planning to head straight up to the summit and…
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Northumberland Adventure!
12 days away planned in Bellingham, Northumberland with Geoff, Jane & Jake (the dog) Once arrived we checked in to the Camping & Caravanning Club site (Brown Rigg) and set up on our corner plot next door to Geoff & Jane. The site is quite small with reasonable sized pitches. Good service point for MH…
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Trip to Borrowdale, The Lake District
A last minute decision to take a long weekend trip up to the Lakes. We set off on a very wet Thursday and pitched up on a lovely spot on the Borrowdale CMC site in Grange. Herdy was parked in the trees about 50 metres away from the gate out onto the lake side path…
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Another Lake District trip
We arrived at Castlerigg Hall site in Keswick on Friday evening just as dusk was settling. The setting sun made for some stunning views from Herdy’s pitch We set up the illuminated box too with the site name on it (an idea inspired by Maurice_the motorhome). We set about cooking and planning our activities for…
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On tour in the Lake District
An Indian summer of lovely sunny weather for the week we stayed up here. First part of the week was spent at Whitbarrow Village and the second part of the week at CMC site at Troutbeck Head looking out towards the beautiful Blencathra. Arriving on Saturday we drove straight to Keswick to complete a walk…
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Sunshine and Snow on Conic Hill
It is so much easier to set off walking in bad weather from a motorhome. Instead of dashing from the car and pulling on waterproofs in the rain, you just step from the door and start walking. And today we had warm sunshine, wind driven snow and everything in between. Conic Hill is only 361m…
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Loch Katrine
Loch Katrine is beautiful – a stunning lake surrounded by snow capped mountains, fringed with woods. We noticed that the car park had designated bays for motorhomes, and what looked like service points too. We walked on the north shore and up above the tree line, and watched as the showers passed and bathed the…
