Wednesday 10 October 2007

Bolton-le-Sands October 5th 2007

This was the last trip of 2007. It was a great little spot. We stayed at Bolton Holmes Farm at Bolton-le-Sands near Carnforth in Lancs for 1 night. We were there near the end of the camping season and the old lady that ran the site had forgotten we had booked an electric pitch, in fact she had no record of our booking at all. We had to do with out electric but we got a better spot because of it. We found out later that the park had been sold so if we go again we hope it is the same.

The main thing about that weekend was how warm it was. It was also very windy so we couldn't put the awning up. Someone on the site told us it wasn't usually windy but somehow I don't believe them - see what you think when you see the picture I took of the trees at the bottom of the site.
Bolton-le Sands is on Morecombe Bay, and the site seemed really remote as if you were going to meet Magwitch on the marshes (Great Expectations). It was just so relaxing. It was about 20 mins walk into the village and we sampled the 3 local pubs then got a Chinese from the takeaway and ate it back at the van. It was horrible! The following morning we took a walk around to Red Bank Farm and back again (about an hour and a half) to make the most of the bracing fresh air!
Gordon out for a walk - The private road to Bolton Holmes Farm campsite - Rachel and a ladybird on the Saturday night