- Dec 1, 2014
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Hi All, hope everyone is well, not been on for a while as I haven't been able to type, drive or caravan as I tore some thumb ligaments which meant a pot on and no driving! Booooo!
But I'm back and I've been playing out B)
Did any one get up to anything fun over the Easter weekend?
We at the last minute managed to get on a site in Knight Stainforth which is on the edge of Settle, which is a lovely little village, but if your not up for walking it might not be for you as the nearest shop is a 3 mile walk or drive!
But that is missing the point of it, as it's all about the views, and what views they are!
Every window was filled by wonderful countryside.
We even made a friend whilst setting up!
We got there Thursday very early on to miss all the traffic and get set up so we could go in hunt of beer and grub! It was only an hour or so from home which was a nice change, it can get pretty tight passing stuff on the little single track roads but no problems as long as you leave plenty of braking distance and slow right down on the many blind bends, I'm sure some people don't believe in oncoming traffic!
There is a brilliant little pub in Stainforth itself called the Craven Heifer which we would recommend if anyone is in the area, very good food and local beers on at very reasonable costs, 2 meals and 2 drinks for less than £25.
The pub had a pet, bit hard to see but there is a 13 day old lamb next to the fire
The site itself had showers, toilets and a laundry/washing up area in a little block which were all very clean even though the site must have been at or near capacity, same with the bins, they were all emptied every day, it was a very good site and only cost £98.50 for 4 nights with electric and that was over a bank holiday.
The bit we stayed on was grass though and it was very soft due to the rain they had over the last week, no issues though with getting set up other than a cracked front pair of leg stay pads!
I also saw the coolest camper ever, Unimog!
We spent a couple of days in the local towns surrounding us, we walked onto Settle one day for an explore, but lovely as it is there isn't much to do so the Saturday we went upto Hawes where there is Wensleydale Creamery which is worth a visit, they have a cheese making demonstration and a tour which is interesting and the village has some great little shops and pubs also.
On the Sunday we took a trip to Ingleton and did the falls walk which is a set path with a map around the major 5 waterfalls, again a bit of a trek, and according to my phone we walked up 55 flights of stairs!
A great walk though with some stunning views.
And then back home on the Monday
Can't wait for the next trip out, thinking of Ripley next time!
Hope I've not bored you all completely!
Cheers
Liam
But I'm back and I've been playing out B)
Did any one get up to anything fun over the Easter weekend?
We at the last minute managed to get on a site in Knight Stainforth which is on the edge of Settle, which is a lovely little village, but if your not up for walking it might not be for you as the nearest shop is a 3 mile walk or drive!
But that is missing the point of it, as it's all about the views, and what views they are!
Every window was filled by wonderful countryside.
We even made a friend whilst setting up!
We got there Thursday very early on to miss all the traffic and get set up so we could go in hunt of beer and grub! It was only an hour or so from home which was a nice change, it can get pretty tight passing stuff on the little single track roads but no problems as long as you leave plenty of braking distance and slow right down on the many blind bends, I'm sure some people don't believe in oncoming traffic!
There is a brilliant little pub in Stainforth itself called the Craven Heifer which we would recommend if anyone is in the area, very good food and local beers on at very reasonable costs, 2 meals and 2 drinks for less than £25.
The pub had a pet, bit hard to see but there is a 13 day old lamb next to the fire
The site itself had showers, toilets and a laundry/washing up area in a little block which were all very clean even though the site must have been at or near capacity, same with the bins, they were all emptied every day, it was a very good site and only cost £98.50 for 4 nights with electric and that was over a bank holiday.
The bit we stayed on was grass though and it was very soft due to the rain they had over the last week, no issues though with getting set up other than a cracked front pair of leg stay pads!
I also saw the coolest camper ever, Unimog!
We spent a couple of days in the local towns surrounding us, we walked onto Settle one day for an explore, but lovely as it is there isn't much to do so the Saturday we went upto Hawes where there is Wensleydale Creamery which is worth a visit, they have a cheese making demonstration and a tour which is interesting and the village has some great little shops and pubs also.
On the Sunday we took a trip to Ingleton and did the falls walk which is a set path with a map around the major 5 waterfalls, again a bit of a trek, and according to my phone we walked up 55 flights of stairs!
A great walk though with some stunning views.
And then back home on the Monday
Can't wait for the next trip out, thinking of Ripley next time!
Hope I've not bored you all completely!
Cheers
Liam
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