Site to Ourselves
We have just returned from a 4 night stay at this lovely little CL. Unfortunately the owners weren't able to be on site to meet us, but my husband did get a lovely text from Barbara welcoming us, apologising for their absence and sent us all the details we needed to make our stay enjoyable and problem free. As usual we were able to get out on our bikes (we have sent Barbara details of the rides we took plus maps) - but they aren't for the faint-hearted - unless of course you are super-fit and find hills a walk in the park! Thank goodess for ebikes! We cycled to and round Coniston Water and then a more local circular route through Broughton on Furness via the Coniston Old Railway to Foxfield, Grizebeck and back to the CL via Woodland. Our intended looped walk on our penultimate day to Broughton on Furness had to be aborted after about .75 miles due to the awful weather - the rain and winds - and one too many waterlogged fields - which was especially unfortunate after all the OS route planning my husband had done. We were the only ones on the site so had the pick of the 5 spaces. We chose the one immediately opposite the entrance which afforded the views over the peaks, and from where we could attach our hose to the water tap to take on water, and our water outlet hose to our outlet pipe to release our grey waste into the drain. The only criticism was the distance to the bins - especially when it was chucking it down with rain! We were there the week of the February storms and left the day before the "biggie" - which was a shame - as we were going to move on and enjoy more of the beautiful Cumbrian countryside.
