Bit of a jump and a bit of a story. Thursday we got up, it was raining off and on, and we decided to go to Craster. It took a bit of effort to get off the campsite but off we went. Craster was a bit disappointing so we had a coffee and went for a drive to see if we could find somewhere to stay that night as it was pouring again and there was no way we would get back onto the camp site.
We eventually sorted out a car park just before the causeway to Holy Island that would be fine as we planned to go over the next day. Driving back to the campsite to pay for the previous few days we heard a big bang, ground to a halt, and discovered that the fresh water tank had fallen off. The previous owner had fitted a new, larger, one just before we bought the van and obviously hadn’t checked the strength of the supports. The nut holding the support on one side had sheared off and the tank was just held on one side with the other on the ground with a big hole in it where it had dragged along the road. No choice what we would be doing now - we would be going home.
For the next hour Les was lying in the road in the poring rain trying to get the tank off. To say he was wet was an understatement! Even with me holding the umbrella over him he was soaked and so was I, it was raining that hard. Les got it off eventually then we drove back to the campsite, settled up, and started for home. A lousy finish to a not very successful week. Les had also got a really nice day arranged for the Saturday (his birthday) driving over to Hadrian’s Wall and then to the Lakes to camp in Wasdale and have a meal in the Wasdale Head Inn to celebrate his birthday. Instead we would be back in boring Stafford after a drive of almost six hours.
Not done much Friday and Saturday but have decided to re-do the seats in the camper. so as well as ordering a new tank we have ordered foam and we have been out today and bought some new material. We are going to have them two colours, terracotta and cream. Les has bought himself a new hard drive and a machine to convert tapes to CD’s with his birthday money. We have also decided we are going back to Northumberland next year in June and that Sean can come with us. The area is beautiful. Also we are having another week off in September, going to Sean’s first, taking him away for the weekend, then down to Mum’s to take her out for the day. Then we can go off to Norfolk for the rest of the week. You never know the weather may even be on our side.
Tags: campsite, Northumberland, wasdale head inn, weather
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