Winter, a lingering season, is ...

 ... a time to gather golden moments. (John Boswell)

For my first trip of the year, and after a blisteringly high repair bill on the van, I headed to the CMC site at Meathop Fell, near Grange-over-Sands in the South Lakes.

It was down to -6 overnight, so I was glad of the electric heating. There were only half a dozen of us on the site, so it was very quiet and I bagged a pitch with a view over the the estuary.

In the morning I walked down to the main road and got the bus in to Grange-over-Sands, a nice traditional town, with a long prom and lots of coffee shops along the steep streets. 

I took a second bus about 2 miles to Cartmel - £8!!! Luckily a man on the bus told me I had to catch the next bus back to Grange because it was the last one and I'd be stranded. if I missed it. So that meant 1 hour to wander the village and look around Cartmel Priory, which was lovely. Glad I didn't take the van, the streets were so narrow and twisty it would be a nightmare.

On return, I had a pizza cooked at the van that was on the site. Yum yum.

The next day I headed for Silverdale on the other side of the estuary, and parked on the beach for breakfast.

Final stop was the nearby RSPB Leighton Moss reserve, but despite climbing the massive viewing tower I didn't spot much of interest. The marshes were flooded and frozen, so it was mainly ducks who were huddled in the small area of unfrozen water.

House concerts and Deepdale (again)

My birthday socks from Helen

This month I was 60!!

I went to 2 house concerts at the Garden House, staying on neighbours drive for the concerts, then Deepdale for the few nights in between. First was the Joshua Burnell band who I loved! and then the raucous Smokin' Pilchards, great fun. 

Annoyingly my hip was really playing me up :-(

I went for another lovely day at King's Lynn, and as a souvenir got a Covid booster as a walk-in.

The Hanse House - afternoon tea

A walk along the river/dockside is always rewarding:

Deepdale Festival and Woodhall Spa

After being cancelled last year due to Covid, I met up with Sue, Paul, Jim, Jane, Linda,  Becky and her Mum Sheila, at the lovely Deepdale site for their festival. There were 2 fields, some food stalls and bars, and a great atmosphere.  

 

At Woodhall Spa (my first Caravan and Camping Club site) I was disappointed to find the bus wasn't running, and so I stayed on site the first afternoon, and tried to attach the awning stays. But for some reason the connector on to the awning rails kept falling off, so I gave up. I wasn't feeling up to walking to the pub for tea, so just had some soup and turned in.

The next day I was really suffering from my cold, so left for home a day early. I would like to come back as it seemed a lovely area to explore.