Fish & chips consumed we go off to sample the pubs, I noticed earlier that there was a quiz night at The Star, and as we pass The Blacksmiths Arms we notice there are very few people in so we go to the The Star. Its a quite friendly, welcoming place with quite a few people in. There is also free wifi !!! We enter the quiz, but its a disaster. Thickos'.com get about 35/60. The beer was OK though Greenking IPA.
I leave Martine to put down the carpet in the awning and go to explore the site. Its quite big, with a lot of seasonal pitches but they are kept in good order and look no different to the rest, (unlike
There's also a small sales pitch. The on site shop sell basics and caravan spares, The kids play area looks good, and the dog walk area is a field which is good cos Jazz can be let off the lead.
We are about 3 miles outside Scarborough where we go to because we still haven't got a hoover for the van and dog hairs are taking over. We find an Argos and get one for £30, and while it does do the job its crap really,oh well you get what you pay for!!!
After tea its off to the beach as its quite a nice evening. While the site info says its a 10 min walk, they are lying, it takes 5 Min's in the car to get as near as you can, then its about a 15 min walk down the cliffs. But its worth the walk, its a lovely wide beach backed by massive cliffs. Jazz loves it, its the first time he's been on the beach since last August but he soon remembers what to do.
The walk back up is quite steep (Martine has a mild heart attack on the way) but we eventually manage it.
Next day (Sat) we go into Scarborough park up on the cliffs and walk right round the bay to the harbour. To say its mid March is unbelievable how many people are there, the beach is packed.
On the way back we catch the cliff railway to save Martine having another heart attack, best 70p we spent all weekend.
Wednesday are the telly at tea time, but neither of the two pubs have Sky, so with this in mind I have had to pay £5/month to get Sky on my phone, so we go to The Star for the free wifi and get settled in the back garden, phone propped up against the ash tray, pint in hand.....what can go wrong?
Just as the match starts Ash rings.....and it cuts off the transmission ....brilliant...takes me ages to get it back on. But its all to no avail as as usual we lose 2-0, things are getting serious now on the Wednesday front.
Sunday we go out for the day to Heartbeat country, and although still sunny its quite cold. We park up only to discover we have forgot the dogs lead !!! But all is not lost as Martine finds one in the Aidensfield village store.
Is it Peggy ........No its Martine |
We have a look round Scips' garage and have a pint in the Aidensfield Arms ......Quality.
Monday .........it only takes about 45 mins to get the awning down ....in fact I do that while martine sorts out the inside of the van, and we are ready to leave about 11.30.
A very nice site, a very good weekend (except for Wednesday losing), definatly coming back .......
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