After a cracking fortnight in North Wales we have returned to England and gone further north to a site just outside of Gilsland on the borders of Cumbria and Northumberland. We had a tortuous journey yesterday, every time there was a route option I appeared to take the wrong one and we spent hours in traffic jams.
As mentioned previously, experience has shown that following a good week or two in a location we are bound for disappointment with a site or location before long. We have just come from Swn-Y-Mor an immaculate site, as soon as we arrived we received a warm welcome and were offered advice on where to pitch and told about the local amenities and places to visit. Our site for the next five days is Whittlees, first impressions are that it is adequate but not receiving the same level of attention as better sites we have visited. We use our initiative and pitch in a vacant spot and I head off to pay and try to elicit local information. Payment was duly taken, but I can only assume that you have to pay extra for conversation.
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