Canvas & The Lakeside

Hello Everyone! I apologise for my absence over the past month, I've been rather busy with moving house, relocating back to my parents in the Peak District. It's taking a lot of getting used to after living in Sheffield for the past 4 years, so it was nice to catch up with the Sheffield gang on a little camping trip for Stacey's birthday in The Lake District over last weekend.

Heading over on the Friday afternoon Neil and I arrived at Hoathwaite National Trust Campsite where we met up with Sidd and Stacey and after a bit of a struggle against the wind finally got our tents pitched and dinner barbecued. That night was a rather windy one, and Neil and I were woken up at 4am by the tent falling on top of us! Saturday morning seemed a bit brighter we woke to another water view, not quite as spectacular as the one we got during our camping trip at the coast, but not bad at all.

After breakfast we decided to take a walk down to the lake and followed it along into the village of Coniston, passing through Coniston Hall which were setting up for a country fair the next day!

Coniston is a very pretty little town, it gave us the chance to pick up a few items we'd forgotten and we also stumbled upon a lovely little vintage and antique fair.

We headed back to our campsite to await the arrival of Ben and Charlotte and after a few drinks and a catch up we decided to take a walk to a nearby pub for some dinner.
Our finally morning started off with my specialty 'Eggy Bread' topped with some blueberries and raspberries, I love sweet breakfasts, pastries, pancakes anything like that really sets me up for the day.

After getting packed up we headed down to the Coniston Hall Country Fair, I'll be dedicating a whole post to that so I won't reveal too much, but what a great back drop for a Fair!

If you've made a trip to the Lakes you can't not go out on the water, so we decided to hire two-man sit on top kayaks and in our couples all rowed off onto the lake. I really enjoyed it, I think Neil and I made a good team once we'd got the hang of it, I'm sure we were both imagining we were professional rowers! (Rowing photos courtesy of Charlotte of Salt Deep)

After our two hours were up we headed back to the cars, my bum was soaked so had to do a quick change before the two and a half hour drive home. It was sad to say goodbye to everyone, the trip seemed to go so fast, but we've all agreed we'll go camping again this summer!

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Canvas & The Coastline

There's truly nothing better than being at the seaside and I've just spent the most perfect few days with Neil camping over on the North East Coast of England. We are both outdoorsy people and share an equal passion for sleeping under canvas so taking a spontaneous trip to Robin Hood's Bay, we booked into a little campsite right on the very coast, and what a location it was!

We picked the best spot in the campsite and pitched up our little tent before Neil set to barbecuing our dinner.

After a well earned beer and some food we headed out on a walk into the old smugglers town of Robin Hood's Bay. This town is unspoiled and very quaint with a true seaside charm, it is the end point of the Coast to Coast walk a route from West to East which passes through three national parks, The Lake District, The Yorkshire Dales and The North Yorkshire Moors.

Imagine eating your breakfast on that balcony!

After a steady walk back to the campsite we sat out with a few more beers and waited for night to fall; it was so peaceful with just the distant sound of the sea to drift off to. We woke very early the following morning due to the brightness of the tent, and upon unzipping the tent our eyes fell onto one of the most fantastic views either of us has ever woken up to...

I wish I could share with you the feeling I felt when I opened the tent, joy, excitement and peace all at the same time. This picture sums up the whole trip, relaxing and perfect! So after some time lying in content silence together Neil decided it was time for tea and a lovely outdoor breakfast.

Well fed and washed we jumped in the car and headed over to Whitby for the day. Whitby is a lovely very typically British seaside town, with pretty harbour packed with lobster cages and side streets of quirky shops filled with nic nacs. 

Distance in nautical miles to different coast points around the world.

After lots of walking and exploring we popped into a little cafe which caught my eye 'Teare Woods' for a cream tea. Everything is homemade and the place is renouned for its homemade jersey ice-cream, which we couldn't resist a scoop of on the way out.

Our last night was a rather wet and windy one and we were praying our light weight tent would last the night, thankful it did and we awoke again to glorious sunshine and that view!

Have you been on any camping trips this year? Do you have any plans to get out and spend a night under canvas? 

Campsite: Bay Ness Farm

Location: Robin Hood's Bay

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