Eriba Man

  This is night No.20/2021 living in the caravan and our 4th night at the River Breamish C&MC Site near Powburn in Northumberland. Woke to another beautiful, fine morning. It clouded a little during the day, but there was still a lot of sunshine. It was very warm. I think because we've had such a cold April and May, that it feels that anything above 20C is roasting! It was around 24C today, and I was cooking at times. Had to really watch the dogs, and made sure they got plenty shade and lots of water. However, this was a great day with some of the best experiences of my trips to Northumberland so far. And it was all within around 15miles of where I'm based. Got up just before 0600, and took the dogs for a walk around the site dog walk, which is pretty decent and dead quiet at this time in the morning. After getting a shower in the awning and some breakfast, we headed off to the first walk of the day, Thrunton Crags. The walk started with a walk through Thrunton Woods. Incid...

This is night No.32/2019 living in my caravan. We've moved on from Fife and are now in Northumberland at the River Breamish C&MC Site near Powburn. Got up to lovely weather around 0545 (!) and took the dogs for a walk around the quite spectacular Balbirnie Park. A fine, mature and very traditional town park. After breakfast, we returned for a longer walk. This park has matures into a spectacular place to visit. I used to walk here years ago when I lived in Markinch, but I hardly recognise it. Balbirnie House. In my time, this was council offices but is now a rather exclusive hotel (I think). Left Balbirnie around 1100 for the 2 hr drive to River Breamish. Great weather as I sneaked a shot on the Queensferry Crossing. Decided on a grass pitch. It's not a huge site, and the hardstandings are quite close and with my door on the european side (i.e. right), it affects privacy. A rather fine river runs within the site. It was roasting, so a g...