Second stay at Coniston
We decided to revisit Coniston Park Coppice site a second time because of its great location and also because we wanted to book two Experience Freedom glamping pods for our son and daughter and their partners.
We received a very warm welcome from the wardens who were very helpful in suggesting pitches which would be near to the glamping pods. There were quite a few available to choose from which was great. This is a very different site to the usual CAMC sites as there is very little grass, pitches are very individual and mostly surrounded by trees. It is all very in keeping with the beautiful setting by the lake, a few minutes walk away. It was very quiet and peaceful. Only the toilets were open but the facilities were very clean and people did seem to adhere to the Covid guidelines.
We spend our time walking, completing the circular walk via Torver and Coniston and also a long walk around Rydal Water. It was too rough on the lake for the kayaking and paddle boarding that we had booked through Coniston Boating Centre but they were happy to change our booking for a motorboat instead. We also enjoyed a wild swim off Torver Jetty although it was very cold! A lovely few days away and we would return to the site.
Our only gripe was that the people next to us did not park their caravan according the given instructions regarding lining up with the peg .The peg was situated in the middle of the back of their caravan with an awning one one side and a large SUV on the other which was very close to our pitch. We did not use our awning due to the weather but if we had it would have come right up to our neighbour's car. We did not like to complain but is something to be aware of as I am not sure that the wardens were checking for this.
