At last the planned first visit to Coniston, originally booked for May 2020 but obvs delayed until May 2021. We’ve been to the lakes many times, originally using Low Park Wood south of Kendal and then latterly Troutbeck near Keswick which has a hard to beat location for our group of keen walkers. Well Park Coppice has now entered the fray combining the lovely woodland setting of Kendal and the fabulous fell access of Keswick. Big site but doesn’t feel it with the pitch lay out and we enjoyed what is now a novelty of the more informal pitch layouts and sizes. But you def need to bring plenty of levelling assistance. Nice to be able to enjoy a couple of easy walks from the site as well as the more challenging Old Man. And as we also had a couple of kayaks and a water loving spaniel in tow, the access to the lake was also a real plus. Prob the least we have driven in a fortnights holiday, well other than the 300+ miles each way to get there! Shopping isn’t great, whilst we could’ve prob managed with the very small Co-Op in Coniston it was too far to walk lugging pints of milk, potatoes etc and parking in the village itself was a nightmare as well. So we drove to Ulvaston which at around 20 mins away was far easier. The approach roads are tight but manageable for all other than the really massive outlets as long as you are careful with good enough sight lines on most bends and dips. Helpful if you are lucky to not meet another outfit coming the other way. And even better, try and avoid leaving whilst there is a local cycle road race, def made for rather a challenging exit for both us and the cyclists on BH Sunday. But nonetheless, we’ll be back. Wardens as on most sites doing a fab job of keeping the facilities clean and tidy. Members, as on most sites, not doing so well with either their treatment of the said facilities and their lack of respect for the Covid measures put in place. It’s not difficult, so you have to assume that there are obvs many members who have been fortunate to escape the last 18 months unaffected by the pandemic. Pity they don’t consider everyone else but there we are.