The Best of British (seaside)
This was our first proper trip away in our (new to us) caravan, as complete novices. We chose well. Easy access, friendly welcome (no issue with digital membership card by the way), great location (nearest pub -The Fishermans Rest - 7 minutes walk - booking advisable for food), maximum 15 minutes to Lord Street through Victoria Park (or Rotten Row when the park closes in the evening). Fantastic Victorian architecture on Lord Street. So many places to eat too. We also walked into Birkdale which is nice - more places to eat and drink and is the nearest railway station. The traditional seaside arcades are not "in your face" like in other seaside towns. You don't actually have to walk past them if you don't want to, to enjoy the splendour of the town. My brother in law and I did go for the Viking (crazy) Golf which was great fun though. Didn't visit the famous lawn mower museum - we'll save that for our next visit ;-) Crosby down the coast for the Anthony Gormley statues.
The site is typical Club - good location - first class facilities. Some of the pitches were flooded (it's very flat down the bottom end) but there had been heavy rain prior to our arrival and you chose your own pitch anyway so unaffected. WiFi is poor/unuseable, although we received an email before our visit saying they were upgrading - so need someone to update that - I wasn't convinced by what I heard that it would be much better. Unfortunately, typically, 4G signal is also poor - so bring the cards/jigsaws/DVDs for the rainy days.
Finally a shoutout to the wardens who on the last day came up with a pin-alignment tool which I never knew existed having never needed one before (I have one now). Thought for a moment we weren't going home.
We will be back!
