Bolton Abbey lazy weekend in the woods

This weekend, was my first bank holiday weekend away in my Caravan.

A bit of a mixed weekend for me, but it overall it was a lovely relaxing one.

Started off at 5pm when I left work, drove up to my house, and loaded the car.   Hooked up the caravan - which I'd bought from the storage place, and prepared ready for a quick ish getaway.

Loaded my bike, trumpet, band uniform, clothes, food and set off.

Got to The Bolton Abbey Estate site at about 7pm ish.  Had a choice of spots, so decided that I'd take Pitch no.1.  Started to unload, and as my pitch was right next to the main gate, was surprised when I motorhome appeared as I was pulling up to the bay.    So first task.   Decided to have a go a reversing the van into the bay.  Lined up, did the wiggle and started to reverse.   Everything looked good for a bit, then I thought I was going to overshoot.  So, rather than hold up the motorhome, I unhooked and used the mover to get the van into place quickly and efficiently.

One day, I'll pull off the reverse move, I'm getting better at it :).   (It was reversing to the right, so was the harder of the two.)

I pulled my car off the road, and the motorhome moved past.   The couple who were in the cab laughed, and said that I was doing great with the reverse.  They said it looked like I'd done it before.

That set the tone for a lovely relaxing weekend.

I setup the van, got it levelled, hooked up the electric, and the TV. Loaded the fridge. Made the bed and sat down to chill out for the evening.

Saturday was a bit of a blur really.  No alchol, just decided to have a very very lazy day, started with a lay in listening to the birdsong.  Watched some TV.   Had my breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Really did not feel like doing anything.  So I simply enjoyed the van, and the location.

Sunday, however wasn't a day of rest for me.  Another layin with the birdsong (it was so lovely) but today, it was up, sausage and bacon rolls for breakfast done on the George Foreman.   Then Shower, shave.  And back to the van.   Got changed into my band uniform and headed off to Ilkley,  where The Bradford Concert Band were playing.  (I'm one of the trumpet players in the band). Chilled out relaxing as we setup, and played for a couple of hours on the bandstand.  Also was about whilst the Tour De Yorkshire went past.

After the Performance was over, I headed off, had a coffee and piece of cake before heading back to the caravan site.

Got back, and changed out of my uniform and went to the cafe just outside the site. Was a bit disappointed as their kitchen closed at 3pm, it was 4pm when I got there.  So had to console myself with a scone and cup of tea.

Headed back to the van, and decided that I had to have an explore of the site, so I unhooked my bike and did a lap of the entire site.  It was smaller than I thought, so next time, I'll take my bike outside of the site for exploration time :)

Then it was time for the big experiment.  Hooked up my new table top gas BBQ.  And cooked up my dinner.  Oh yeah, this was a great addition to my caravaning experience.  Highly recommend adding on of these.   Made myself some lovely burgers.   Did the washing up, and settled down for the evening in front of the TV before bed.

Monday morning was yet another lay in, then I got up, had breakfast.  Cleared up packed up and headed home.

Lovely way to spend the weekend.  No wonder the campsite gets booked up so fast.