Dave and Sue outside La Sablonnerie, Sark

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Tuesday 20th March


We are currently at Bury, Lancashire on a Camping and Caravan Club site in a Country Park here. We came here so we could spend Carly' s birthday with her and it's actually not a bad place.

Carly and Sue on Carly's birthday.

Birth place of Robert Peel (one time British Prime Minister) and Victoria Wood it is also the start of the East Lancashire Railway, a steam railway run by enthusiasts and running right alongside the campsite.


Steam loco passing the campsite on the East Lancashire Railway

Burrs Country Park (where the site is situated) was created out of the site of an old cotton mill and you reach the site by driving along 300 yds of the most unlevel cobbles you might ever experience. I ended up letting go of the steering wheel and just guiding the van occasionally, at least it restricts traffic speeds.

From here we have booked a few nights at Southport before heading on to Keswick where we hope to stay on a farm a short walk out of town.

Weather is currently OK although we did come through some sleet on the way to Manchester from Pershore, our first stop on this trip.

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