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Hi! I'm Eunice and I live in Bolton, Lancashire, with my two dogs Sophie and Sugar and an assortment of cats - well it used to be Sophie and Sugar, now it's Sophie and Poppie. I first began camping back in 1997 when my then partner took me to Anglesey for my birthday weekend. We slept in the back of the car - a hatchback - using the cushions off the settee at home as a mattress, and cooked and brewed up on a single burner camping stove. The site was good, the views were great, the weather fantastic and I was completely hooked. Following that weekend we got a two-man tent and some proper accessories and returned to Anglesey two weeks later, then over time we progressed to a three-man tent followed by an old trailer tent, then a new trailer tent, a campervan and finally a caravan. When my partner decided that the grass was greener on the other side of the street - literally - in April 2009 and I suddenly found myself alone after fifteen years, I decided there was no way I was going to give up camping and caravanning if I could cope on my own. This blog is the story of my travels, trials and tribulations since becoming a solo camper - I hope you like it

Monday April 22nd 2019 Part 1 - A short walk at Bassenthwaite Lake

The previous night's finger crossing for continuing good weather had obviously worked as the last full day of the holiday was another sunny one getting warmer all the time. Again I planned to visit three different places and I'd been advised by Jayne that for one of them it would be best to take some water for myself and the dogs; two small bottles would just fit into my camera bag, along with the clean tops off a couple of aerosol cans for the dogs to drink out of (campers can be very resourceful and practical when necessary) and with everything sorted off we went.

 My first stop was a relatively short drive round the country lanes from the camp site and was at the northern end of Bassenthwaite Lake. Jayne had given me directions to a spot where I could park and get down to the lake side but just before I got there I found a view which was worth a couple of photos. On a bend in the road was the entrance to a small caravan site, and with a wide grass verge on the corner I was able to leave the van while I nipped to the nearby stone bridge to catch the view over the river Derwent at the point where it flowed out of the lake.

A left turn across the bridge took me to where Jayne said I would be able to park and steps from the roadside took me down to a path through a pleasant wooded area running along the lakeside. Even though the road was just above it was only a 'B' road and there wasn't a lot of passing traffic so most of what I heard was birdsong coming from various feathered creatures up in the trees.

At various points along the path short offshoots led down to small shingle beaches by the waterside and I checked out a few of these as I walked back to the van. Most of them were unoccupied but on one beach a lone lady sat on a rock with a sketch pad on her lap, busily sketching away, and on another some kids were playing in the water while their parents prepared a picnic lunch.


It would have been nice to linger for a while at one of the unoccupied beaches and I was very tempted, but not knowing how long the next section of my day would be I didn't want to spend too much time by the lake. It was certainly a lovely little spot though and one to revisit in the future - and next time I may even take my own picnic.
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  1. Jules6 May 2019 at 15:57

    Beautiful. And it looks lovely and quiet. X

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    1. Tigermouse6 May 2019 at 16:47

      It was, and I could have stayed there for ages. I'll definitely go back there, in fact I've already got the vague beginnings of a plan in my mind :)

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  2. nashvillecats26 May 2019 at 20:18

    Pleased the weather was good for your day Tigermouse. As always loved the views.

    Yvonne.

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  3. Tigermouse6 May 2019 at 21:17

    Thanks Yvonne, it was a lovely little spot :)

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  4. Anabel Marsh6 May 2019 at 22:50

    Very pretty!

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  5. Tigermouse6 May 2019 at 23:03

    It certainly was pretty, unfortunately the views from higher up (next post) weren't as good as they could have been as there was quite a heat haze further down the lake :(

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