Gargrave Camping



Gargrave

The weather had been good all week, so we set off on Friday with hope of a busy outdoor weekend. We'd arrived on Friday at tea time and we're soon camped up, we went for a walk on the Canal and relaxed in the warm evening sunshine.


Jack and Finlay on the Canal

Saturday morning and we decided to ride the bikes down to Skipton, along the canal. It's about 4 and a half miles and we were soon making good progress. On the way we stopped for a rest and threw bread for a swan who soon came right over to us and pecked the kids feet!

In Skipton we walked around, the good weather had brought out hundreds of people and the town was busy, we walked around the shops and went into the Museum at the Town Hall. Kids conned us into getting them toys, nothing new here!!

We did 4 Geocaches on the canal while travelling back to the camp site, Jack and Finlay are dab hands at knowing what a hidden Geocache looks like, so we had no trouble finding them.

In the evening we walked to to the Anchor Pub and had a meal, everything was taking ages to arrive, even ordering a drink look time, lots of people we're grumbling at the poor service. The kids didn't notice however, they  were playing outside and running around keeping busy.

The evening news announced that it had been the hottest October day every recorded.

Stepping Stones

Sunday morning brought some rain, me and the kids helped several boats through the lock behind the camp site, we went down into the village and had a walk by the river with the dog, using the stepping stones to ford the river kept the kids entertained, they also climbed a couple of trees, typical little kids.

We'd had a great weekend and got away from the weekly grind, the weather was brilliant for this time of year, so a great result.