We arrived at the site about 1pm and set up in
glorious sunshine. With the mover, we were able to position the van so that we
had a view, albeit down the driveway of the house opposite but it was across
the valley.
Once set up we ventured into Corsham - but it
was closed! It was Good Friday so not really surprised but we'd got a parking
ticket for 2 hours!
When we got back, we went for a walk in the
quarry woods nearby. They were lovely! As it had been a quarry many years
before, the trees and plants had grown up around the stone left over which made
for a very interesting walk. There were so many paths that you could get lost
but you would soon realise where you were. We heard whoops of laughter on
entering the wood and soon found the reason - a rope swing. Children also had
their bikes and were riding up hill and down dale - a perfect place for this.
They were very courteous about the walkers though.
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| View from bench at junction just outside campsite entrance |
That evening we had a meal at the Quarryman's
Inn. We'd been there before so knew the restaurant looked over the valley.
Although our table wasn't near the window, Mike and I both sat on the same side
of the table and were able to take in the view as we ate.
We were a little disappointed with the food
this time. They had run out of ciabatta so my garlic bread was just a slice of
bread with garlic on it but was very stodgy. Mike's fish was stodgy too. I am
afraid we didn't leave a tip as the meal cost £69 and that was without a bottle
of wine!
Amazingly, for me, I slept fairly well for a
first night away but even so we didn't get up till almost 10am! Well we are
supposed to be relaxing!
After breakfast we set off for the American
Museum at Claverton Down near Bath. It cost £14 each to look around the house
and gardens. You did get a feel for the various dwellings that were in America
throughout the ages. I loved the Native American section with the beaded work
and woven rugs.
There was also an exhibition of Kaffe Fassett quilts. Some of
these were lovely and some were originals from America and very delicate.
The gardens weren't very colourful with very
few plants so we were glad we hadn't paid for just that!
We then went onto Bradford upon Avon with a view
to buying something nice for our dinner. We were sorely disappointed! The only
shop we found for that sort of shopping was a Coop which was extremely
expensive! We had pizza that night.
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| River life mosaic from in Bradford upon Avon |
On the way back to the site, we passed a
cyclist but on looking back I noticed he was smoking a pipe! It was a double
take moment.
The countryside and villages are lovely with
the Cotswold stone and rolling hills. It's so lovely to see the yellow fields
of rape, bluebells in the woods with ransoms at the edges.
Such a lovely time of year.
We left the site on Sunday as we had the
children round for Easter dinner, al fresco! A really good weekend.
