First run out of the year.

 The plan was to go to Poolsbrook Park campsite, I checked the availability, no problems, went in to book and someone swiped the Saturday night pitch from under me ! So back to the drawing board. Eventually we decided to stay close to home and found a site near Retford, £21 per night plus electric.

This is the first time that we have had a prepayment meter on the pitch so opted to pop £20 on (we knew that we would be refunded any remaining credit) as we needed to charge leisure our batteries from empty and we would be using our small fan heater in the evenings.

The nearest bus stop was just up the road and the current national bus fare of £2 made it easy to travel into Retford for the day.

As usual, we trolled round the charity shops ( a few dvds were purchased) and shopped for some bits and bobs that have been running low in the van. We were very impressed by the wall painting relating to the historic sheep fairs., painted in 2018 by Retford Art Society painters it makes an eye stopping addition to the town.

We wondered down the the canal to have a look at the lock.

As we turned to leave the canal, I noticed another painted building hiding behind a rather large motorhome and car.

All in all we were pleasantly surprised by Retford especially as we had never visited before, in spite of it being so close to home.

A quick two night stay but I would imagine that we will return to this pleasant quiet campsite, and the electricity cost for the weekend was just a smudge under £5  😀

That's about it for now, crafty update next week ( I may have made a fleecy purchase or two ) 

Speak soon x