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Girvan Prom parkrun
We rocked up at the Scottish time of 09:30 for parkrun.
Girvan
Knockcushan Beach Carpark was to be our park-up but plans changed.
Galloway Forest
The largest Forest Park in Britain at over 300 square miles and the UK’s first Dark Sky Park.
Clatteringshaws Loch
A Short walk to Bruce’s Stone and Raiders Road.
Kirroughtree
Gateway to the Great Galloway Forest Park. The largest forest park in Britain and the first Dark Sky Park in the Uk.
Lochside Caravan Park
Our first Loch
Castle Douglas
A very Scottish name
Broomsroad
Another carpark in the centre
Dumfries
Dumfries the town, on the banks of the River Nith. Significant in the lives of J.M. Barrie and Robert Burns.
Week 9
Lancashire, Cumbria and into Scotland
Castle Corner Campsite
Dumfries has at least two nearby provisions for Motorhome parking overnight.
Cumbria 🏴
Carlisle
Dumfriesshire 🏴
🏴 Caerlaverock
Another marvel on our doorstep.
Pitches & Park-ups 🏕️
A Carlisle Car Park
A great find when I was looking for somewhere to visit on the way up to Scotland. This car park is next to Carlisle Castle and has allocated spaces for Motorhomes.
Cumbria 🏴
Carlisle Castle 🏰
Spending the night so close…
Troutbeck Head Club Campsite
Beck - noun, North England: a brook, especially a swiftly running stream with steep banks.
The Puzzling Place
Another recommended visit. We’ve seen everyone else do it on instagram so we spent a wet afternoon exploring the illusions at the Puzzling Place in Keswick.
Days out
Derwent Pencil Museum
Hugely under sold, the Pencil Museum in Keswick is a humble place and definitely worth the trip.
Cumbria 🏴
Ambleside
At the top of the Lake Districts largest lake (Lake Windermere) sits Ambleside.
Pitches & Park-ups 🏕️
Outgate Fell
In the small hamlet of Outgate is a field, not a flat field, not really a field but a hill with tufts of grass and a little gravel.
Cumbria 🏴
Hawkshead
The car less village of potter and Wordsworth.
County Boarders 🚍
Lancaster by bus…
parkrun, bus, football, hike
Pitches & Park-ups 🏕️
Stables Cottage
Probably the most serenely beautiful setting for a park-up to date.