Graham's mention of winter camping reminded me that I must write up our little trip just before Christmas.
We went to Blackshaw Moor CC site nr Leek, Staffs for 2 nights on 20th Dec, just after some quite heavy snow. The site was absolutely white all over apart from 1 pitch where a car and caravan had just left – we managed to get onto that one with minimal sliding. Fortunately it was right next to reception and all the facilities.
We managed a couple of walks – one cut short by more snow (another 2-3 inches) on the Sunday afternoon and then a good walk all round Tittesworth Res (8 miles) on Monday. It was very cold, but everywhere looked lovely and it was very icy in places. John slipped over but fortunately didn't do any damage apart from his pride and a bit of stiffness the next day.
The temperature overnight dropped to about -4ºC but we stayed warm with our little fan heater. We didn't keep any heat on overnight but were very snug under piles of down and fleece! One morning the temperature was 3ºC inside the van, but the heater on 2kw soon had it really warm again.
We kept our water tanks empty and used the site facilities for all our needs. The toilets/showers were kept lovely and warm and although there was no heat in the washing-up room, John nobly went there to do our dishes.
We went to Blackshaw Moor CC site nr Leek, Staffs for 2 nights on 20th Dec, just after some quite heavy snow. The site was absolutely white all over apart from 1 pitch where a car and caravan had just left – we managed to get onto that one with minimal sliding. Fortunately it was right next to reception and all the facilities.
We managed a couple of walks – one cut short by more snow (another 2-3 inches) on the Sunday afternoon and then a good walk all round Tittesworth Res (8 miles) on Monday. It was very cold, but everywhere looked lovely and it was very icy in places. John slipped over but fortunately didn't do any damage apart from his pride and a bit of stiffness the next day.
The temperature overnight dropped to about -4ºC but we stayed warm with our little fan heater. We didn't keep any heat on overnight but were very snug under piles of down and fleece! One morning the temperature was 3ºC inside the van, but the heater on 2kw soon had it really warm again.
We kept our water tanks empty and used the site facilities for all our needs. The toilets/showers were kept lovely and warm and although there was no heat in the washing-up room, John nobly went there to do our dishes.
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