Caravan Site: Troutbeck Head Caravan Club Site

Area Visited: Penrith, Lake District

Date(s) visited site: 16th - 19th April 2008

Number of Night(s) stopped on site: 3

Number of people: 5

Towcar Used: 2007 Ford Galaxy 2.0 TDCi Ghia

Caravan Used: 2005 Abbey Avantage SL

Distance towed on holiday: 186 miles

Notes from this trip: We enjoyed our stay on the Troutbeck CC site so much just under 2 weeks ago that we decided to return for another short stay. This time we pitched in a different area of the site beside the stream that runs past the pitches at the bottom of the site, as the previous visit the site was very nice and we enjoyed staying on our pitch with a mountain view of Blencathra. After breaking our cheap strap-on towing mirrors last visit to this site, this trip it was time to try the new Milenco aero mirrors. They fitted superbly and suffered very little vibration for the whole journey, providing very good visibility of the caravan & the road. After coming home from this trip out we realised the fixed bunks were becoming a bit small so we decided to look for a replacement van that would suit us better. We soon after fell in love with a series 6 Bailey Pageant Loire.

Short Site Review: When we arrived at the site we drove around the site and chose our pitch, the site was very nicely laid out with most pitches having a good Lake District view. All of the pitches were well maintained and quite large; we pitched and then went for our water at one of the three very clean service points around the site. The toilet facilities were very clean and well maintained, the ladies were on the left hand side and the gents were on the right hand side with information displayed in the hallway between the two toilet sections, both toilet blocks were laid out the same. The site had a nice forest dog walk at the top of site which lead into the nearby Matterdale forest, at the end of the site dog walk very nice views can be seen from the gate. Also the Troutbeck head CC site features a very well kept game room with two pool tables, games machines and table football plus loads more information!! The wardens were friendly and helped with anything you needed.

Our Outfit outside the reception at Troutbeck Head Caravan Club site.

Our rig pitched on pitch No.77 at Troutbeck Head Caravan Club site.

A view from the enterence of Matterdale forest.

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