Caravan Site: Troutbeck Head Caravan Club Site

Area Visited: Penrith, Lake District

Date(s) visited site: 11th - 23rd July 2008

Number of Night(s) stopped on site: 2

Number of People: 4

Towcar Used: 2007 Ford Galaxy 2.0 TDCi Ghia

Caravan Used: 2008 Bailey Pageant Series 6 Loire

Distance towed on holiday: 186 miles

Notes from this trip: This was our third trip to Troutbeck Caravan Club site; we pitched on the pitch next to the one we were on previous down at the bottom of the site which still had nice views of the mountains. We went to the viewpoint of the Aira Force waterfall that runs into Ullswater between Glenridding & Pooley Bridge. The Waterfall was a raging torrent due to the recent heavy rainfall in the area so I managed to snap some great photos, some of which included some refraction due to the bright sun and the spray from the waterfall. We also went back to Bowness on Windermere to our favourite chocolate shop and to have a look in the local Kia showroom at RayRigg Kia, we then noticed that we really liked the Sorento model. We called back round at Grassmere for an Ice-cream from the gorgeous Ice-cream shop in the centre of the village and then went via Kirkstone pass for a photograph on the way back to the site. The next morning we packed up and headed for home and made good time arriving at home in the mid afternoon.

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; we will bare this site in mind to visit again.

Our outfit in a car park where we turned around.

Our rig pitched on pitch No.76 at Troutbeck Caravan Club site.

Aira Force just outside of Glenridding.

Kirkstone Pass in full bloom!

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