Camping at Teesdale

It's been a good year for camping.  We've had a weekend near home, a week in the Wye Valley, a long weekend on the North York Moors, and have just finished up with another long weekend in Teesdale.  The tent is now packed away, and just about in time, as the last couple of mornings have arisen very chilly up here.

We had a day out in Durham, did ageological and industrial heritage walk in Weardale, visited Stanhope show, got a bit wet at High Force, and spent some really nice family time on a lovely little campsite.  Marisca particularly enjoyed the chickens wandering about the campsite.  And we were pleased that the tent survived some rather high winds, after this and the loss of the canopy here.

 

It's unusual, and nice, to come away from a weekend with more pictures of me and Marisca than of Elspeth and Marisca.  Here we are on a lovely sunny day at the show.  And below, some stunt horse riding.

 

You may recall a year ago a photo a bit like this.  It was in Edale camping and I said that Marisca just about fitted into a washing up bowl for a bath.  This time it wasn't supposed to be a bath, just some water to play in, but she climbed in and had a lovely 10 minutes play.  You can see in the background why we liked the campsite.

 

The weather didn't hold for the last day, and we donned waterproofs and went looking for waterfalls.  And found some, and a sheep to sit on.