Where's Bertie? His wheels have not turned; he's still on his pitch at Carsington Water Caravan Club site.
Weather: Sunny intervals, with just one brief shower.
With the forecast giving an increasing probabilty of showers as the day went on, we headed out this morning for a walk around the reservoir. I think that we've walked the circuit before, and fancied that I remembered the dam, but it would have been (I reckon) in around 2002 or 2003, so before the days when I started keeping records of our walks.
View in front
Not so scenic behind
On the return leg, we opted for the (per the signpost) 'More difficult route', which involved a pull up through some delightful bluebell-carpeted woodland.
Weather: Sunny intervals, with just one brief shower.
With the forecast giving an increasing probabilty of showers as the day went on, we headed out this morning for a walk around the reservoir. I think that we've walked the circuit before, and fancied that I remembered the dam, but it would have been (I reckon) in around 2002 or 2003, so before the days when I started keeping records of our walks.
Nice morning for it
With the complete circuit being in the region of 11.5km, stopping at 5km for elevenses was a little early, but the picnic benches at the Sheep(something) Car Park seemed well appointed ... until we poured the coffee, whereupon we realised that the installers had failed at the task of levelling the surface.On the return leg, we opted for the (per the signpost) 'More difficult route', which involved a pull up through some delightful bluebell-carpeted woodland.
What goes up must come down, and the gradient was such that a warning was required for bicycles:
I'm not sure the superhero cape was originally part of the sign
Don't want to have a head-on collision at the bottom either
It was on that descent that a shower hit, but whilst we were protected by the trees it didn't bother us. Emerging, we found great raindrops splatting down and, with a quick look at the direction of cloud movement and the state of the sky in that direction, decided that jackets would be wise. By the time we'd completed the lengthy faff to retrieve them from the bottom of the bag, the rain had stopped.
The sky was looking threatening again as we made the final approach back to Bertie, but, despite the forecast, it never did rain again.
It would thus have been a good afternoon to take another walk, perhaps over to the local village. Instead I took the opportunity to edit an upcoming Project Erica video. (I also had my change of mobile phone provider complete this afternoon and it turns out that my new provider doesn't have 4G at this location, which doesn't bode well for it being a long-term switch.)
My verdict on Carsington Water: it's a pleasant circuit on good paths, which would probably be busier than I would like on a sunny weekend, but were fine today (plenty of people around, but not overly busy). I'd happily spend more time in the area, although perhaps next time on one of the other campsites, as Club Sites are now getting into 'unacceptably expensive' season.
It was on that descent that a shower hit, but whilst we were protected by the trees it didn't bother us. Emerging, we found great raindrops splatting down and, with a quick look at the direction of cloud movement and the state of the sky in that direction, decided that jackets would be wise. By the time we'd completed the lengthy faff to retrieve them from the bottom of the bag, the rain had stopped.
The sky was looking threatening again as we made the final approach back to Bertie, but, despite the forecast, it never did rain again.
It would thus have been a good afternoon to take another walk, perhaps over to the local village. Instead I took the opportunity to edit an upcoming Project Erica video. (I also had my change of mobile phone provider complete this afternoon and it turns out that my new provider doesn't have 4G at this location, which doesn't bode well for it being a long-term switch.)
My verdict on Carsington Water: it's a pleasant circuit on good paths, which would probably be busier than I would like on a sunny weekend, but were fine today (plenty of people around, but not overly busy). I'd happily spend more time in the area, although perhaps next time on one of the other campsites, as Club Sites are now getting into 'unacceptably expensive' season.
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