Second camping trip of the year 2020, hurrahh!! Going away at the weekend could not be taken for granted anymore, so we were happy to be able to do this! I know am late writing about this, again, but hey… better late than never 🙂
We love the Lake District and we decided on Glenridding, by Ullswater. Ullswater is a gorgeous lake but being a bit of a longer drive we don’t always go there.
Campsite: Gillside Farm Campsite Gillside Campsite | Ullswater | Lake District (gillsidecaravanandcampingsite.co.uk)
We parked by the river first, which was great but had to move as it was too noisy! Campsite was great, facilities were open but with the necessary restrictions in place.
The best thing about the campsite is, that it’s so close to the village of Glenridding. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England’s third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there. We obviously didn’t climb any of those peaks but I bought a t-shirt saying I did! 🙂
We stayed for 2 nights, first night we ate at the Glenridding Hotel – we just about sat down and then heard the manager turning guests away as they were so short staffed! We were lucky, we had a nice meal and a drink, Harley loved it in there too as there was a nice soft carpet on the floor and he just chilled. It was a glorious summer’s evening and on our way back to the campsite we went back to the lake as the sun was setting and the views were spectacular.
The next night we ate at the pub, the Travellers Rest, it was outside sitting only so it got a bit chilly, but it was nice. I have to say the inside of the pub didn’t look that great as only the bar area was open and the plastic shields they had put up were not the nicest, it looked like a very very old hospital! I hope they changed it since.
We had a lovely time in the Lakes again and am sure we will return to Glenridding by Ullswater.
