Currently I have builders in. That’s a bit like camping in your own house!! I’m quite practised at camping, so that’s ok, but they’re envitably a bit noisy and they don’t need me getting in their way. Last week the sun was shining and I had a day off work, so I took myself off for a last minute camping trip in Nessie to hide from them!

We didn’t go far – we just went to Etherley Farm, near Leith Hill. I booked last minute on the pitch-up website at lunchtime and that evening I was sitting in a field in the sunshine with a little campfire.

We’d been before there years ago. Since then the site has expanded to two fields and I am pleased to report that the toilets are now in a barn not a converted shipping container! I’ve updated our review here: Etherley Farm

Being as my house was full of builders, Harry, Larry, Barry & Harriet had all travelled with me in the boot. It wasn’t worth pitching them all for one night, so they slept there – and I slept in the roof bed! The weather is milder now, so it was plenty warm enough up there and I had a solid night’s sleep until the birds woke me in the morning.

I don’t usually take much interest in campsite showers – I much prefer to have a nice hot bath when I get home, than faff around with campsite showers. However, my bath at home is currently very dusty & dirty from the building work, so when I saw that there was a whole row of showers in the abultions barn, I decided to risk trying them out – and was pleasantly surprised that they showers were hot and quite powerful.

I was only away for one night… but sometimes 24 hours in the greenery and sunshine is all you need!

L