CL SITES HOLDERNESS COAST

new shower and toilet facilities were being installed while I was there. An early 19th-century mill which presides over site activities adds another element of charm and there are picnic tables too on this all-year site. SHORE Free-range eggs are a further bonus but if your dog thinks chickens are feathered playmates, don’t forget to anchor him securely. There are plenty of good walks nearby that should more than compensate for any canine sulks. The lanes round about look inviting for cyclists, and public THING transport is also easily accessible. John Bateman explores a stretch of coast If you plan to explore Point, DID YOU which reaches out across the mouth of KNOW? the river Humber, you’ll be right on the ‘Sail bogeys’ (wind- in Yorkshire’s East Riding guaranteed to powered trains) once doorstep at Blue Bell Pond, a new CL at ran on Spurna railway Point along ❖ provide a memorable break Kilnsea (Easington). Rick Scott’s site offers all the salty the CL is surrounded by mature trees Above: Blue Bell Pond flavour and bracing wide-sky character and hedging, offering immediate access INFORMATION CL is developing nicely you would expect of this remarkable to an inviting public footpath. Electric Ordnance Survey coastline. The CL is ideally placed for hook-ups are positioned to make good Landranger Maps 107, 113 visiting the nature reserve and soaking up use of the space and, across the approach the sights and sounds of seabirds and seals, lane, there is a pleasant outlook to arable wind-whipped grasses and the timeless, farmland. Michael runs his joinery moody clash of land and sea. business just down the road, and his skill The flat, rectangular site is open all year is evident in the ranch-fencing and San Tropez – in a tiny Yorkshire village and offers hook-ups and a toilet. Plans are excellent unit that houses the taps, bins also afoot for a shower facility. and emptying facilities. SITES Each guest has a picnic table and A short distance north is Skipsea, set on Details of the CLs featured can be the grassy, open pitching area adjoins a coastal stretch where villages have found on pp484-487 of the Sites Rick’s recently-extended fishing pond. disappeared under the waves in times Directory & Handbook 2009/2010, Lots of new planting, shrubs and past. Happily, it won’t be a case of ‘now p40 of the 2010 supplement and p76 of the August magazine. pond-side greenery are still maturing you see it, now you don’t’ if you pitch up but water birds swiftly got the Spurn at Southfield Farm, where Stephen and TOURISM Point point and moved in. Judith Foreman developed an ice cream n Hornsea TIC – call 01964 536404 Brian and Annette Oakes from Leeds and CL enterprise a few years back. or see eastriding.gov.uk were early Blue Bell Pond visitors. Their The site sits in pleasant countryside a n Humber Bridge TIC – call 01482 verdict? “We’re delighted. Good site and a quarter of a mile inland from the sandy 640852 or see eastriding.gov.uk splendid location,” they enthused. shoreline, which can be reached via a Heading north along the coast brings pleasant walk directly off-site. Pitches are you to Hornsea, with its Freeport set into an attractive plot of neatly- Hardstandings with hook-ups are shopping outlet delights, leisure maintained grass, mostly shielded and given also provided at the far end of the coffee amenities, sandy beaches and picturesque character by bordering trees and hedging. shop parking area – handy for hefty mere – Yorkshire’s largest freshwater lake. Hook-up locations allow a fair degree of motor caravans or if bad weather affects Bewholme, three miles away, offers a CL pitching choice and excellent toilet facilities ground conditions. rest cure for anyone feeling at all stressed. are available a short distance across the car With good walks and cycle options, plus This tiny village has no shops, no pub and park separating the CL from the farm’s Mr public transport availability, Southfield no bus service – but you will find San Moo ice cream parlour. Mr Moo is also home Farm is an unsurprisingly popular, HE HOLDERNESS Coast, fine sites matching the coastline for Tropez here! This is the site owned and run to an attractive coffee shop where take-away adults-only site. “Brilliant” was the which extends some 40 miles contrast. Down towards the hooked by Michael and Lesley Butler and set on the food or light meals are available. The toilets summary of Lesley and Ian Kinghorn, T along Yorkshire’s eastern flank arm of Spurn Point – still changing shape rural fringe of the village. I loved it. are located in the cafeteria and, when the from Northamptonshire. “Excellent site between Spurn Point and Flamborough, due to erosion – is the lively resort of An immaculately-maintained and shop is closed, caravanners have key access. and lovely ice-cream!” they said. n could well be described as ‘contrast , and four miles from town appealingly-irregular lawned acre, Disabled facilities are also available. coastline’. In parts it is a North Sea battle lies Mill House in Patrington, the lovely Unbeatable beach fun at Hornsea zone which has perhaps the highest rate home of Christine and Gary Benn. of coastal erosion in Europe, several feet If you like CLs with country-house of soft cliff crumbling every year. style and excellent amenities combined ATTRACTIONS Elsewhere, however, nature is more with warm hospitality, then this one n Spurn Point – three-mile-long spit that is a haven for birdlife. Entry is free to pedestrians generous and bustling resorts boasting could well be to your liking. The Benns’ although there is a charge for cars. Check tides. Call Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on sandy beaches ply their holiday trade, caravan touring experience, backed by 01964 650533 or see ywt.org.uk untroubled by tidal turmoil next door. Gary’s practical skills, helped them n Hornsea Freeport –call 01964 534211 or see hornseafreeport.com n The Sites Directory & Handbook design and create their half-acre lawned Trans Pennine Trail – covers 215 miles between Hornsea and Southport. Call 01226 772574 or see transpenninetrail.org.uk 2009/10, aided by later additions in the site, which sits behind the house and n Withernsea Museum –call 01964 614834 or see withernsealighthouse.co.uk supplement and magazine, offers its walled garden. n The Deep, Hull – spectacular aquarium housing 3,500 fish and 40 sharks. Time and tide – the North considerable CL choices listed under Individual caravan-width hardstandings Call 01482 381000 or see thedeep.co.uk Sea from Spurn Point the , and I found with hook-ups are set into the lawn and

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