Month: January 2016

Horns Dam, Goosnargh, Lancashire

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Whoop!  Our first trip of 2016 and we were ready for it.  We had a last minute change of plan for this trip, very last minute, just an hour before we were due to set off.  Anyway, to cut a long story short, we ended up at a real belter of a site just down the road in Goosnargh.  Also, after weeks of rain, wind, rain and more rain, we were blessed with 2 days of glorious winter weather, frosty with lots of sunshine.  It made for a really brilliant break.

We stayed at the Horns Dam, run by a lovely family who were friendly and attentive to the needs of visitors.  We pitched up on a spacious corner pitch (No.1) surrounded by fields and a lake.  Perfect.  We were grateful for Jolly’s warm air blown heating system throughout our stay!

http://www.thehornsdam.co.uk

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Countryside view from our pitch

Horns Dam is a Caravan Club CL site set in beautiful countryside, surrounded by 4 fishing lakes of differing sizes.  Fishing was the main purpose of this trip as we hadn’t really done much of it recently.

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Jolly, with built-in rod holder 😉

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We opted for a couple of pegs on the larger of the lakes, Horns Dam, and fished for about 5 hours.  We were hoping for a carp or two but they didn’t seem to be biting that day.  Instead, we caught 5 small roach & bream.  On leaving, we spoke with another angler who had had a similar catch.  It was an enjoyable and relaxing afternoon in tranquil surroundings.

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Waiting for a nibble … 🎣

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Relaxing way to spend the day

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Beautiful, tranquil surroundings

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View across the lake, with Jolly in the distance to the left of the bungalow

http://www.thehornsdam.co.uk/fisherey.html

In the evenings, we walked approx. 5-10 mins up to Ye Horns Inn, a traditional 1700s coaching inn. The Inn serves ales from its own microbrewery and was voted Pub of the Year for 2014 by CAMRA.  It features in the Good Pub and Good Beer Guides 2016.  This was certainly a busy little pub, even mid-week, and it was well worth booking to be sure of a table in the small dining area.

http://www.hornsinn.co.uk/

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The morning we left the site, a couple of the lakes were partially frozen after a heavy night frost.

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Freezing lake, brrr! ❄️

At last the proper winter weather is here!  In fact it’s snowing here at home as I write this blog post.

This will undoubtedly be a regular haunt for us from now on.  Loved it!

Our next fishing trip, though, is to a different location at the beginning of February.  So carp beware, we’re coming to get ya!  Until then …

ONWARD!>>>>

Suzie & Bri

 

Happy New Year! 🎉🍾

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A belated Happy New Year and a huge thank you to our blog friends for following our journeys and adventures.  It makes posting less about talking to yourself and more about sharing!

We had hoped to have posted further since our last trip to Castleton in November, and it feels like forever since we were out in Jolly.  Unfortunately, our Boxing Day trip to Clitheroe for Bri’s birthday had to be abandoned at the very last minute due to flooding in and around the area.  All of our access routes were cut-off and it would have been stupid to even attempt the journey, however much we wanted to.  Cheers for that, Storm Eva!  *waves fist in air*

Our thoughts though, obviously, were with the poor residents who were seriously affected by the floods, and not for the first time in recent weeks.  The wind and rain was relentless.  Bring on some cooler air, frost and snow please, it’s winter for God’s sake!

Anyway, instead we kept our Jolls snug in his storage bay, and got on with popping celebratory bubble corks at home.  We also planned some more this year’s adventures which will hopefully include our first Jolly adventure out of the country or at the very least a longer break further afield in the UK.  We also reminisced about our trips to date, of which there are now quite a number.

Our first trip of 2016 is this week and after reviewing our destination on their website, we’ve already fallen for the place hook, line and sinker … 🎣 😉.  We’ll update the blog on our return.  Until then …

ONWARD!>>>>

Suzie & Bri

Ps. Jolly’s now kitted with grip mats so no more grass spinning like we experienced at Uttoxeter where there had been no choice of a hard-standing pitch.

http://www.milenco.com/products/grip-mats/

We recommend investing in a set of these as it doesn’t take much to become stuck in mud/grass, especially with our weather!