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| A proper beer |
Mon 12 - The end of lockdown at last. We haven't been away since December and the months seemed to drag on forever, but at last the sites were open and so we headed off fairly locally to the Sutton on Sea caravan club site on the Lincolnshire coast, which we knew would be fairly deserted. We spotted about 15 motorhomes out and about on this first day of freedom and it was a relatively easy journey, despite the heavy traffic jams through Boston. The CAMC is eye-wateringly expensive at this peak period and we would normally avoid the rip-off charges like the plague, but we have been locked down for so long.........
We arrived and pitched under the new Covid secure procedures, but we found that the heating system had tripped due to overheating the boiler following a frost valve activation the day before. We learnt that the new van has the frost dump valve located away from the boiler so, whereas the old van was relatively protected by the heat of the boiler, this one isn't. It dumped, the boiler was trying to heat water that wasn't there and therefore tripped. We had big problems resetting it but a quick call to Truma and the judicious application of an allen key managed to get it sorted and we could have heat in the unseasonably low temperatures.
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| The Bubbles were poured to celebrate freedom! |
Tuesday 13 was sunny, bright but cool, so we set off for a 5mile walk along the promenade to Sutton on Sea. There were a few people about and the shops had opened, but generally it was still very quiet. We had trouble finding a red pepper for our jambalaya that evening, so later on in the day we cycled back to the Co-Op where we purchased the last red pepper in Lincolnshire. Cycling back we were scared by an idiot in a white van overtaking us at speed on a bend, on the wrong side of the road, narrowly missing the oncoming cars. I wonder if all white vans have an instruction booklet stipulating that one must drive like an absolute tit?
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| Taking social distancing to a new level |
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| Half mast for The Duke of Edinburgh RIP |
After so long on lockdown it felt great to stretch our legs, so on Wednesday we walked to Farmer Browns for ice-cream, came back and then went for a cycle ride along the promenade to Huttoft.
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| Big skies in Lincolnshire |
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| Huttoft |
On Thursday 15th it was off to Mabelthorpe on the bikes to buy a new mallet, as we had forgotten to pack one. Mabelthorpe high street is still horrible, but there is a very nice camping shop. Chatting to the owner he stated that he was selling a lot of water pumps as they are failing after not being used for so long. Must get a spare.
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| Covid testing in Town |
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| Mean Machines! |
Fri 16 - Decided that we needed fish and chips so we walked into Sutton on Sea to find some. Sitting on the beach we munched away, albeit the wind was blowing in straight from Siberia and it was pigging freezing. That didn't stop those brave families playing on the beach. Tough lot us Brits!
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| Braving the freezing wind |
On Saturday, exercise and ice-cream were needed, so another quick 4 mile trek to satisfy both. The afternoon was filled with booze and rugby and we retired to bed a little the worse for wear. In the middle of the night we were roasting hot, even though it was 0 degrees outside. The site power supply had tripped and our heating automatically switched to gas from electric, but the gas heating is far too effective!
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| Ice Cream at Farmer Brown's |
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| Raw Ice Cream |
The following day was was a lazy one. The weather was fine, we had a quick bimble to see the sea then back for a Sunday Roast and a relax in the sun.
On Monday it was up and home. Boy, was it good to be away again.
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