On our first full day we went to Fountains Abbey which is jointly run by the National Trust & English Heritage. We spent a lot of time at the Abbey itself which is an amazing ruin of a 12th Centrury Cistercian Abbey:
View approaching Fountains Abbey with DD running in the foreground
We went on a guided tour which really brought the Abbey to life:
Fountains Abbey Refrectory
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey - doorway to the Tower
On another day we went to Brimham Rocks & the kids had a great time in the natural playground:
Dancing Bear at Brimham Rocks
However the campsite itself which a nightmare. Full of chavs! DH regulary found cigarette butts in the showers, the noise was horrendous - have any of you ever heard a karaoke competition on a campsite before?
Plus the carvanner behind us had a thing about Country & Western & in particular loved Dolly Parton - enough said
Whilst taking a shower for the first time on the site I noticed hair shavings on the tiles
& was sick twice due to the smell in the shower blocks. There was no ventilation apart from an open door & it ponged! So if you're planning on going camping to this part of the world let me know & I'll steer you clear of this awful site - we won't be going back there again!
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5 comments:
Campsite sounds a nightmare. But I love Fountains Abbey - we were there last year in April, and I fell in love with the place. It was a great place to play Hide and Seek with a 3 year old!
What a shame about the campsite, but the rest looks fab! Glad you all had a good time (apart from the site!)
Beautiful photos!
Lovely photos . Shame about the camp site; we have a motorhome so I can fully realte to it !! We are in the Caravan & Camping Club and mainly go on CL sites which have max 5 vans but not so much facilities but that suits us ,all we want is peace and quiet
Wow, fantastic photos! Beautiful!
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