Our maiden trip out with Lincoln found us at Ingoldmells a small village on the Lincolnshire coast.I had visited Ingoldmells frequently as a child staying in several family members static caravans, it only seemed right that I should visit again in adulthood with my own caravan.
It was Easter and the weather was sunny but cool.Easter is seen by many campers to be the beginning of the camping season,with spring flowers in abundance it makes you yearn for the warm sunny days to come.
On arrival we booked in and was promptly shown to our pitch by one of several helpful wardens.As we approached our pitch we saw that Lincoln was not the oldest van on site and up against the newer models he didn't look embarrassed or out of place.Neither did we see or hear any derogatory remarks which made us feel better to as though we belonged.
We set to winding the corner steadies down hooking up the electric and filling the water drums.Now we could take five and have a brew.We discussed the journey here, to my own amazement I found that after the first twenty minutes or so my nerves regarding us towing were put to bed.Hubby himself was pleased with how easy it had been, unwilling to show any sign of nerves.
As there was just the two of us for the weekend we didn't use the awning.With everything in place we set off to the local shops some five minutes walk away.Looking at all the other caravans as we passed by.
As darkness fell we set about making up the bed.The two front seat cushions fold down to make a rather large bed.With this done we sprawled upon the bed and watched a movie via our laptop.It was very cosy but there was still a bit of a chill in the air.As we had not had the gas fire checked we had decided not to use it for safety's sake.We had however invested in a small blown air heater,this worked to well and soon we were opening the door to cool down.
The following morning was bright and sunny once again.We decided that we would have a full English breakfast and proceeded to get comments from passing campers/caravaners on how good it smelt drifting over the site.We thought it funny that we had not smelt the cooked breakfast from others, were we surrounded by healthy campers!
We opted to visit a local car boot sale that we had seen advertised on route.It was only ten minutes away from site via car.Well it turned out to be a little goldmine.You could purchase most things you would need for a caravan and we upgraded our water drum ,to a lay down model with it's own wheels to make that water trip just a bit easier.
It was nearing the end of our first trip and we would be bringing home with us a list of needs and likes.But for now we were happy and content with our Lincoln.
http://www.countrymeadows.co.uk/camping.html
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