Top: the poisonous Fly Agaric
Top left: The Lake
Below: Holly and Lucy and our Bailey Pageant Burgundy.
Clumber park remains one of our favorite places,we've been many times, it has the lot, history, nature, lakes, forest, fungi, wildlife and quite a nice cafe. There is lots of information around the center with plenty of illustrations of how the park once was when the stately home and it's occupants were there. The church can be seen standing proud and is a lovely sight from the other side of the lake when the sun is on it.
It was the last place we visited with Holly only days before we had to make that awful decision. It will always hold special memories for us, of her and Lucy playing together, foraging in the undergrowth and swimming in the lake always in hope that they may catch a duck but more likely be chased off by a mother swan with her signets.
We love to look out for fungi in the Autumn there is always an abundance of different varieties also there are lots of sweet chestnuts, beech nuts and all sorts of treasure to collect.
The trees are really interesting because of the weird and wonderful shapes of the branches, you can almost imagine them coming to life at night in a spooky sort of a way.
The caravan site (caravan club) is open all year and set amongst the trees in a clearing where the caravan club have cleverly planned the site, wherever you pitch you are only a step away from the forest. To walk to the hub of the Park it takes around twenty minutes, we often find it's nice to take the bikes and explore that way too.
There are hardstanding and grass pitches we like to be on the grass if we can, the ground is very well drained so this is an option in all weathers.
The facilities are the usual good caravan club standard, heated and clean.
An Information hut has all leaflets and info you may need about the area and the site office sell essentials such as milk and...... err...ice cream.
Though the site gets busy if you pick your pitch carefully you don't have to be crowded.
In the center of the site is a large play area which is always popular and there are quite a few pitches around the edge so parents can sit outside their caravan with a cuppa and watch their offspring play.
There aren't any shops or pubs nearby (we think this is a good thing), but there is a cricket social club with a bar in clumber village where I am told that people from the site are made welcome. There is a fish and chip van that comes on a Friday night and it is always popular.
Marks out of 10
Area 9
Site 8
Pitch 8
Facilities 8
