With a foreign trip off the cards, and a few days of holiday to fill between two other trips, the family decided to visit one of our favourite local sites, Woodside Country Park near Ledbury in Herefordshire.
We like this place because it is a quiet, rural site, with relaxed rules and only an hour from home. When we booked, they were almost full and were at pains to point out that as returning customers, we would find it busier than normal.
We needn’t have worried; although the site was indeed much busier than normal, the pitches were still informal and well spaced. A consequence of the “new normal” post COVID was that there was less interaction between groups, but the facilities were by no means overloaded.
We had two nights of our usual activities – a walk into Ledbury, several swims in the lake and barbecues, with subsequent bonfires into the night. The weather was sweltering, so the lake was a great relief and the nights so warm, a jumper was definitely not needed. On the final night, we were treated to the awesome sight of huge thunderstorms lit up by lightning some 50 miles to the north (not far from home, in fact). It was amazing to watch flash after flash lighting up the cumulus, whilst the air was still and dry at the site.
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