The Farm Burscough
It has been a long time since our last adventure and for us it has felt like an eternity, however we have had a lot going on over the past year. We got married!! With all the planning the year just disappeared and we are now ready to get back out on our little trips and finding new sites to try.
We have an addition to our kit, a new tent. We will do a separate review for this once we have tried it out a few times so this was our test run of the Coleman Mackenzie 6.
The Farm at Burscough is a Camping and Caravan Club site however you do not need to be a member to pitch here. There are two small fields, a shower/toilet block with dish washing and a children's playground which our little one loved.
On site are donkeys, goats, alpacas and hundreds of chickens!!
Arriving here we were met by one of the owners who showed us to our pitch which was opposite the playground, this meant we could relax and still watch out little one. As we arrived in the evening, it was a quick tea and settle down for the night.
Saturday we were met with rain and cold weather, typical of the British summer! We played some camping games in the tent as we now have lots of extra space and means that if it is just the three of us our little one can have a games room when there is bad weather!
After playing some games, we visited the on site cafe where we took shelter from the miserable weather and warmed up with a nice lunch and hot drink.
The weather improved in the afternoon and we decided to take a walk down the lane and enjoy a game of Go Find It which our little one loves trying to find the objects from the cue cards.
After our walk we had a look around the onsite farm shop which has local produce and decided to indulge with strawberries and cream for after tea.
Our little one enjoyed playing with his new friends and we enjoyed the evening fresh air and views across the fields. A short trip this time, mainly to test the new tent and see how it all went together.
This site is good for us as it is only 40 minutes away from home making it a quick getaway on a Friday after work. We enjoyed our stay here and the facilities are good, however the female shower/toilet block was cleaner than the male one, this could have been due to a large family gathering in the other field.
Overall we had a good stay and would come back if we wanted a couple of nights away as it is also a good base for going to Martin Mere, which we did on Sunday before heading home.
We like going here and our little one really enjoys feeding every last duck! It is nice to walk around and when we went they also had their Bionic Bugs event and a fun trail for little ones. We did a bug hunt and enjoyed pond dipping, something which none of us had done before and our little one liked scooping up all the different bugs and beasts that live in our ponds.
The weekend was enjoyed by us all and we are counting down to our next adventure!!
