It rained most of the night, but by the time we had breakfast it had stopped. We chilled for a while before packing up the van and leaving, around 11:30 for our 66 mile trip to Beadnell Bay. We had a little trouble finding it and ended up having to unhitched the van to turn it round after we ended up driving down a dead end.
We did eventually find it, but the office was closed. The blackboard outside said we were on pitch 18 near the toilets. We had a drive down but there were no vacant pitches so we had to give them a call. Turns out we should have been on pitch 20. Tom met us down there and helped us site the van. We were pitched amongst the static caravans just near the sand dunes. Unfortunately during the drive up to the pitch we smashed the caravan electrics on the car and had to make a few running repairs.
We got the awning up and the kettle on before a quick nip to the toilets. They left a little to be desired but I have seen worse.
After a nice cuppa in the awning we had a walk over the dunes, only a few yards away and onto the beach. Mad had a paddle and we walked across the sea front to the harbour. It was a little chilly in the wind.
On the harbour were the Beadnell Bay Lime Kilns, now managed by the National Trust. On the way back to the caravan it started to rain and set in for the night on and off. We had tea and settled down for the evening.
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