Kingsbury Water Park Camping & Caravanning Club Site nr Tamworth

The sun was out this morning. Nice blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Although there are only 3 showers for a site capable of taking 150 caravans, I didn’t have to queue for a shower.

After breakfast we embarked on one of the marked walks. About half way round the wind got up, the sky turned black and it hammered it down. Fortunately we were about 100 yards away from a bird watching hide so we sheltered in there for half an hour.

The sun came out again so we completed the circuit and continued on to Kingsbury village. We stumbled upon the Old White Swan pub and decided to have  a nice cider and a bag of crisps outside in the sun. Unfortunately within about 10 minutes it started to rain again so we headed inside. Unfortunately after we had drunk the first cider it was still hammering down so we had to have another one.

It eventually stopped raining and we managed to get all the way back to the van in the sunshine.

We spent the rest of the evening chilling. We did have another burst of rain but after that it was quite a pleasant evening.

Kingsbury Water Park Camping & Caravanning Club Site nr Tamworth

We set of a few minutes before 3 pm. And arrive about 4:10 pm. Although we had a few spots of  rain, we managed to get set up without getting wet. We had a nice level grass pitch close to the toilet block.

Kingsbury Water Park is a country park in north Warwickshire, not far from Birmingham and lying on the River Tame. It is owned and managed by  Warwickshire County Council. It has 15 lakes situated in over 600 acres of country park. Renowned for it’s birdlife it is bordered on it’s western edge by the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.

The park has bridleways, marked cycle routes and footpaths. There are plenty of water sports activities and a 7¼" gauge ridable miniature railway.

We settled down for a quiet evening. TV reception was excellent. It rained heavily after dark, but only for about an hour or so.