Wed 11 Oct11° Ashington to York

Wet and windy as we pack up,  unplug Ehu and wait for the phone call to say the fuse board has arrived, 11.30 Malcolm rang, it has arrived It turns out to be the fridge feed that worked loose and sparked and burnt out. It was a real puzzle to plug it all back in, so many wires and leads, then it was done and everything was working....yeahhhhh!  £216 not too bad, so 1pm paid and on our way, first stop to get some lunch.....then no where to eat it. Finally came to a P on roadside, bit close for our likeing ,but ate and continued  on our way.

Through Gateshead and got a fill of diesel £1.17 £40 for 34 ltrs.a young  cyclist got too close trying to pass us at traffic lights and knocked off our wing mirror cover, he stopped and picked it up and gave it us with an apology.

Into Whitby, birthplace of Captain Cook. Up a 20% gradient hill and onto the North York Moors National Park. All the heather was brown in its last stages for life, if you looked hard enough on a clear day you may just see Denmark.....off the coast.

Our first campsite was full , plan B was also full, it was getting dark so asked at a pub just before York, they didn't want us.....finally got a campsite not far from the park and ride into York.....talk about  a hidden garden.....3 phone calls with the camp,down a long dark lane and there it was. Never parked in the dark before....but managed with our torch, got hooked up,  dinner on,  little boiled potatoes, fluffy omelette with fresh salad....so nice after a few days without fresh veges, even if it was 8pm...late for us.