February means half term holidays at school and a chance to get away! Needing something fairly close to home, we scoured the web for open sites and almost gave up before I checked the Caravan Club website one last time and realised I'd been overlooking a site at Melrose in the Scottish Borders. There was a low season discount too, meaning we could book for around £16 a night.
Not knowing much about the town at all, we booked it on a whim, thinking we could always cancel it if the weather was looking rubbish, as the Caravan Club don't ask for a deposit, just 72 hours notice if you need to cancel. But the weather was looking pretty awesome so thankfully there was no need. Melrose is a town where there's lots of roads leading to it, but none of them are particularly major ones! We elected to go via the Edniburgh bypass then cut onto the A7, as in the past we'd found that the less numbers after the A, the better! As it turned out, it was a lovely drive down but due to the construction of the Borders railway, we were stopping every mile or so at temporary lights as the road was adapted to suit. It was very tiresome and we were glad to finally arrive. Melrose Gibson Park CC Site is based right in the town, a nightmare for some looking for total peace and quiet, but for us it was perfect. We could park up and not move again till we left. The wardens were friendly and pointed me towards the sunnier pitches when I asked. A sunny pitch saves using the heating! |
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