Martha has been to Cirencester

We’ve not been away in Martha since last November as the weather has, for the most part, been very wet and cold.  We decided to book a last minute break at Cirencester Park Club Campsite for a week so we were away for our wedding anniversary.

We set off mid morning on Wednesday and had a good journey to the site, stopping on the way for a coffee and our lunch.  After arriving on site we were able to find a pitch in the area of the site we like and set up quickly.  It was a lovely afternoon so we walked into Cirencester for a drink at The Fleece and booked a table for the following day for our anniversary meal.

Pitch 120 Cirencester Park

We woke to a lovely sunny morning on Thursday and walked through the Park into Cirencester.  We spent the morning pottering around some of the lovely buildings in the town and doing some shopping before going to the Fleece for our lunch.  We returned to the site late afternoon as it started to get quite cold.

Friday was another lovely dry day so we walked around some of the tracks on the Bathurst Estate, keeping to the main paths as many of the smaller paths were waterlogged and very muddy. We saw a lovely statue of a horse's head at the top of Broad Ride which was new since the last time we visited the Estate.  We returned to site for our lunch and then walked into Cirencester in the afternoon.

Still Water 2019 & Steve

We walked some of the town trails on Saturday, again returning to the site for lunch and walked around some of the older parts of the town in the afternoon.  Although we would have liked to spend more time walking through the park everywhere was very muddy and wet so we decided to stay in the town.

We had heavy rain overnight on Saturday but woke to a dry morning.  We took advantage of the fine day and walked around the parkland on a small road, this was on a part of the Estate we've not previously walked so we enjoyed seeing a new area of the parkland.  We returned to Martha before it started raining and stayed on site all afternoon.  

On Monday we decided to catch the bus to Cheltenham – we had visited many years ago but couldn’t really remember it.  We were a little disappointed with the town, it was far too busy for us and in parts looked very shabby.  After pottering around for a few hours and having lunch, we caught the bus mid afternoon to return to site.

It started to rain early evening on Monday and didn't stop until mid-day on Tuesday, so we spent the morning on site.  In the afternoon we walked along some of the tarmac tracks in the park, not straying too far from the main paths as many paths were flooded and very muddy.

Wednesday was our day to return home.  It's unusual for us to stay on one site for a week, but as there aren't too many sites open at the moment we decided it would be a good idea and enjoyed our first outing this year.  We enjoy visiting Cirencester and this site is one of our favourites, although we did think it looked very shabby this year especially as the site has only been open for one week this season.  

6-13 March 2024