Many sites are off-limits to those without a vehicle, but there are plenty of small scenic sites in the UK and Europe that can be reached by bus and trainIs there a more thunderously wonderful view from an English campsite than the one enjoyed from Park Farm? This tiny sloping triangle of grass on the edge of the North York Moors lords it over a sumptuous expanse of English countryside. It“s roughly 50 miles west to Tan Hill and the Dales and, on a clear day, you can see absolutely everything in between: a joyous swoop of fields, trees and yet more hills. The Cleveland Way passes across the 700-acre farm, making the campsite an ideal base from which to follow the long-distance footpath up to the Matterhorn-like Roseberry Topping and Captain Cook“s Monument on Easby Moor. Cooking-apple trees provide some shelter and shade (and pectin if the visit is timed right). And for those who prefer their tents made of sterner stuff than rip-stop nylon, there“s a fine stone camping barn with its own wood-burning stove, and a former byre with real beds. But that means missing the view...Getting there Take the train to Kildale, on the line from Middlesbrough to Whitby. The campsite“s a bucolic mile“s walk from the station. o Camping £8pp, barn £10pp, byre £12pp, kildalebarn.co.uk Continue reading...
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