Mr Moo’s Touring Park is a family-owned holiday park that is famously integrated with an award winning ice cream farm and parlour. Which means its a very short walk to treat your self to one of the 18 gorgeous flavours of ice cream, on display, you might as well make the most of life's opportunities. The ice cream parlour also includes a restaurant serving hot food and at weekends a takeaway Chinese food hut operates at the entrance of the camp site.
We had a full serviced hardstanding pitch for six nights that included EHU, your own fresh water supply and a grey water drain. Facilities were clean and warm. Although the ‘free’ Wi-FI was not very good. The nearest general shop/post office was in Skipsea which is a 20 minute walk from the site and like all general convenience stores is well stocked.
There is a wide footpath from the site down to the shore, which has an accessible sandy beach only when the tide is out. The English Coastal Path runs along the coast but the cliff erosion makes this a wee bit dangerous and you must be careful to stay away from the edge.
These coastal cliffs suffer from the some of the fastest rates of erosion in Europe, at a rate 1.5 to 2 meters per year, but can loose up to 4 meters of more annually. This is apparently due to the cliff being made up of soft boulder clay which has little or no resistance against water. Wave and weather action is another reason, along side no sea defences, for this erosion.
Hornsea is a traditional seaside town, its centre has a rather old fashioned feel with many independent shops. Its situated 5 miles from our camp site so we decided to cycle, although the the B road that takes you to the town is very busy.
Once though the town there is a grand tiered promenade that runs the length of the well maintained beach and a nice spot to sit and enjoy your piece. Also situated adjacent to the shore is The East Riding Leisure Hub, which provides the town with a gym, swimming pool, squash courts and the towns library.
Although as i have pointed out the coastal path can appear quite dangerous you can, with care walk in both directions. Head north along the path and you will approach the village of Skipsea and its convenience store.
At the west end of the village you will find The Church of All Saints which dates back to the 11th/12th century. Unfortunately we were unable on this occasion to gain access to its interior.
On a rather warm and sunny Sunday morning we walked 3 miles south along the coastal path to a very big and crowded car boot sale and a indoor market at Skirlington.
The market and car boot sale is one of Yorkshires largest. It has apparently been running for 40 years and covers a 70 acre site. Both the car boot and the market is exceptionally well attended. It was proposed in the the past to close the market but local opposition the market will remain open. Plenty of free car parking and places to eat. Made a nice change and the weather held while we walked back.
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