A hi-octane fuelled seaside weekend
July 17, 2009
Burgh-Le-Marsh - pondside camping at its' finest
The basic criteria for a blog
entry from my angle will be loosely dubbed an escape route from home,
which involves at least an overnight stay in some shape or form, thus
allowing a 2-night camping trip to a British seaside town to nestle
alongside higher-budget and further-flung trips. With my trusty piece
of canvas barely having been put to any use beforehand, pitching a tent
at a campsite at the town of Burgh-Le-Marsh, on the outskirts of the
more prominent British seaside town of Skegness, the drama unfolded.
This trip was actually a 'family gathering' of sorts, and involved an
'indoor' version of what was to be intended as an outdoor barbeque
(blame the weather!), followed by a trip the following morning into the
oh-so-bracing seaside resort town of Skegness.
For all those ill-equipped travellers who came to Skegness without a wristwatch
While amusement
complexes line the seafront, and shops line the High Street, the town
itself has weathered the changes remarkably well, and although only a
tiny percentage of foreigners will be familiar with the place,
daytrippers from the Midlands still descend on the place as if it were
their second home. The highlight of this trip was an evening of
entertainment at the local Stock Car racing arena, with an extravaganza
of sorts lined up for all to appreciate. Various events ranging from
domino-style car toppling, to monster truck car-crushing, and caravan
banger destruction derby ensured that the event gave all spectators a
run for their money, and I conclude that years of attending similar
events have not resulted in the sport losing any of its' original
appeal. The following morning involved a short ride into nearby
Ingoldmells, with its pleasureland complex, and outdoor market area,
where bargain purchases abounded, and a few hours later, with a cheap
plate of deep-fried food inside of me, it was time to leave the town,
and draw the 'Skegness chapter' to a close. Reflecting upon the
experience, it was hardly a pioneering one for myself, simply because
it is a place visited on numerous occasions in the past, but it always
leaves me wondering just what a foreign visitor would make of a town of
this nature, which typifies the tacky, yet somehow alluring nature of a
fair number of British coastal towns.
Burgh-Le-Marsh - pondside campin
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For all those ill-equipped trave
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Stock Car Racing arena - "somebo
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Welcome to Skegness! It's so bra
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Car and caravan before it came t
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