Writing, fatshion, me: Trip to Withernsea

As you may know from previously, Lee and I have stayed on a few Parkdean resorts before and I really rate them for amenities, cleanliness, and the standard of the caravans. I'm signed up to the mailing list so I can see when they've got last minute deals, and a few weeks before, I had seen the weekend for £129. Lee had a gig on the Friday night so we didn't go then, but we did set off bright and early on the Saturday morning to Withernsea. We've been to that one before, a couple of years ago, and I liked it. Withernsea is a cute little seaside village really, there's not much there at all but it's cute.

We packed up and I drove to Withernsea because Lee has been suffering with his knee and he's been struggling to drive a long way. So I was fine to drive. We got there just before 1pm. We had early check in so we checked in, went to the caravan, and ate some lunch very quickly. It was a three bedroomed caravan and pretty new. It was very clean too!

Then we went back to the leisure complex to go swimming at 2pm. We hadn't been able to book but there was room enough for us. It's a nice pool and it wasn't too busy. We got out just before 3pm and went back to the caravan to go in the shower. Then we went into Withernsea itself. We looked at the sea and we had ice creams in a cafe that we've been in before, and then we went into the amusement arcade. We played pool and then I played on the 2p machines for a bit.

We then found a very dodgy pub where we had a drink in the conservatory. I read my book and Lee played on his Steam Deck. I think one of the only things wrong with Withernsea is that it doesn't have any lovely pubs on the sea front and it could do with at least one. I did see a micro brewery bar near the sea front on the Sunday which I wish I had seen the day before, but never mind. We had a nice drink and then went to the Bengal Lancer for food.

Again, there isn't a ton of different food options in Withernsea, but Indian always has good veggie options so I was fine with it. We hadn't booked but it was about 6.30, and they told us as long as they had the table back by 7.45 it was fine. That worked fine for us! We decided to not have starters, but poppadums and pickles, and then main courses.

I had vegetable paneer and although it was medium heat it wasn't very hot at all. It was nice, but maybe a bit too cheesy. I had it with rice and a paratha, which I'm really into recently. Lee had a karahi chicken dish that the owner recommended, and he really enjoyed it.

After we'd eaten we headed back to the caravan and put our pyjamas on. Lee found a TV channel that had loads of old sitcoms on, so we watched some of those, they don't all stand up to time but some of them do! At 11pm I went outside to see if I could see some stars, which I could. The moon was nearly full, and very beautiful, too.

Oh, my Stitch t shirt came from the clothes swap I had attended in Manchester. It's from George at Asda and it still had its tags on! I think it's a men's one but it fits me well and I love it, so I'm going to wear it. It says 'hangry' on it but when it's tucked in you can't see that bit.

It was a lovely, if busy day.