We've just come back from our second visit camping on site. The first visit at Easter was so good we went back. The second visit was not as good. To start with, despite saying campfires and BBQs are welcome, they were not due to the recent hot weather. This is perfectly understandable, however we've always had emails advising us of of any change at other campsites in the past. We weren't notified of the change and had therefore bought lots of our own food to cook on the fire which went to waste because we weren't allowed to cook it. It's easy enough to send a quick email in advance to notify of these changes.
The site is overrun by ants and wasps. Again, this is to be expected to an extent by campers, however it's clearly an endemic problem as both ants and wasps were everywhere. Notice to this effect would have meant we could have taken precautions against them. I've since seen other reviews commenting on the proclivity of ants and wasps, so the campsite are clearly aware of them and should warn that precautions must be taken. Despite ensuring everything was closed and sealed, they still managed to get into everything and I was kept awake at night by ants crawling on me.
The final issue was the inaction taken against noise on the campsite. The website says quiet time is from 9pm. I personally think this is too early, however there were screaming children past midnight and cars driving prior to 6am on the gravel driveway, which was very loud. I appreciate poorly behaved children are the responsibility of the parents, however the rules ought to be enforced by staff.
The toilet and shower block, while good, were not maintained as well as it should have been given the volume of people. There was never enough loo roll or handwash. Although I must point out that some people are vile and really need to clean up after themselves and not expect someone else to do it. Dirty pigs.
In all, we visited for a second time because the first went so well, however our second visit was quite horrendous and I doubt we'll put ourselves through it again. It's a shame as we really liked it the first time we stayed, but the second time was such a degradation in facilities and care that it's really put us off. The problems that exist can be very easily managed, but I'm surprised, given the amount of previous reviews alluding to the same issues, that they haven't been.
Lastly, despite what the website says, there is no WiFi for the guests, let...
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