Be careful what you say when you review a CL

Kennine, whilst partly agreeing with your sentiments do you not think CLs that are a "credit to their owners"  deserve to be highlighted  so the owners hopefully  will see an increase in custom.

I quite agree that CL owners have no need to go down the route of providing showers etc, well cut grass (and electric!) will satisfy me anyday

The one thing I would like to see changed though. I would make it mandatory for ALL operators to publish accurate pictures of their sites. I would also urge people to use google to look at the general location of any site. I see lots of reviews about noisey roads. As I say, use google.

You make an interesting point there. The CL was shown on the little map on the club web site in the wrong place - further down the lane than it actually was. Unsure where it was, I did some googling, and found a cottage rental site that had a picture of "Gamekeeper's Cottage", very close to where the CC web site said it was. Unfortunately this wasn't actually Gamekeeper's Cottage at all, and was also several hundred yards too far down the lane, and I wonder how somebody towing a caravan would have managed to turn round at that point. Google earth showed nothing where the actual CL was, and the OS map I had showed that there was a "colliery" there. It's a good job that the owner had a sign at the entrance!

 ..... It's a good job that the owner had a sign at the entrance!

Which is what we all would've used before the digital age of sat-nags etc 

They may be closed as Cls but like many others have they now moved on to Commercil Sites?

You might be right and can readily check that. However, if the business failed to attract enough vans for a CL to be viable then investing all the necessary money to become a commercial site seems a surprising venture.

Sadly we have lost countless CLs in our 30 + years of using them; the last thing we need is over stated criticism.

It is an odd situation is the reading of reviews, I have never come across wholly negative views, I have come across wholly positive views, I have come across(this is the odd bit) a 5* review followed by a 1* scathing review. Re negative reviews-most are a little nitpicky generally. 'The Chooks didn't lay eggs in Winter', 'I should have been told to bring my wellingtons because of the heavy dew in the Autumn', 'the Farmers Cows were moo-ing at Sun rise, I couldn't sleep', the best/worst was-'the Village Shop was more expensive than Tesco we won't stay at this CL again'. It really does take all sorts to make a World

You make an interesting point there. The CL was shown on the little map on the club web site in the wrong place -

Happens quite a lot, and its something that needs addressing imho. Its not hard these days to get accurate gps fixes. I offer to help if it appears to be out of the operators skill set. I'm wondering if others, especialy site owners would feel some help on this issue would be welcome

Yes it is odd what some people will complain about. Not a CL but Berwick is right alongside the east coast main line. In the site important info it says there may be some rail noise. Yet although the vast majority of reviews are extremely positive you get the odd one saying their stay was ruined by the trains and they will never be back. Strange they never say we didn't read the info and follow it up with a check on Google. Easier to blame the site I suppose.

Yes it is odd what some people will complain about. Not a CL but Berwick is right alongside the east coast main line. In the site important info it says there may be some rail noise. Yet although the vast majority of reviews are extremely positive you get the odd one saying their stay was ruined by the trains and they will never be back. Strange they never say we didn't read the info and follow it up with a check on Google. Easier to blame the site I suppose.

Write your comments here...Steve, with ref to your comments on the CC site at Berwick, the handbook does say " there may be some rail noise"  It would be more accurate to say there would be considerable persistent rail noise.  I have stayed on that site twice and wont go back. I now use a lovely CL just outside Berwick whenever I go want to spend time in the Berwick area.

Yes it is odd what some people will complain about. Not a CL but Berwick is right alongside the east coast main line. In the site important info it says there may be some rail noise. Yet although the vast majority of reviews are extremely positive you get the odd one saying their stay was ruined by the trains and they will never be back. Strange they never say we didn't read the info and follow it up with a check on Google. Easier to blame the site I suppose.

Write your comments here...Steve, with ref to your comments on the CC site at Berwick, the handbook does say " there may be some rail noise"  It would be more accurate to say there would be considerable persistent rail noise.  I have stayed on that site twice and wont go back. I now use a lovely CL just outside Berwick whenever I go want to spend time in the Berwick area.

We have used it several times, once for a week, and we both have good hearing. I suppose different people have varying reactions to noise types. My point was more that if you have an intolerance and the info mentions trains it might be best avoided. As with a CL on a farm with cows, they can make a din when being milked, but it is something one should expect.

Yes it is odd what some people will complain about. Not a CL but Berwick is right alongside the east coast main line. In the site important info it says there may be some rail noise. Yet although the vast majority of reviews are extremely positive you get the odd one saying their stay was ruined by the trains and they will never be back. Strange they never say we didn't read the info and follow it up with a check on Google. Easier to blame the site I suppose.

Write your comments here...Steve, with ref to your comments on the CC site at Berwick, the handbook does say " there may be some rail noise"  It would be more accurate to say there would be considerable persistent rail noise.  I have stayed on that site twice and wont go back. I now use a lovely CL just outside Berwick whenever I go want to spend time in the Berwick area.

Write your comments here...The site info actually says "some train noise from adjacent rail line can be expected"as today noticed when booking for next year