Dornafield Touring Park

Posted on 06/12/2022 13:53 by

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Posted on 06/12/2022 11:49 by Tinwheeler

Why should pubs offer anything at all to MH-ers? Many either don't charge or just ask for a minimal sum. Enforce rules about facilities and they'll likely stop overnight parking on their land.

Pub owners are only interested in takings behind the bar which MH-ers hopefully contribute towards, so the present system benefits both landlords and campers. As soon as the pubs are expected to dig deep to provide facilities, their gain goes out of the window and with it goes the benefit to MH-ers.

Don't forget you can usually use pub facilities during opening hours.

 

Posted on 06/12/2022 15:12 by SteveL

Perhaps they should start charging a reasonable sum (£10) and provide basic facilities. We would then be interested in using them and also buying our dinner in the pub. I am sure we are not alone. The charged for Aires with dump facilities, we use in France, are well used by many nationalities including the British, although there will almost always be a free non facility one nearby.

Posted on 06/12/2022 15:26 by Tinwheeler

I can only repeat what I said before, Steve. In my view, the enforced provision of facilities will probably result in cessation of the scheme.

Comparing French aires with UK pubs is surely off the wall?

Anyway, that’s not going to affect anything at Dornafield where you will have all the facilities you want and can eat at any nearby pub of your choice. The Three Mile Oak is very good👍🏻

Posted on 06/12/2022 15:33 by SteveL

Comparing French aires with UK pubs is surely off the wall?

Not really, we stopped in a vineyard car park (with facilities) that was free. We of course covered the cost by buying a few bottles of wine.

As to walking to that pub from Dornafield. No thanks, not along that entrance road, particularly in the dusk or dark.

Posted on 06/12/2022 11:30 by SteveL

Why shouldn’t the pubs spend the money, they want to benefit from the motor-homers eating and drinking in their establishment. Why should other organisations have to inconvenience their customers to bail the pubs out.

Posted on 06/12/2022 13:33 by Hja

What do you refer to as an official site? Wild camping is one thing, but stopping in a pub car park, which is authorised, or in an aire, equally authorised is another. It is not about willingness to pay, it is about convenience and location. If we stay overnight in a pub car park and have a meal in the pub, that is likely to cost us more than stopping at a CL and cooking for ourselves. It’s about choice.

Posted on 06/12/2022 15:46 by Tinwheeler

Do you really think foreign visitors and Brits will flock to use pub car parks that charge for a patch of tarmac and expect visitors to pay for basic facilities and eat in the pub?😄

I think Dornafield is not for you, Steve, so may I recommend Stover site? Non-facility but on a wide major road with a bus stop outside. No nearby pub but several cafes in Trago which you can either walk to or use their extensive car parks. You can also enter the country park almost directly from the site.

Posted on 06/12/2022 16:12 by

Walking to and from Trago from Stover is taking your life into your own hands.  The mile long road is fairly straight and just wide enough to encourage speeding.  It is also very busy and only about half has a foot path.  Of course when you leave Stover site you have to cross the A382 race track near the roundabout, if you dare. 

The 0.1 mile access stretch of road from Dornafield to the junction is narrow and encourages traffic to crawl along.  From the junction the 0.4 miles stretch is only a little wider but equally encourages care.  Much safer all round.  

I've done both several times and know which I prefer.  

Posted on 06/12/2022 16:12 by

Walking to and from Trago from Stover is taking your life into your own hands.  The mile long road is fairly straight and just wide enough to encourage speeding.  It is also very busy and only about half has a foot path.  Of course when you leave Stover site you have to cross the A382 race track near the roundabout, if you dare. 

The 0.1 mile access stretch of road from Dornafield to the junction is narrow and encourages traffic to crawl along.  From the junction the 0.4 miles stretch is only a little wider but equally encourages care.  Much safer all round.  

I've done both several times and know which I prefer.