Good Location but unless you like Mud and Stagnant ponds. Wouldn’t stay again
We chose this site as our introduction to CL sites as we love the Penzance area. Arriving after 9 hours towing we turned into the lane looking forward to settling. We had read some of the reviews so were expecting a typical farm lane, however and I’ll point out we live in a farming community I was not prepared for the unbelievable state of the track and farm yard. It is rough to start with getting progressively worse until it end up being inches deep in mud and cow dung. The farm gates are hanging in bits and it all looks tired. We pass by the farmhouse which at one time has obviously had a nice pond alongside it, this pond now has a layer of stagnant slime on top of it and no doubt in warmer days a breeding ground for flies.
I appreciate it’s a working dairy farm but I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a bad farmyard.
The CL field is long grass, I get the idea of longer grass in the autumn but this was too long, no chance of walking about without getting wet ankles and it’s hard to wheel the tank to the chemical point etc. We were lucky to get one of the hard standing pitches and with a couple of levelling blocks we were able to sort the van out. The edge of the pitch was already chewed up and resembled the Somme so we backed the van up as far as we could.
I agree with the last review that the site was run down. The drinking water tap is mounted quite high and beneath it is some metal item that doesn’t assist with filling it rather hinders it as you have to balance the aqua roll whilst it fills.
The chemical disposal point worked but was covered by a rusty old manhole lid, bearing in mind it was a toilet sunk into the ground why it couldn’t have a standard toilet lid on with a handle stuck on is beyond me. We never saw the owner all week and ended up emailing them to find where to pay and then trail through the mud to get to the house. Good job we always have wellies.
The EHU is good at 16amps and the village facilities are good but you’ll plaster your car in mud every time you go out and come back. We heard the owls on a night and it was certainly tranquil.
We have a Discovery which copes with the mud and bumps but I was less than impressed towing the van through it all. I certainly wouldn’t recommend anyone with a low van and ordinary car visit the place.
Such a shame as the location is perfect.
One to forget for us and a poor introduction to CL’s thankfully the one we’ve moved to is superb
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