Rated 4 of 5

Rated 2 of 5

Peace and tranquility

Rated 5 of 5

Access to local places of interest

Rated 4 of 5

Beauty of surroundings and scenery

Rated 5 of 5

Ease of arrival/welcome

Beautifully Organised - but not my cup of tea.

From the minute you arrive at East Fortune you will be impressed by the attention to detail. The sweep into the CL allows you to get you rig off the approach road through a wide gateway with no complications. The manicured grass of the site is punctuated by surgically prepared squares of hard standing. The water point is at the top of a gently sloping site - so no lugging heavy aquarolls uphill. And the toilet disposal is at the bottom of the slope  . . . so the trip to the sluice is gravity assisted. Luxury. Each of these service points is mounted on a decked apron and there are helpful ramps to assist access. You want more?  OK there is a helpful hut with tourist information, WiFi (£)  a "free to loan"  barbeque and a little library. If you have a dog (and its not compulsory you know) there are neatly mown paths along which to walk it. There are event poo disposal points… so why don't all dog owners use them? The view from the site (August ’15) is across fields of barley towards a rail line along which incredibly quiet trains whisper past. Its nice to reflect that your next nip of scotch or pint of ale is on its way courtesy of this hard-working family. In addition to all of the above the DAB radio signal was superb and, although I don't have one, the sounds of TV from adjacent 'vans suggests there were no problems here. O2 ’phone signal is patchy.... always good enough for SMS, pretty consistent for calls but very sluggish with data. The 3 network, on the other hand, was consistently good. I could go on… I particularly like the reassuring “CL” signposts at the along the lat 500m of the route. So… is this the perfect CL?  Actually… no.  Its very good but it tries a bit too hard to be like a miniature Caravan Club Site.  The hard-standing patches are too close together and with 5 vans, 5 cars and 5 awnings it looks and feels a bit cramped.  I found myself trying to wash up quietly for fear of disturbing the neighbours.  Each of the pitches backs onto a dead straight road (5m distant) which is pretty noisy in the morning during the school/work run. So, how do you get the benefit of all this attention to detail without noise from the road and the prescriptive parking rules?  Well…… the Brands run another caravan site on their estate with grass (my preference) as well as hard-standing pitches.  This is less cramped, just as well equipped, much further from the road and the same price.  No brainer. I hope the Brands will let me come again next year.  The area is beautiful, access to Edinburgh is easy, North Berwick is a gem.  But I'll book at the non-members site please. 
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