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Great CL in the heart of the Cotswolds

As mentioned on so many previous reviews, this site is a really great CL. Orchard Lodge is located at the rear of the farmhouse, and its sister CL, Orchard Meadow is an all grass pitch site adjacent to a quite B road on one side of the farmhouse. Both have a CCTV monitored gated entrance. We stayed on Orchard Lodge which has 4 hardstanding pitches and 1 grass pitch. All are easily accessible, level, with 16A EHU and water taps; grey waste can be piped into the adjacent hedge or field. Julie & Peter are excellent hosts who give a warm, friendly and informative welcome on arrival and can often be seen or will stop for a chat around the site on this working sheep farm. Julie & Peter provided information and a couple of A4 maps of the local area. The village of Bibury is very close, about a mile away with an easy level walk to the village mostly on good footpaths. Bibury itself is a very pretty village with the trout farm, the river area and the Catherine Wheel pub definitely with a visit but unfortunately good tourists magnets. The downside of the village is that a parking space is very difficult to find and the main road along the river and through the village often packed with tourists and parked cars. My advice would be to leave the car on site and see the village early in the morning or on an evening. We have a motorhome, so during the day we cycled around the surrounding, equally picturesque villages on very quite roads and almost traffic free country lanes, with The The Keepers Arms in the village of Quennington being a great pub stop on a day out. If you would like to visit lovely Cotswold villages, the Bibury area is great location to find them and Orchard Lodge or Orchard Meadow are without doubt really good Cls in which to base yourself. Kate T
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Ballroombiker replied on 07/06/2021 16:42

Posted on 07/06/2021 16:42

Thank you for taking the time to leave such an informative review of both our sites and the area, you certainly managed to pack in many cycle trips.  We couldn’t agree with you more about visiting the village before 10am or after 4pm, at those times during the summer months it is a more pleasant trip and easier to see everything.

We hope to see you both again soon

 

Julie & Peter