I cannot understand why, for the first time in our 47 years membership of the club, we have had 10 days on a CL on our own? This CL deserves better use.
The CL is relatively new (4 years) and is well laid out with 5 hedge separated pitches with metered EHU to each. Yes, there are CLs with more spectacular views, but, pitch dependent, there are good views across fields to the West. We saw Red Kites above regularly and the local Barn Owl most days. It provides an excellent base from which to explore North Norfolk. Well stocked village shop less than half a mile away and large supermarkets in Dereham 9 miles) & Swaffham (11 miles).
Very little road noise and, in our experience, RAF Marham fighters overhead only once per day.
Yes it is an all grass site, of which, clearly, some caravanners are wary, but we were told, it’s a foot of soil on a gravel base, so has excellent drainage. Yes, it is a working farm which can mean machinery & animal noise and, as this farm has pigs, which can mean smells (Mark has made that very clear in his site description). We were not disturbed by noise or smells although admittedly, smells may be obvious with a north westerly wind. There is no WiFi for those who need it - we have sufficient data to cope.
Mark is extremely caring and friendly - he phoned us en route to double check we were aware of access details and then, after a thunderstorm and accompanying. (Short lived) gale, came over to check all was still well with us. Also, very kindly, during our stay, gave us 3 or 4 lbs of newly dug potatoes! All this for £17 pn. Electricity came in at under £2 per day, using a toaster daily, water heater daily and occasional use of an 800w hob & an 800w oven. Radio every evening and occasional TV & chargers. Fortunately, temperatures meant no heating was needed.
We’re usually looking for somewhere different for our trips, but love this area and will certainly be back in the future, particularly to this CL!
