First 10 KwH Electricity Free
We originally booked for 2 nights - but in the end extended it to 4 as the day after we arrived it rained constantly. Pam informed us when we booked that the price was £18pn - and that each pitch had an allocation of 10 KwH of electricity per day, electricity used over and above would be charged at a rate of 0.29p per unit. Pam emailed us all the site details plus method of payment. We duly paid - got our confirmation and arrived after a day visiting Melrose Abbey (free parking past the rugby club) and Abbotsford House (parking charges apply). We were offered a free tour of Melrose Abbey by a local volunteer. Highly recommend - infact all the abbeys (Melrose, Kelso, Jedburgh and Dryburgh are worth visiting (all half price at the moment due to the risk of falling masonry). On arrival at the site we found the motorhome water point at the entrance (it could be easily missed). We filled up on our arrival but after that topped up using our watering can, we chose our pitch (slightly sloping), took our meter reading and settled down for the evening. We received an email later that evening informing us that two of the "level" pitches were to be vacated the next day, so next morning we moved our outfit (all the necessary meter readings having been taken). There are some great cycle routes around Melrose (4 Abbeys Cycle Route, Tweed Cycle Route, National Cycle Route 1 as well as the Melrose Cycle Trails - leaflets for all available at Tourist Information Offices). One of the local trails can be joined at the turn off to Scott's View off the main road. We took advantage of two full days of cycling after our day of rain. The views from the site are lovely. Smailholm Tower can be seen on one of the hills in the distance. We cycled to it. The views from the top were amazing - as were the views from the Wellington Monument - which we had cycled up to via a forest trail the previous day. We enjoyed our stay at the CL. The grass was cut on the day after the rain, which meant we were trailing grass into our motorhome for a couple of days - couldn't be helped - but not ideal. There is another water point at the top of the site which is up a slight incline - this is also where the bins and grey/black waste disposal area is situated. It's just a shame there isn't a more convenient place to site a grey waste area for motorhomes, and indeed for caravaners - as I suspect it could be hard work for less able guests to drag their grey waste containers up to the area. We have a couple of buckets in the back of the motorhome, so we had to discharge our grey waste into these and walk them up to the disposal area. We never met Pam, but she did leave a plastic wallet on our motorhome with the details we had to fill in regarding the electricity usage. Fortunately we were well within our 40 KwH allocation for the 4 nights we were staying. The Valais Blacknose sheep in the adjoining field were just adorable.
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