Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and tranquility

Rated 5 of 5

Access to local places of interest

Rated 5 of 5

Beauty of surroundings and scenery

Rated 2 of 5

Ease of arrival/welcome

Lovely site with work left to do

Firstly the positives - the site is within walking distance of Giggleswick and Settle however if you're like us you value peace, tranquility and access to countryside and this site has plenty of walks, a lovely riverside and plenty of quiet nature and amazing views. As others have stated, the bays are narrow but they are set a fair distance from each other which gives good privacy. However, there are a few niggles and one major flaw with this site. Unfortunately there are no dog washing facilities and the hose for the chemical waste is so rigid that its hard to wash out the toilet of the cleaning point. Also, none of the water pipes are insulated, so they froze overnight and we had no means of filling the aqua roll. Unfortunately, the biggest challenge is the electricity meter. Our advice would be to insist on being given access to the app so you are in control of the meter - we weren't given it and it caused problems both days. We arrived on a Friday evening and were lucky enough to have been left £8.50 on the electric meter by the previous occupant, however this ran out overnight despite only standard use of appliances in the van (no TV, heating on gas and electric etc) so we woke up freezing cold. Unfortunately it took several texts, calls and going to the house before the owner topped up the electrics on our behalf as we were not given the app. The £10 top up lasted only 18 hours so we woke up freezing again on the Sunday morning and the water point was frozen so we had no water either. Again, texts were sent and eventually the electrics were topped up again but with no communication from the owners. Overall I'm sure that the teething issues will be overcome as the owners were nice when they interacted, but we left feeling that the trip was more fraught than it should have been, as well as a lot more expensive than expected at £80 for 2 nights (even though we have 200w solar on the van). Overall it cost almost as much in electrics for the van overnight as it does to look after our home which certainly left a bitter taste in the mouth.
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