Our third visit in as many years to Brighton, love the site, love the location & of course love Brighton. We've got fold-up bikes so take the opportunity to cycle either 'east' to Rottingden on the cycle-way then come back via the promenade which is most enjoyable. 'West' takes you down to the Marine Parade then onto the cycle-way right past the Pier, past the Grand Hotel [lovely afternoon tea at a reasonable price] and onto towards Hove & Worthing. Very gentle cycling, just have to watch the 'kammi-kazzie' pedestrians who tend to wander in & out of the cycle lanes.
Sadly because of Covid-19 some of the pubs & restaurants, tea rooms & cafe's weren't open but it was still a great place to visit.
The wardens on site, as usual, were great. Under extreme pressure trying to cope with impatient guests trying to book in under tropical temperatures. "Only one person at a time in reception" that's fine with me, just means a little longer checking in, please don't moan they're doing the best they can under very difficult circumstances.
Facilities were spot on, I suppose you could query the way and/or number of showers/toilets/urinals were open/closed, but that's the CC's decision not the wardens. The 'band' system didn't really work but that was the 'inmates' rather than the wardens fault.
One of my biggest gripes is the dreadful Wi-fi at CC sites & sadly Brighton was no different, Air Angel who run the wi-fi offer the most appalling service known to man. We were less than 35' from a wi-fi pole & could we get online, could we heck as like. 11pm or 7am one out of every 10 tries got connected & even then coverage was useless. I'll give Air Angel their dues, I called & complained & after checking my coverage etc gave me a full refund.
Last grizzle, the state of the majority of pitches leaves a lot to be desired, We were there in the middle of the biggest heatwave in years, but the grass hadn't been cut for ages, was tall enough for a quick cut. The amount of weeds growing on the hardstanding was very evident, but the weed growth on the grassy area was dreadful. Can we blame Covid-19 for staff shortages I really don't know.
Would we go back? I'm not sure, Littlehampton is down the road so we may try that next time.
Lastly, the comments on the 'migrant campers' camped on the approach road is not really the CC's problem, allowing them in to use 'our' facilities is, so I would expect the CC to employ security from say 10pm to 7am to stop these infiltrators using our facilities which obviously doesn't help track & trace if a case of Covid-19 reared it's ugly head.
Apologies for the rather long saga, just saying what I see.
fox889
Reviewed on 23/08/2020 11:16
