Why concrete pitches?
I think there is nothing more infuriating than setting up your pitch only to find that you have to move to another…hang on, no, I tell a lie; its more infuriating to find out that reception knew your chosen pitch had a concrete foundation that the hardest of pegs could not penetrate, but failed to inform you.
There are quite a few negatives in this review but to be fair the site is reasonably good, is close to facilities and we would consider it again if we wanted to visit Brighton. The staff were friendly enough but the changeover rate gave it feel of a commercial operation rather than a CC site. It is large, busy site with a sizeable camping area perfectly located to give access to Brighton. There is building site noise from next door but we did not find it impinged on our stay at all.
The showers were adequate though a little cramped. The toilets and ablutions were cleaned well every day…but why do some people have an aversion to using loo brushes, just a lack of respect to others. And talking of respect, I had the bizarre experience of someone actually overtaking me on the site because I dared to adhere to the 5mph limit. I swear one outfit must have been near 25mph at one point.
There is no dog walk on-site but there is a large park area a few hundred yards from the gate. Now this is fine if you have young fit dogs and you are pitched close to the gate. Not good if you have a couple of old dogs that cannot walk far and your pitch is on the top part of the site. I needed to use the car to get them out for a walk. There appears to be plenty of room for a small dog run so why not make one?
Brighton is an interesting place but very expensive to park anywhere. We planned to use the Volk railway but it is currently closed. A note on the site entry might be useful.
Oh, and the number of the pitch we had to move from…well that would spoil the fun…OK, it was 125.
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