Post Lockdown Visit
Cirencester Park was our first escape since December last year. It is a site we have been to before several times so we are familiar with it and its surrounds. The overriding concerns prior to going this year was the new access road. Like others I had seen videos and photos so I suppose I knew what to expect. The reality, at least with a motorhome, was pretty straightforward. On entering the road the sight lines are not particularly good but once on the road proper you have pretty good vision. We didn’t meet anyone on the way in so our arrival was easy enough. On the way out there were a couple of cars coming towards the site so I just waited for them to pass. We met one other car which kindly pulled into one of the laybys making it easy for us to pass. The arrival was well organised by site staff. We were asked for our membership card and what type of pitch we had booked and asked to enter the site and come back later to pay. Only one person in reception at a time. Once payment complete I was given the access fob and two rubber bands to the toilet block as part of the COVID restrictions. We never used the bands as we used our own facilities and I don’t do queuing for toilet blocks!! We had a serviced pitch which had a slight rearward slope which suited our motorhome so no other levelling required. Bollard included a TV connection. Quite why this was immediately above the tap I don’t know. I do wish the Club used F sockets rather than Co-Ax connectors. This site is 38 years old and perhaps would be planned differently if it was built today. No clearly defined paths to the toilet block or service points where we were so a lot of people walking between pitches. My Club WiFi subscription should have run out by now but luckily it had been extended by a couple of months for free which was nice. The site is very convenient for the town of Cirencester, particularly on foot. Two options, either walk back to the main road but much nicer to walk down past the cricket and tennis clubs and through Cirencester Park. Nearest supermarket is an excellent Waitrose about a mile from the site. Cirencester is a lovely market town with transport links. Don’t be put off by the new road.