Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 3 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 4 of 5

Good for families

Good for families if drivers stop speeding

We often stay here as it's close to family and we like the quiet location and the layout. It's one of our favourite sites and it's very dog friendly with easy walks on and off site. The only gripes we had were the usual ones which are very common on club sites. The first is the insistance of many site staff on cutting the grass at weekends. I know it has to be done sometime, but when you go away for a peaceful weekend it's really annoying plus the mowers the club uses are often incredibly noisy, there are much quieter machines available. Also, why does the club have a fetish for ensuring the grass doesn't grow more than an inch or two long? A much more serious problem was one that we now see more and more on club sites and that is speeding. We saw many instances of cars, solo and towing, and motorhomes clearly exceeding the 5mph limit; some must have easily been doing 15-20mph. Considering how small children could and often do run out from between caravans this sort of behaviour is dangerous. I myself experienced a caravan speeding towards me as I walked my dog, the driver, who was no youngster, was doing at least 15mph and clearly saw me and my dog, but rather than slow down he actually swerved past me and looked at me as if I was at fault for walking on the road!! Speeding on sites is more and more common and the club/wardens appear to be doing nothing about it. A simple solution would be to install electronic speed display boards, which enable everyone to see how fast someone is going (often when you complain to a warden about speeders they say they have no way of proving what speed someone was doing, even though, given that 5mph is a brisk walking pace, it is obvious when someone is speeding). Also speed bumps should be installed, any complaints that these damage caravans is nonsense as travelling over the rubber types at 5 mph does no damage at all, BUT IT DOES SLOW SPEEDERS DOWN. Rather than spend so much time cutting grass to within an inch of its lfe, the club should do more to stop people driving dangerously on their sites. I just hope that nobody is ever seriously injured or even killed by one of these idiots.
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