Great Location
The site located above Exeter is a great location for exploring this part of Devon, and in particular Exeter City. We used the Park and Ride to get into the city, buses every 10 mins. and if you have an over 60's bus pass, it costs nothing, far better than paying city car parking, and less frustrating than being stuck in the traffic, a situation we know well when trying to get to a friends house.
We arrived with one wet awning from our previous stop, so put it up to get dry. Problem, which I don't think is mentioned in the directory, not only did I finish up with a series of bent ROCK PEGS, out came the hammer as the mallet was a pretty useless implement to use to get the pegs into the ground---- sorry rock! We were on a hard standing, but I was informed the grass is not much better -------Club please note.
We have scored only 3 ticks on the facilities purely on the basis that although the toilet blocks were spotless, thank you Wardens for doing a great job, the provision of the facilities lies with the Jockey Club. Shower cubicles may be described as cramped, with no provision of a shower curtain, so if one is a little careless there is a great danger of inadvertently showering one's clothing or dropping clothes onto the soaked floor while juggling belongings on the single hanging point. This was not helped as a previous user had removed the stool to get more space, and hidden it outside the cubicle under some benching, only discovered as exiting the cubicle! One may find oneself standing to the side of the W C so as to get the door closed, and the open washbasin area becomes cosy when three or four are in the area. If one has been used to our Club's Prime Sites, this is somewhat back to basics, yet adequate.
The views in this wide expanse of countryside is something to behold, but in adverse weather conditions with strong winds, this site must be quite exposed.
I note in another report that someone has commented about the noise of traffic on the A38. We did not experience this, and I would suggest wind direction plays a part in this possible annoyance. We experience the roar of the M25 at a distance of 4 miles when there is a NW'ly wind as an example.
Overall a good site and we will most definitely use again when we return to this area with the van.
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