Second Time and Still Love it
Visited here again in Sept 2019 and still think this is a lovely campsite. Whilst we were on our journey there I started reading the recent reviews and was horrified to find some not so nice ones from Summer this year. Of course that started to put negative thoughts into my head. As always, arrival at a new site is a bit stressful when you are driving around trying to find the perfect pitch. We went down a dead end to find that somebody had beaten us to the two 'remaining' pitches, so back to reception and we sorted the muddle out and actually there was only one pitch left so we had no choice! We were on the main road around the site and only just fitted onto our pitch as we have an 8m caravan. After a bit of manoeuvring we were fine, got our awning up and the car fitted on no problem. Somebody in a previous review had moaned about it being very noisy in this area and of course this would not be our choice of pitch but actually it was fine, we didn't get disturbed by anybody else and had no issues at all. It was after the schools had gone back though but still very busy with adults. Facilities were always clean, staff very friendly and helpful, but the only thing to note is that the bus service stops around 7.30pm and the Community Bus that used to run until 11-ish is currently not running as they have no drivers. That is actually a massive loss to the campsite so just bear this in mind if you are having a couple of wines and need to get the bus back. A taxi from The Steam Packet Inn down in Kingswear back to the campsite cost us £14 and it's only about 2 miles! The ferries across to Dartmouth are very frequent, we recommend going to Dartmouth Castle, going on a boat trip around the harbour, a trip out to Blackpool Sands if you have no dog, or Slapton Sands if you do have a dog. Also the walk down to Man Sands is lovely, gets the heart pumping on the way back, but is so worth it. The beach is dog friendly too and really lovely. I still love this campsite and will be returning. The only complaint we had was that the real ale in the bar was rubbish (from the men).
JohnandMax
Reviewed on 22/09/2019 16:19
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