Well kept site, but facilities looking very tired now.
We Have been coming to this site since 2008, Easter,Summer and Autumn, and the site has always been immaculately kept by the many wardens over the years to present. The sound of the mowers can be a bit annoying every day as a result, but it’s a large site to maintain. The wardens are friendly and helpful, although Saturday some were flapping a bit as a lot of new arrivals were queuing, and we felt slightly annoyed when were confronted by two ladies telling us to move our m/h, because we were holding up proceedings. It felt a little bit like “ you’ve had your holiday, now go! No thanks for coming, hope to see you soon. I had only gone to hand the pitch number back to the office, and no caravans were parks up then. The site was busy during our stay, which I expect this time of year, so the wardens work is cut out. What I have noticed is that members attitudes have changed a lot over the years, with respect to others staying on site. Parents are responsible for their children and dogs, not the wardens. Why do parents allow their children to kick footballs around the pitches, when their is a dedicated ball field? I remember when the dog field was bigger until the ball games field was carved out of it. Just a shame no one clearly uses it. We saw cars and caravans hit, without any parent guidance, so it’s easy to see why tempers would fray, after all I’m sure the parents wouldn’t like their pride and joy being walloped. Kids on bikes cutting across pitches is a real pain too, as well as other members walking across or through your pitch. Where is the respect for others and their privacy? Some dog owners seem to think the fairies pick up their pets poo at night. It’s a great area for the dogs to run around in, but spoilt because of dog mess that could be put in the bin provided. None of this is the warden fault, but I’m sure they take the rap for it in other reviews, which isn’t fair. On the whole, we enjoyed our stay, but feel that given gradual increases in pitch fees and membership over the years, it really is about time the shower blocks had a major refit. They are clean, but looking worse each time we have stayed. Come on club, you can’t say that this site is under performing, especially with the clubs usual hike in school holiday tariff and the extra cramming of pegs for the season. It doesn’t quite feel like value for money any more, but we do like it all the same. Will we be back? I’m not so sure this time tbh, which is a shame. Our daughter has grown up, our dogs our older, so the field is not such an important factor for running around off lead letting off steam. And I guess we are starting to prefer smaller tranquil sites, where their is some mutual respect from fellow members on what is acceptable and what is clearly not. It really is amazing how aggressive some members can get should you dare politely point many of the problems we encountered during our stay. Maybe the club could offer anger management courses, as well towing courses!
