Disappointing Attitude
My wife, dogs and myself have been visiting Moreton campsite for seven years, often multiple times a year. As a Motorhome owner the ability to walk into town is very important to us, Moreton has become one of our favourite sites.
I would imagine like most visitors we need to travel over a hundred miles to visit the site, as we are all aware this year more than most the traffic is very unpredictable making planning an arrival time difficult. Not wanting to spend all day stuck in traffic we got up early and arrived mid-morning, we went to the local garden centre and had a wonderful breakfast and bought some great meat from the in-house butcher. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.
The car park was getting busy at the garden centre, so not wishing to overstay our welcome we set off to the site at 12.40 Hrs. When we arrived there was a large sign placed in the entrance saying no arrivals until 13.00 Hrs fair enough I thought we are 15 minutes early and were not the first to arrive. How wrong was I !
The Warden greeting explained I was 15 minutes early, when my wife explained I had a long drive and had not wanted to over stay my welcome at the garden Centre, He abruptly interrupted me and said we should have stayed there.
As it turned out we were not alone with the disgraceful time keeping as the whole entrance filled up with guests also wishing to check in at 12.50. At 13.00 we were allowed to check in.
Firstly I would like to say I understand there must be rules but surely there must be some common sense? And surely after a long drive when people are tired and possibly stressed from the holiday traffic there could be some latitude? If that is not possible surely the wardens should show some empathy.
I have been a member for many years and have never encountered this issue before and I sure like most of us, yes I occasionally turn up early.
When we visit the sites we are on holiday that seems to get forgotten occasionally.
On the positive side Moreton was as good as ever the site is very clean and the new pitches are much better. I hope the improvements continue.
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