We've just come home from Rookesbury Park and what a super time we had. It's a large, very family orientated site which is immaculately maintained by amazing wardens. I say amazing because despite the mayhem caused by lots of happy campers, lots of small (and not so small) children on bikes, scooters, powered go karts etc, they kept smiling and kept that site in superb order. Every time we spoke with one of them, there were smiles, jokes and solid good humour. They have a brilliantly stocked shop, there appears to be a good children's playground and play area and, best of all, a big and entirely secure dog field plus a couple of doggy 'pit stops' around the site. Some of the hardstanding pitches seem a bit crowded, but there are a number of grassed field type areas and the pitches on those are huge. The site backs onto the forest and there is an access gate for walks and you can walk to Wickham (lovely village). Two toilet blocks and a lot of service points - really great. Hillhead beach is dog friendly and there's a lovely tea room with a garden, the Cricketers at Curdridge do a great Sunday lunch and are dog friendly and you can reach a number of interesting little villages and towns for a day out. Downside - well it was school hols and we expected noise. Maybe not the wild screaming and howling (children and parents) in the forest at 11pm, but never mind. There seemed to be lots of newbie caravanners and campers (yes, there are tents, brings a different dynamic to the site and some of the staff are not keen) - perhaps just borrowing gran's van or buying up an old one so they can have a staycation. But sadly many of them with a sense that the Club rules simply don't apply to them. So - gates left wide open (the one with the security pads of course), dogs unsecured and running around the site, driving far too fast around the site, a drone flying on the dog walking field (terrifying several of them - dogs that is!) and my big bugbear - loads and loads of unpicked up dog poo in the field (and, for the first time ever, outside our caravan - in the middle of breakfast! Yuk!! I had to ask the owner to pick it up. I was nice about it, despite the murder in my heart, and offered a poo bag). Now we have two big dogs with us and this dog poo stuff really infuriates me as it gives us responsible owners a bad name. As do the dear little doggies, unsecured and doing their own thing, wanting to be 'friendly' and visit our dogs and, indeed, our awning and caravan. The wardens said that they thought the behaviour was simply the crowd that were visiting whilst we were there so don't let it put you off (we weren't complaining, just apologising on behalf of the ignoramuses). We'd love to go again as it's close to us and has a really nice vibe. Maybe not during school holidays though!