The calm after the storm
Being hardy motorhomers who use our van all year round, Storm Arwen hit the night before our planned trip to Nth Yorkshire. We checked all routes and arrived safely at the Wharfedale site only to be informed that they had no power, water or phone lines. We decided to stay anyway but alas, power was still off the following morning so we left. Not wanting to waste the last of our annual leave, we spontaneously rang Southport to see how they were affected by the storm and if they had availability. The receptionist who took our call was really helpful and sorted out our Wharfedale booking from her technology as neither the wardens at Wharfedale or ourselves could amend our initial booking. She advised us when to arrive but in an accommodating tone like if we were a bit early, due to our previous nights adventures, it would be fine. We were 10 mins early but welcomed onto site and with a short wait for the last of the departures, were able to check in and choose our pitch with ease. They had had some electric problems but had managed to isolate those pitches with issues and we still had lots of choice. We had used a lot of gas the night before but we're able to exchange our calor light on site which was great. The wardens were helpful, kindly spoken and visual around the site doing their maintenance and cleaning. We found them extremely approachable. The park behind the site had an event on so was closed from mid afternoon to set up. The beach is so accessible from the site and appeared to be a lot cleaner than the last time we visited. All amenities on site were clean and tidy. Unlike our last visit, reception did have a stock of basic supplies in to purchase. My only bug bear which is pretty consistent of all sites is the speeding of vehicles around the site and also cheating of the one way rules where applicable. As in life though, rules and regulations don't apply to all people. Thanks for the welcome Southport. We will be back.
Jack
Reviewed on 12/12/2021 05:58
