I thoroughly always enjoy my stays at Stonehaven. The site is in an ideal location near the beach, the town and great recreational facilities. It is also handy for the X buses to and from Aberdeen. Being a newly upgraded site from the old council run site, the facilities are first rate and conveniently located in the middle of the site making easy access for everyone. And, that is the point of this review. I cannot understand why Stonehaven seems to be in the vanguard when it comes to reserving pitches for certain categories of members. One of the great things about the CC is that pitches are taken on a first come first served. However, at this site the morning I left there were at least 3 pitches with red cones on them reserving them. I do not know the criteria for reserving a pitch but one of them should not be the possession of a blue badge. One of the criteria for a BB is being unable to walk 20 metres without hardship. Given that the facilities are in a central location, unless someone is extremely disabled ie unable to walk at all, there should be no need to reserve any pitch. Last year at Stonehaven, I arrived saw a pitch I would like to take and was told it was reserved for a 'disabled' person. I took another pitch and when the couple who got the reserved pitch arrived , they sorted themselves out and both proceeded to walk into the centre of Stonehaven which is a good ten minute walk. So either the CC have a pitch booking system similar to Braemar have introduced or stop reserving pitches for anyone and get back to first come first served.