The Thirsk site is in a great location only a few minutes walk from town. Lots of places to walk and lots of dog friendly pub. The toilets on site need a desperate upgrade. My problem was the locking of the site down as there were travellers in the area and also the attitude of the staff. We were told the site was being locked as travellers were apparently in the area. This was fine though we did not know that this meant that we could not WALK of site as the barriers were chained across the entire entrance. A sign with a phone number on it said call and the staff would come and open the gate. We called twice on the way out with no response so had to climb over the gate and lift our not small flat coat retriever over as well. On returning as 8.30 again we called with no response so again climbed over the gate. At 10pm while walking our dog in the designated area I heard an elderly couple trying to get onto site. They had rang the number with no response and were attempting to climb the gate. I volunteered to go to the office to get someone to open the gate. When the member of staff got down the couple had managed to climb the gate. As you can imagine the elderly gentlemen gave out stating that there was no need to have closed the site. The attitude from the staff was deplorable - they told the elderly gentleman that if he hadn't drunk so much he could have climbed the gate and gave the couple some other choice words. Talking to some other couples on site they mentioned that there were two couples who managed the site and one coupled were fantastic and the other hateful. My problem is that with all the funds received by CAMC I find it hard to understand why there is no gate to stop cars and motorhomes entering site while still allowing people on foot to enter and leave. My second problem was the attitude of the staff it was deplorable and hopefully this elderly couple have complained officially for the way they were treated. Although Thirsk site is in a great location until I see it has a proper gate and new staff I for one will not be returning.