Unfortunate experience
We have stayed at many CAMC sites and have usually had positive experiences. I have to say, this site was the exception to the rule. The location is lovely and it's a great base from which to explore the local area, excluding traffic conditions. However, it seems as if the wardens make things complicated which needn't be. When we arrived 7 minutes before 1pm, there was a queue of motorhomes and caravans. This unfortunately blocked the access road in and out of the site for the people already in. The wardens stood watching the queue grow and gave the 'okay' for the first campers at 1.01pm.
When we eventually made it to check-in all seemed okay. We found the pitch and I rushed off to the bathroom, only to find a keypad not previously mentioned. I hurry to the office where they were still checking people in to ask for the key pad code. They refused to give it to me until I told them the pitch number... which I hadn't made note of before going to the bathroom. This meant back to the pitch again, back to the office again and then finally to the toilets. Ridiculous.
The access/exit by foot is blocked so that everyone is herded through barriers which land in front of the office door. Awesome trying to manoeuvre through when queues are filled with dogs, children and people waiting to get access to the one person at time office.
The inflexibility of the wardens was surprising and disappointing. We left our pitch early as a result. As lovely as the location was, we'll never return to this campsite.
