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shyoungs replied on 03/08/2022 17:26
Posted on 03/08/2022 17:26
The problem with the hook-ups took a couple of days to fix, but the wardens were on the case very quickly when a guest who was an electrician drew their attention to his electrified campervan body! An on-call electrician was there very quickly to diagnose, and work started next day. Several posts needed rewiring. Our solar panel served us well, TV/FireStick & 12v systems worked well, and gas ran the fridge and cooker/kettle. We're fitting a fixed 120w panel to the roof before our next trip, a decision confirmed by this experience. Might even try budget pitches without a hook-up.
I said the site was getting a bit tired, nowhere more so that the portacabins by the field which are pretty tatty. They are very handy though for those of us who like a lie-in on our hols as we don't have to get up for work, as they don't close for cleaning until 2pm. Fabulous! Please don't take them away, just maybe spruce them up or replace with better units.
For those wanting to visit the truly gorgeous beach at Bossiney Cove that appears at low tide and can be seen from the site, a word of warning. The main access path is closed due to rock falls, and the back-up route isn't easy. The last bit is an abseil down a knotted rope! I did walk down there once, but it wasn't accessible for my wife, and I was very glad I didn't try to get my paddleboard down there - might not have got back-up! If you don't go there, any beach is a drive. Widemouth probably the nearest, but a bit disappointing and half is used by dogs even in peak season so not a place I'd want to expose my bare feet to. Bude was heaving and not a lot of fun in peak season. Bossiney is just amazing, like a desert island, unspoilt and uncommercialised.
Finally just a message for the webmaster should they see this (unlikely I know!) Paragraphs seem to work in replies, but not in the review box. My review ended up a single block of text even though that isn't how I wrote it. Also it would be handy if markdown was allowed for formatting, would make longer reviews easier to read.
Moderator Comment - I suspect that when the review section was designed they hadn't envisaged that people would write reviews to such a long length so a single para would not seem out of place. Also, if you don't mind me saying much of what you wrote was not really so much a review as a critique of other members regarding arrival times? Not really the point of a review? I can understand that you may wish to balance other reviews but much of what you say about ealy arrivals has been discussed at length in the Discussion area and as people get used to the change of arrival time hopefully it will become less of an issue.
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