Disappointing stay. Tired site in need of investment.
First time on this site. we had a nice friendly welcome from the warden who told us about the two sides to the site, one with sea views and the other without. With the bad weather forecast for the week he suggested we avoid the site with sea views. Glad we took his advice as the weather was pretty grim. Some of the grass pitches became very waterlogged and had to be taped off and with the strong winds we had ongoing noise from the tape flapping in the wind. In heavy rain, the 'entrance' side of the site is inundated with runoff water. The Covid safe rules were inconsistent with other sites and the wardens seemed to be over sensitive and cautious to us. We thought that the shower block should have been open on the morning of 17th as per guidelines but we were told that they would not be open until after cleaning that day. Surely these facilities could have been made ready the day before! Also, the toilet block was closed 15 minutes before the time indicated "to allow for steam to leave the building" before the wardens enter to carry out cleaning. The signs should have displayed this practice. On departure we did see that the wardens implemented the same practices for access to toilet blocks as other sites.We echo the words someone else adding their comments that the wardens were rarely visible and one I did ask about the toilet timing schedule was very defensive and not really sympathetic. I agree with the previous reviewer that wardens really need to be more proactive in speaking to their visitors whilst restrictions are still in place. Throughout the day you could hear a sound like a gun shot, whether this was the local farmer using noises to frighten off birds I don't know but it could get a little annoying. The toilet block and showers were not up to standard and require modernising. We will not be revisiting this particular site.
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