Now that the new season is here can we just warn anyone intending to stay here to be extra vigilant and careful where they site their van.We were here at the end of August last year and parked in an area where there are no trees just fencing.We were having our evening meal when we were suddenly pelted by stones thrown by local yobs(yes even Gloucester has them!). The damage to our caravan ran into hundreds of pounds and we even our car was hit.How we weren't injured is a miracle. Wardens simply said it had happened before and we could claim on our insurance.Apparently the area in question was cordoned off but don't know if it still is.We were told that a lady had previously been injured by a flying stone. If you must stay here then just be careful-it has cost us a lot of money and could have been avoided if steps had been taken earlier to prevent this happening.We were sitting targets.
Comment from The Club:
As you have quite rightly stated, we had unfortunately suffered a small number of incidents of stone throwing by local children during your stay. As all incidents were within a very small window and had been reported at the time to the local Police, it was trusted that this was an isolated occurrence and there was no reason at the time to believe this would continue.
Once it had become evident that this was not an isolated occurrence, an immediate decision was taken by The Caravan Club to remove the usage of a number of pitches that were at risk of further attack and as such we regrettably had to cancel a number of bookings as our reduced capacity could not accommodate our bookings however I am sure you will agree this was the most sensible option and demonstrates a care of duty to our members.
Please be assured that through working closely with the Head Teacher of the local School and assisting the Police in their investigations by providing CCTV footage as well as digital images the wardens had managed to capture on their camera phones, these matters were promptly dealt with within the community and no further occurrences have since taken place. We do not consider there to be any further risk at this site but we are very sorry that you were affected by this during your stay.
