Sorry to say, very bad experience

paulat replied on 22/06/2018 17:23

Posted on 22/06/2018 17:23

try to phone them at 8.45, no answer, went to site to find we where given no choice in what pitch we could have and asked if we would like to go else where and they would phone.

as we have a dog, the pitch had no shade and protection from the sun, we asked several times if there was any thing else, again offered a refund?.( animal welfare)

husband parked to be told to turn the van a round into the sun and next to a bar b q  to next doors caravan, because of fire regs?

it was my birthday, motorvan and caravan club needs to think about animal welfare and needs of there members.

when I replied I have a dog they did not care, we are very upset

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SteveL replied on 24/06/2018 08:41

Posted on 24/06/2018 08:41

As apart from this post the OP's only other activity is two reviews over 4 years, I doubt they will be back. Hopefully, if it was a way of letting of steam, it has made them feel better.

Personally I don't think the 8:45 is pm. Otherwise by the time they got to the site and pitched,  the sun would have been setting in the south of  England and even in the north, not high enough to pose much of an issue. They could then perhaps have sorted another pitch / site the next day.

hooker128 replied on 24/06/2018 10:32

Posted on 24/06/2018 10:32

Animal welfare is entirely the owner's responsibility, if you take any animal onto a club site or a CL for that matter you must look after its needs,nobody else should be made envolved in it.

KeithandMargaret replied on 24/06/2018 11:03

Posted on 24/06/2018 11:03

I think the OP is perfectly reasonable in their requests and I too have drawn up a list of 'Wants' I will require when I next visit a UK Campsite.

Pitch should be not too near the toilets – the hoi polloi are usually chattering to their friends/relatives especially around breakfast time and could disturb me on their way to and from the Urinal block.

All dogs should be mute within a 100 yard vicinity of my pitch – any noise from them should be followed by eviction of them and their owners.

An exclusion zone around my pitch to keep dogs away from soiling my personal space and stopping people from crossing my pitch as a 'rat run' to wherever they are going.

No Bird feed devices within 50 yards of my pitch to avoid the feathered pests splattering me and my belongings in defecation.

On my Birthday would they please provide a Cake, not too many candles which could divulge my advancing years, and a rendering of 'Happy Birthday' by my fellow campers would, as they say, put the icing on the cake on such a happy day in my life.

A largish, but not overhanging, tree either side of my pitch to provide shade, but not to deposit sap, is vital to help me avoid the bright red hue of my camping compatriots whose aim seems to be to get sunburnt and then be hospital bound.

As far away as possible from those with flashing lights at night as they invite the criminal types to the 'Look what I've got' camper with its fast draining battery.

As far as possible from the smelly Cassette emptying point but still within easy walking distance so my wife isn't exhausted after her journey with the cassette to and from the disposal point.

There are other more intimate hygiene questions that I will discuss with the Owner or Warden on my arrival but are of no interest to you.

This list is a minimal requirement - there are other 'wants' but I'll not burden them on you or you'll think I'm too aloof from my camping compatriots.

moulesy replied on 24/06/2018 11:11

Posted on 24/06/2018 11:11

Ha Ha, very good K & M - it's a good job you went into detail though, because only the first few words of your post appear in latest activity.

Actually, although of course I may well be wrong, I suspect this is yet another of the weekend wind ups which have become very evident over the last few weekends. undecided

Cornersteady replied on 25/06/2018 15:28

Posted on 24/06/2018 11:11 by moulesy

Ha Ha, very good K & M - it's a good job you went into detail though, because only the first few words of your post appear in latest activity.

Actually, although of course I may well be wrong, I suspect this is yet another of the weekend wind ups which have become very evident over the last few weekends. undecided

Posted on 25/06/2018 15:28

I think you're right about the WWU

moulesy replied on 26/06/2018 19:29

Posted on 23/06/2018 17:18 by JillwithaJay

Would the OP please return to the thread with more information or details of what action they have taken, otherwise the thread will be locked as, without further information, it serves no useful purpose.

Thank You.

Posted on 26/06/2018 19:29

Time to do just that I think,  Jill. The OP doesn't seem sufficiently exercised to come back with any more information. undecided

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