Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and tranquility

Rated 4 of 5

Access to local places of interest

Rated 5 of 5

Beauty of surroundings and scenery

Rated 4 of 5

Ease of arrival/welcome

Disappointed!

This site on paper is everything we look for when we are looking for places to stay, sadly I cannot pin point why I didn't like it but i felt a little disappointed. Our welcome onto site was straightforward, we were shown our pitch and told there was no bins due to covid, were handed a bin bag and told to take any recycling to Appleby to dispose of!. No other site we have visited has dispensed of their bins and we also had a pile of dog poo bags on our pitch as there wasn't even a facility to get rid of them either on site or out and about. We noticed other dog owners doing the same. Our pitch wasn't level and even using ramps, we couldn't get right. We had a high hedge on one side of us and sadly the views everyone talks about were obscured by the empty bin storage facility and other units. Looking at the other pitches, they were much better placed for the views. The pitches were fully serviced and enormous, very much a positive for the money. The roaming hens were delightful to watch from the van. Plenty of walks from site but the lanes were quite busy and traffic fast moving. The many off road footpaths were either well overgrown or through fields with livestock in them and I will not use these as dogs and cows with there calves are not a good mix. Access to the site was easy and the site is very popular and reasonably priced. Nearest town is a good walk, 30/40 minutes but with no pavements so not ideal. Didn't observe any public transport in the close vicinity either. There is a train station at Appleby however. This site is perfect for those who tow as they can use their cars to get around the area or for 1 night stopovers maybe.

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Beamishgillie replied on 29/08/2021 20:56

Posted on 29/08/2021 20:56

This is nonsense, the black bags are a very sensible precaution so you are not handling a bin that has been handled by someone with covid - did you not understand that when you were told why? The dog poo goes in the black bag isn't that obvious? I've been going here for many years and never seen anyone complain before, the owners are caring, clean and sensible and the site is immaculate. You are very much in a minority.

Jack replied on 13/09/2021 10:30

Posted on 29/08/2021 20:56 by Beamishgillie

This is nonsense, the black bags are a very sensible precaution so you are not handling a bin that has been handled by someone with covid - did you not understand that when you were told why? The dog poo goes in the black bag isn't that obvious? I've been going here for many years and never seen anyone complain before, the owners are caring, clean and sensible and the site is immaculate. You are very much in a minority.

Posted on 13/09/2021 10:30

I have offered a balanced review based on MY stay here and all my points were valid for me and nothing I said was entirely negative. Your tone is passive aggressive and I hope never to have to pitch next to you and your very defensive manner!