Firstly, the booking system for this CL is brililant, instantly see if there's availability and pay by credit card, great comms from the owner via email prior to arrival so I knew exactly what to do, pitch allocation, gate code etc etc.
Although the field is large, it is only partly mown, but the 5 pitches themselves are mown short and level, clearly marked and with EHU and tap for each, which, with the option to drain direct into the hedge/fenceline, means they are in effect 'fully serviced'.
There is stacks to do in the local area and the nearby scenery is beautiful with walks onto the nearby chalk ridges, Ascott House and Waddesdon House (NT), college lakes nature reserve and Whipsnade Zoo all nearby and walks and nice cycling routes direct from the site too. The local pub is an 8 minute walk and serves food, although we only popped in for a drink, it looked very nice and beer was excellent.
My only small gripe is that the two 'pairs' of pitches are grouped quite close together in one end of what is a a really big field, I suspect there may have been complaints from a neighbouring property about seeing the vans across the field as there is a random fence erected in the middle of the adjacent field and some conifers recently planted, presumably to screen the view?? The individual pitches are a bit bigger than a club pitch as long as they are pitched on sensibly. I ignored the longer grass when manoeuvring as there was no way of getting the van on the pitch without driving over it and it sprang back OK.
Although we didn't see the owner during our stay, the email instructions and boards next to the taps gave us all the info we needed and he replied to an email query very quickly, so this wasn't a problem for us at all.
Aircraft noise was present at times, but not bad by any means. I guess it depends on the wind direction, we certainly didn't notice it at unsocial hours during our stay. There is zero road noise and other than that it is extremely peaceful with lots of wildlife about.
