Fully serviced pitches well spaced hard standing
We stayed for 8 days here. We like to use our own facilities and prefer out of the way places so this CL suited us as the fully serviced pitches made life easier. There is a road behind the hedge with light traffic and some farm vehicles but it was quite during the night. We didnt expect a greeting and there was none but contact via email with the owners to book was good, and the owner called to confirm everything as there was an issue with something. There are envelopes and a letter box to post money into on a small kiosk presumably housing the electic fuses etc. We didnt see the owners but we were out most days. There is a walk marked on a map to the beach/pub (High Newton?) but we didnt work this out. The site is well laid out. The place is basically sitting in a field so I dont understand why the EHU terminals have lights on them, this is probably why the council is objecting to the hardstandings (they cant object about the CL itself.) as some houses across the field. It was very wet when we were there and the grass was a bit soggy. The hardstandings stayed dry. We had the place to ourselves for a few days midweek but was up to capacity at the weekend. Good location for lovely beaches and touring the area, Alnick (pronounced Annick, well I didnt know...), Seahouses Craster Beadnal and Bamburgh all easy reach. The Greys Inn pub in Embleton is a welcoming locals place with decent pub food. The host was friendly and they are very dog friendly. We left ours in the car as busy with a darts match and then the local football on the TV. We visited the Joiners Arms a few times. Its a "Gastro Pub" with a decent range on the menu. Again very dog friendly. Our neightbour told us the Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel was well worth a visit but we didnt. The Landing at Beadnall Bay was good for a dog friendly breakfast and coffee. Also visited Craster and Seahouses smokehouses for kippers. The Seahouses ones were the best overall and had a good range of other fresh and smoked fish. The Fish Shack in Amble was well worth a visit (with your dog). We had an issue with the car and can reccomend the local garage in Embleton.
