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HaydnandGail
Reviewed on 14/04/2023 12:18
A beautiful site nestled in a scenic corner of Ullswater. Peaceful and tranquil but beware. The site is very small and compact. Not too much room for caravans, and in my case motorhomes. I had to manoeuvre onto the pitch which, although when looking at it looks ok, is very tight for a 7.6m motorhome. The reason it’s very tight, is that there are a lot of rocks and boulders being used as, well I don’t what they are used as. Yes, I drove over one and ripped a panel off and smashed a fibreglass panel. It was my fault, I should have been more careful but are the boulders necessary, I don’t think so. A great shame. A stunning site that I’d be more than happy to visit again, I just think the rocks and boulders are pointless. I’m dreading the cost of the repairs.
Comment from the Club
We are so pleased you found this CL Site beautiful but are really sorry to read you damaged your motorhome. The Site Manager has been in touch to advise these are glacial boulders, left in the area some thousands of years ago. They have never been raised as an issue before and no other incidents of this type have occurred as far as they are aware so we are really sorry you experienced this during your stay.
A favourite site of ours. We had a fairly level pitch with plenty of sunlight and our own picnic table. Deadly quiet at night but during the day there is more noise than I remember from my last visit. The nearby hall now offers residential adventure schools which can involve excited children. The gardener also enjoyed riding his petrol mower around the grounds for what seemed like an extraordinary long time. We spent most of our time walking in the area and enjoyed good food at Helvellyn Kitchen, very good full breakfasts and dog friendly. The waterfall wood walk was closed due to unsafe trees which was disappointing as it’s so pretty, hopefully this will be remedied soon. If I could change one thing on site it would be a water tap and both ends of the site as moving a motorhome to the only tap is a pain and blocks the gate. The free WiFi is ok if a little slow and tv signal is weak.
Just returned home after 3 nights at this perfect site. As a base for bagging some Wainwrights it doesn’t come much better than this. I reckon you could do a different walk every day for a couple of weeks without having to move your van. Our idea of heaven. Spotless facilities and wifi that enabled me to stream football on my phone (wife had fallen asleep by then, Helvellyn had finished her off 😂) All in all an excellent site in an amazing location. We will definitely be back, we do have another 209 Wainwrights to bag after all.
Ian Wright
Reviewed on 06/11/2019 22:17
