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Marred by noise

The Spinney is a large field adjacent to Giggers Green Road and 50 yards from the Royal Military Canal. It has views of the fields from all the pitches. It is also 100 metres away from some kennels. We were there for 19 nights from the beginning of May and at first I was dubious about the hook up and metering system-but all was well and the top up card was not needed despite us having the warm air heating on during the evenings and some mornings. The site is very well maintained with a washer and drier, an OS map of the area, various visitor leaflets etc. The gardener on site, Daniel (Wisley trained) needs a special mention. He is a credit to the place. Helpful, courteous, friendly and a purveyor of free eggs when he has too many! He can advise on all manner of things as well as opening the gate for you when he’s around. Thanks Dan, you were much appreciated. I can thoroughly recommend the site for stays of a week or less. The dog kennels are the reason why. The noise from there is very invasive. I didn’t notice at first but after a while the what seemed like continuous barking and occasional howling really started to grate. This can go on all day and sometimes into the late evening as well. This of course, is not the fault of the owner of the Spinney but is a real problem. Also be aware that the local farmers hate caravans with a passion and if you are faced with one whilst towing they will try their damnedest not to give way/slow down/reverse. This is from our experience. Another problem we had was with road noise. The site as I mentioned is adjacent to the road-it should be a quiet road but throughout the day isn’t. It’s a “rat run” to the coast. Again this isn’t the fault of the site owner but it ends up with the site not being quiet throughout the day and only in the night.
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The Spinney CL replied on 05/07/2022 00:22

Posted on 05/07/2022 00:22

Hi there,

Thank you so much for your feedback. 

I have been working closely with the kennels and since your stay, they have been far less noisy now. They have put in place measures to reduce the noise coming from there by example.. Not letting owners into the main kennel area as this can set them off and also by adding extra noise reducing material into the kennel itself.

We are also in the process of planting many rows of noise reducing shrubs and hedgerows to the south and west side of the field to also help with any noise from the road and kennels.

I will personally thank Danny for his committed hard work and for being so helpful to our guests. He really does help a great deal and deserves the recognition.

I hope that you can return in the future and see a big improvement on the noise levels. As I've explained to the kennels, this isnt something that any of my visitors should have to listen to.

Many many thanks and hope to see you again.

Sarah.