Lovely CL with choice of 7 pitches, although one is smaller than the others which are very generous. There is a well kept little play area and two individual shower rooms that are fully equipped with large shower, sink, toilet etc and each pitch has its own water tap. Shower rooms are individually designated one male/one female and as the site is small timing is not usually a problem. There was even an evening visit from an ice cream van on occasion. Whilst we were there the site had a mixture of very short stays and longer ones so sometimes full and always interesting. It is a very short drive from the motorway and easy to find with clear instructions. Penrith is about 5 minutes drive away and it’s worth knowing about the 3hrs free parking at Sainsburys/New Squares, the 1hr disk scheme and 2hrs parking at M&S. It is a very compact town so all the parking is close by and we happily browsed the town and had lunch with the free parking several days. You have Keswick and Carlisle relatively short drives away but beware of going westwards and the Hardknott Pass. Lovely owners, always busy and on top on things, cleaning, mowing etc. Was initially dubious of the electric cap, people worry enough about things like that at home without having the added pressure of it on holiday however: we used things as ‘normal’ for the first 24hours and used just under 10 units. By turning off the 24hr heated towel rail, only heating the water once a day, minimal heating due to nice weather and gas for brews instead of electric, we averaged under 6 units a day. We don’t have a TV and any heating was restricted to a partitioned 1/3 of the caravan. If we had been a large caravan with family and it was a cold spell our usage would no doubt have been much more but for us in summer, it was not a problem and an interesting exercise in use. And of course, we could have made more use of the gas. All round brilliant site.
