A lovely site in a great setting. We enjoyed our 5 days here and it is one we will be returning to. All the usual facilities at a standard you would expect from the CC. Buxton is a great town to visit and go shopping in and is only a couple of minutes away. It is worth noting two things though, firstly, once again whilst visiting a CC site, the peace and tranquillity of what is otherwise a beautiful setting in the heart of the peak district was spoiled by inconsiderate dog owners allowing their dogs to bark uncontrollably all day long. In particular there was one 2 pitches away from us and it wasn’t even as though the dog was unattended, it was at their feet as they sat their drinking whilst it barked away!!. Unfortunately though, it wasn’t the only dog to be doing this and as the site is in ‘the bowl’ of a quarry, the barking echo’s and can be heard all around the site from top to bottom, I am surprised the staff don’t do more to control it? It must be said that the vast majority of dog owners do control their dogs behaviour and barking and it is always the minorities that are either oblivious to the nuisance it causes other users or simply don’t care. The other point is the wifi. Whilst accepting that £25 per annum is cheap for wifi access across the caravan club network, it is mostly unusable at every site, as we have tried to use it at many CC sites this season. It is VERY slow at Buxton and unusable on our pitch, as we were at the bottom end of the site and could not get connected at all, so had to go to the top of the site near the office just to get connected. When we did, the speed is still so slow it is only fit for sending emails with no attachments, forget anything else that involves any sort of data usage (including web surfing, streaming etc), as your patience will get the better of you (if hyperthermia doesn’t first). I don’t know why the CC club continues to use Air Angel as their wifi supplier, as it is the speed of ‘dial up’ at every site and they are by far the worst supplier of wifi out there. We keep our caravan at a non CC club site on a seasonal pitch, which also uses Air Angel and the wifi there is also completely unusable, so we don’t bother any more. Other sites to see are the caverns and caves of Derbyshire and although there is Pooles Cavern in Buxton, the Blue John Mine about 10 miles away is by far the better one to visit, although be warned it has 249 steps down and you have to come back up! We will be returning to Buxton as we really like the site and the area.
