We have just returned from our 5th visit to this site as we were due to go at Easter but Covid arrived and everything stopped. I have read several of the more recent reviews and there seems to be repeated comments about this site not having facilities. The comments aren't necessarily negative but I wonder when the website states that there are no facilities, this needs repeating on every review and also that surely the price paid per night during peak is so much less then a site with facilities, what do folk think they are paying for. We prefer the difference in price to pay for more nights away and wish there were more sites like this on the network. I might also add that some clientele are not always respectful with provided facilities and therefore during the current virus crisis, there is no way we would be using shared facilities with strangers.
This site always has always provided us more over with the quiet down time needed and this visit although a lot busier then previous visits was no different. There was a host of electrical problems dealt with by the wardens and contractors as quickly as they could. The dog walks from site are endless and the doggy play paddock is a godsend. The grass cutting and hedge cutting was a little excessive, yes grass needs cutting to keep the site tidy looking but the hedges could have been seen to before opening up the site after lock down. I am also curious as to why glass is not recycled separately like plastics and paper etc and is just to be put in with general waste. I also think that sanitiser dispensers could be provided by the water / waste / refuge and elsan points. Yes, this is an extra cost and another job for the wardens but it would also promote personal responsibility to be covid alert and lesson the risk of surface spread. We have had a weekend jolly at a privately run site where this is done with no negative issues at all, in fact most patrons of that site welcomed it.
My only real issue again and not just at Englethwaite but network wide is the need for drivers to have a lead foot on the gas pedal and speed around the sites. For some folk though, rules and regulations only apply to everyone else.
If you need facilities, playgrounds, public transport, clubhouse, excellent mobile signal or a supermarket within a stones throw then this site is not for you.
It will be 2021 sadly before we visit again but we will be back as this is our little haven less than 2 hours journey time from home with easy access and great friendly warden and at affordable prices.
Jack
Reviewed on 19/08/2020 13:45
