Just back from 14 nights at Hunters Moon!
We were subjected to 14 sleepless nights listening to constant barking of dogs 24/7 and cockerels joining in for good measure all coming from the Council run Traveller site next door, horrible to say the least, you need to drink extra to try to knock yourself out so you can sleep, not good at all.
The site manager also decided to ban all BBQs on site for the entire 14 nights, this ban was still in place when we left on 26th August!
We could all understand that using charcoal/solid fuel BBQs was perfectly understandable in the current dry spell (we have never ever had so much rain during our Dorset holiday, it poured most days) so thats another reason not to ban BBQs!!
But to also ban Cadacs/gas BBQs etc is crazy and should never have happened! I was so frustrated I contacted the next local CAMC Site to ask if they had also banned BBQS, they said no, and were shocked to find out that we could not even use Gas?
So I drove two hundred yards up the road to Wareham Forest Tourist Park, yes its in the forest, to look around and find everyone cooking using their BBQs, even the tents pitched the Forest Glades and on grass were cooking with BBQs????
When I asked the Site Manager why we could not use BBQs and a site a few hundred yards up the road in the same forest could, he explained to me he had done his "risk assessment" and even with the heavy rain thought it too risky???????
I always thought one of the highlights of the campsite atmosphere was to be able to cook outdoors, with a drink in one hand and soak up the lifestyle!
Do yourself a favour, stay clear if you want some sleep etc, etc!!
j100bba
Reviewed on 30/08/2022 15:45
