stayed here for the first time and arrival is from 12 noon, site is located next to the main road but not too noisy. Wardens were lovely and quite hard working, grass was kept really short which was nice. Facilities are very old generation and in need of refurbishment but kept spotless. When you come away on holiday you want some privacy and peace and quiet and annoyingly as other visitors have commented, be aware on 37/38/39 pitches people do cross over your pitch to get to the toilet block as there too lazy to keep to the roadway so we ended up putting up our windbreak to stop the annoyance of people at all hours tramping over your pitch, wardens should think about putting up a wire fence as they have in Southport or just letting the grass or nettles grow taller in the middle to prevent this. Nice walks along a tree and river lined footpath/ cycle track, was c 30 mins to Banchory town centre, we stumbled over the Banchory lodge hotel enroute, what a gem this was, you will pass a wooden hut and a few yards further on you will come a gap in the hedge to some houses follow the road around to the left and you will come to the hotel down on the lhs. Great food and drinks and excellent location sitting out on the lawned area. Took the bus into Ballatar and Braemar which was an nice to wander around but long trip on a bumpy road. Also walked to the railway in the opposite way, a lovely walk and found a small hamlet of shops, Miltons cafe was great, a few hundred yards on you come to Crathie castle grounds which we loved, fantastic walks through mature forests for hours. Castle gardens are nice and close by was a coffee shop. Will come back next year