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Sandeep Nagi
Better for young families
Our first visit touring our caravan to a non coastal retreat of 4 nights with our daughters 10 12 Check in was fast and informative The pitches are extra large You d fit two caravans on these and a car they re that big so there is ample space first time we hadn t needed to level our van which was amazing and each has privacy hedging with a grass embankment or back green space The facilities were clean and pleasant the showers and toilets had space not like usual jammed packed tiny cubicles The block is pleasantly warm the showers are lovely and hot with complimentary shampoo and body wash There are also hair dryers and baby bathing facilities Great to see a large squeegee to mop excess water away before after The grounds are well kept We saw staff keeping the grass trimmed and stones rubbish clear during the week days on the pitches and grounds The layout is well thought out Keeping the activities and pools down from site The maps are clear to follow My girls enjoyed clay modelling Assault course S mores and fire building Paddle boarding and kayaking Hats off to the lads particularly joe and another sorry didn t catch his name for their genuine enthusiasm and engaging our older kids when the weather was naff for fire building assault course or they were the only two booked in They were fantastic and worth the money we paid The dog compound is a good walking and ball throwing space and the agility and dog wash station a nice extra The cafe offers a nice selection of beverages cakes and savoury bites We didn t dine in properly The pool was fresh and a new experience the hot tubs were okay but get very murky late in the day after many people We had an incident where my daughter went into the kids beach pool and put her hands down in faeces totally unpleasant baby pools for you I guess but they quickly vacated everyone and dealt with the issue not that we returned As a first experience we enjoyed our stay Great for kids and families and it really is a dog friendly site The only points that I felt impacted our stay would be fair use policy of the hot tubs - we gave up waiting some days with hot tubs filled with young kids and teens going in and out of large groups ignoring the 5 max and hogging tubs They get quite yucky later on in the day as you can imagine so I didn t feel clean in them The hot tub and pools don t appear to be monitored We only saw a staff member two afternoons of the 5 days we stayed It would be great to have a small shop or vending machine just to sell milk or perhaps some snacks or biscuits too That was a big one for us - caravan fridges aren t big so having to drive off site every two days for milk was an inconvenience It would be nice if the cinema screenings were free on a book a place basis I thought 5 child was rather expensive so didn t utilise this The waste collection needed some attention although that s down to those overfilling bins and lazy people not availability Would be great to see some recycling bins as everything but glass was dumped together despite this i must stay the staff were friendly helpful The ladies on reception were just lovely