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Quote: Originally posted by AUSTINS on 02/12/2012

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Dave, we had never been to Bideford ever till September...Lovely town...with a scarey bridge !  we had 1 reason only for going. The wifes childhood friend ( from age 3...to 21 yrs) moved to Bideford some 10 years ago...kept a pub!!!!!!. We never let on we were going, and it was a good job we made the effort...as the pub was just sold...and she had moved to a house locally. We found her packing up in the pub...had a coffee, yes honest, well I had a beer.And a good chat. We will be going back...and she is coming up here for Christmas if everything goes to plan, to stay with her sister. We stayed at Riverside Camping in S. Molton for 2 nights, and did a lot of motoring about for just 3 days...The wife used to work ( yes even as far away as the East Midlands) for Mole Valley Farmers...she finished in April.....so we went to have a look in the Pathfields shop whilst at S.Molton...we will be down to spend our money again next year.....we loved it.So despite the rotten weather this year....we shall return. In BIDEFORD the sun was shining all day. The Council is to be applauded, as it is costly to set this type of thing up...and so we Must use it. Cheers.

Thanks for that.

Incidently what did you think of the Riverside site. Reason I ask is a group of caravanning friends are coming down next March and I thought that might be a good base.

Are the toilets, Bar,cafe etc ok?

Nice to hear the sun was shining when you came, unfortunately like most places we have not been so lucky recently.

We retired and came down here at the end of 2009. Loving it.

 

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Quote: Originally posted by AUSTINS on 04/12/2012

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DAVE, Riverside, we had not booked the site, as we were touring about...the weather we were after brought us south at the time of year, however it did rain for about 2 hours 1 day. We stayed just the 2 nights...and were out all day both days. The cafe and club room were closed, as out of season...we were aware of this. Reception was very good and informative on our arrival. Everywhere was spotlessly clean ( out of season ?) and plenty of room on pitch, with water, tv point, drainage. and a picnic table.We chose the site for its proximity to MVF...and its large shop, from which we purchased Milk, bread...and Mmmmmm CAKES. Both the bread and cakes were farmers wife produce! The Milk from some udder place. We found the facilities to be superb...the ladies ( i am told) are code entry and both male and female conveniences were spotless again.The site was into large building works, and with the weather we had had for weeks, the ground was very wet. They, however, had made sure that none of the site was dirty, and no mud about at all from the diggers and earth moving trucks. It was amazing the cleanliness under the circumstances. We believe that this building work was for another new facility block at the far end of the new area of the site under construction, along with a permanent fuction type room. Truely thought had gone into making the least interuption as possible. Its an all year site, and I guess the trouble they were taking with the grass and roads etc was to protect the pitches they were creating and those already done. That 'new' part was not in use of course. I would say...use it for your friends. However in season, I bet it could be a very busy place, especially in school hoildays as it is a large site. We saw nothing that would prevent us from going again. xcept that now we know about Bideford lol.

 

Thanks for all the info on Riverside.

Very informative, although driving past it loads of times have never bothered calling in.

Im sure others on here will also benefit from your excellent review.

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Quote: Originally posted by AUSTINS on 04/12/2012

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DAVE, Riverside, we had not booked the site, as we were touring about...the weather we were after brought us south at the time of year, however it did rain for about 2 hours 1 day. We stayed just the 2 nights...and were out all day both days. The cafe and club room were closed, as out of season...we were aware of this. Reception was very good and informative on our arrival. Everywhere was spotlessly clean ( out of season ?) and plenty of room on pitch, with water, tv point, drainage. and a picnic table.We chose the site for its proximity to MVF...and its large shop, from which we purchased Milk, bread...and Mmmmmm CAKES. Both the bread and cakes were farmers wife produce! The Milk from some udder place. We found the facilities to be superb...the ladies ( i am told) are code entry and both male and female conveniences were spotless again.The site was into large building works, and with the weather we had had for weeks, the ground was very wet. They, however, had made sure that none of the site was dirty, and no mud about at all from the diggers and earth moving trucks. It was amazing the cleanliness under the circumstances. We believe that this building work was for another new facility block at the far end of the new area of the site under construction, along with a permanent fuction type room. Truely thought had gone into making the least interuption as possible. Its an all year site, and I guess the trouble they were taking with the grass and roads etc was to protect the pitches they were creating and those already done. That 'new' part was not in use of course. I would say...use it for your friends. However in season, I bet it could be a very busy place, especially in school hoildays as it is a large site. We saw nothing that would prevent us from going again. xcept that now we know about Bideford lol.

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Great review and could you also post it into the Campsites review place of the UKCS forum http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=7103