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Persongnight jim bob
25/6/2009 at 10:18pm
 Location: somewhere over the rainbow
 Outfit: bear lake 6 bailey moselle View gnight jim bob's Profile View Profile   Reply to gnight jim bob Reply   Quote gnight jim bob Quote  
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i just have a quick look usually about a month


PersonMiss&MrCamper
25/6/2009 at 10:20pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Vango Orchy 400 View Miss&MrCamper's Profile View Profile   Reply to Miss&MrCamper Reply   Quote Miss&MrCamper Quote  
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Quote: Originally posted by Carolbay on 25/6/2009

I'm another avid reader of site reviews. I find it so useful and although we have not been camping long we have gone to nice sites because of the time taken trawling through reviews. My priorities are in order -

1. Clean and modern toilet facilities,

2. EHU (for life's little luxuries)

3. easy access to site and on site for getting onto pitches,

4. noise and behavior control,

5. Not too far from coast (love the sea),

6. Shop, (early morning papers, croissants and milk)





from your list ours would be

1
5
4
6



The reviews are great but the moment we see a bad one it tends to put us off and sometimes I wonder if we are missing out on good locations just because of one or two bad reviews!


Personthetootells
27/6/2009 at 7:49pm
 Location: Lancs.
 Outfit: Easycamp Taranto View thetootells's Profile View Profile   Reply to thetootells Reply   Quote thetootells Quote  
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Quote: Originally posted by yorkie55 on 17/6/2009
Is it just me, or does anyone else spend ages on this site, looking for a site and then reading all the reviews? Once you find one that sounds ideal, you contact them , only to find they are booked up and it's back to the drawing board. Also, the fact that you want EHU doesn't help, how far in advance do you book these? It seems it's quite easy to get non EHU, maybe thats the way forward!!
  This happened to us today. can't get on hartsholme at lincoln next weekend. Fully booked because of a nearby air show.


Personthetootells
27/6/2009 at 7:49pm
 Location: Lancs.
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Quote: Originally posted by thetootells on 27/6/2009
Quote: Originally posted by yorkie55 on 17/6/2009
Is it just me, or does anyone else spend ages on this site, looking for a site and then reading all the reviews? Once you find one that sounds ideal, you contact them , only to find they are booked up and it's back to the drawing board. Also, the fact that you want EHU doesn't help, how far in advance do you book these? It seems it's quite easy to get non EHU, maybe thats the way forward!!
  This happened to us today. can't get on hartsholme at lincoln next weekend. Fully booked because of a nearby air show. don't even want EHU.


Personspiculum
27/6/2009 at 8:55pm
 Location: Birmingham
 Outfit: 2 Cabs & 2 Outwell 1 sunncamp 1 relum View spiculum's Profile View Profile   Reply to spiculum Reply   Quote spiculum Quote  
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I always read the reviews and any that say they wont except reviews are ignored immediately. i also have the school hols printed off so only ever go in when the kids are in school, second never go where there is a clubhouse/pub on site, Always try for one which has a quiet after 10:30 regime.

I have been lucky most of the time and had some great camsites, most recent been at fowey and watermouth bay this year. There are some really excellent site out there if you serch for them



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