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Dezzie

i very much doubt that my orchy 5 would comfortably suit 5 people ................. i doubt me, hubby and my 2 teenagers would be comfortable in it ............ and you sound like you begrudge me a 5 man tent for the 2 of us .......... isn't yours an 8 man tent for 5?

for my trip in august i am paying £26.00 per night .......... do i mind............. no...........why........ because its august and i expect to pay those prices in the height of the season .............. i am just shocked at how much the prices have bumped up this year on sites................ and a cheap weekend for me and hubby is now more expensive than a travel lodge (not as much fun i know lol)

Quote: Originally posted by Prospector on 01/4/2009

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Try the Willows CS at Laceby. We are Paying £9 a night in May. EHU, male and female toilets and showers.

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i didnt know there was one at laceby i will deffo check it out.

and as for balancing out with school holidays, it is typical that now my children dont want to come and i am not comitted to school holidays that holidays outside these times are the same price!!! lol

There are just 2 of us and we don't have EHU - I wouldn't mind paying up to £15 a night if the showers were decent and washing up facilities were available. That's only £30 for a weekend, less than the cost of a meal out if we stay at home! Over that though seems excessive, especially when you are getting into over £20 for not many extra facilities.

I do read the Guardian though, so maybe I have unrealistic expectations and should be banned from camping....

Quote: Originally posted by gillychick on 01/4/2009

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Dezzie

i very much doubt that my orchy 5 would comfortably suit 5 people ................. i doubt me, hubby and my 2 teenagers would be comfortable in it ............ and you sound like you begrudge me a 5 man tent for the 2 of us .......... isn't yours an 8 man tent for 5?

for my trip in august i am paying £26.00 per night .......... do i mind............. no...........why........ because its august and i expect to pay those prices in the height of the season .............. i am just shocked at how much the prices have bumped up this year on sites................ and a cheap weekend for me and hubby is now more expensive than a travel lodge (not as much fun i know lol)

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Quote: Originally posted by dezzie on 02/4/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by gillychick on 01/4/2009

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Dezzie

i very much doubt that my orchy 5 would comfortably suit 5 people ................. i doubt me, hubby and my 2 teenagers would be comfortable in it ............ and you sound like you begrudge me a 5 man tent for the 2 of us .......... isn't yours an 8 man tent for 5?

for my trip in august i am paying £26.00 per night .......... do i mind............. no...........why........ because its august and i expect to pay those prices in the height of the season .............. i am just shocked at how much the prices have bumped up this year on sites................ and a cheap weekend for me and hubby is now more expensive than a travel lodge (not as much fun i know lol)

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No Gilly, I certainly dont grudge you having a large tent. Quite the opposite. Sometimes I dont get the point im trying to make across in the best way. What im meaning is, that the footprint you're tent takes is that of a family tent, and as most sites charge by tent and 2 adults plus car, its not too bad a price because of the size of your tent. I totally agree with you that your tent would be uncomfortable with 5 sleeping in it. You're quite right that I have an 8 person tent sleeping 5, but as you say, 8 people in even our tent would be totally uncomfortable.   However, most sites i visit charge according to the size of the tent, then how many are sleeping in it. What I was trying to say is that if you took a small 2 person tent to the same site and they charged you £15. To me that would be far too excessive - based on the size of footprint a 2 person tent takes up compared to the tent you have (based on my experiences with sites and the crazy way they price.). I dont mean to offend you or anyone else on the forum, so please accept my apologies if thats what ive done.

Des.

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i apologise dezzie i thought you were having a dig.sometimes points do come across the wrong way on here.

my main point is that all this site has is a toilet and shower , they may be very nice toilets andshowers but i still think its a bit pricey. i accept after having a good look on here i will be paying £15-00 per night for2 but that will atleast have a wash up area included on most sites.

Quote: Originally posted by Prospector on 02/4/2009

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We normally have a week there in May. It also has fishing adjacent.

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