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19/8/2012 at 4:39am
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We have found it, on site now. Toilets/showers Spotless, family rooms, spotless, all with loads of hooks and stools. Very large level pitches A mix of caravans and tents all over the site (no special area for caravans near the toilets) EHU Very quite after 10.30 Loads to do very nearby Freeze ice blocks for you freindly staff woods playpark for kids Tree all around pitch area so you can get some shade (as very hot at moment) best of all everyone is so friendly and happy We are at Whitefield Forest IOW. Its the best site i have been too in 3 years of camping.
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2012
June - Queens Jubilee week -
Blackbull Pickering
June/July - Turkey (no Tent)
Aug - Bank Holiday- Whitefield Forest IOW 10 days
Sept - Skeg
2013 Nothing as yet , trying to get new boyfriend to go camping soon. Selling Maritisa 700 , so we can put it towards a VW Camper.
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21/8/2012 at 3:57pm
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an adults only section if poss pitches quite far apart & partially screened (only partially as we all need to nosey out) no TVs, radios, etc showers where you can rinse out the cubicle with the hose campfires allowed Wardens on patrol, enforcing noise curfews IN THE MORNING (sorry to shout  ) as we don't want to hear your daughter's dance routine or your son's Nintendo at 7.30am thanks very much.
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21/8/2012 at 5:39pm
Location: Aberdeenshire
Outfit: Several tents and a hammock
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My perfect site wouldn't be an official site at all but just a beautiful spot in the countryside where I could pitch my tent, light a fire and enjoy the views and the isolation. It would be handy if there were toilet/shower facilities somewhere nearby too, although then it would become a site I suppose. Does that sound very antisocial and selfish?
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21/8/2012 at 6:44pm
Location: Lancashire
Outfit: Leisuredrive VW T6 campervan
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My perfect site is within walking distance of a town or village, and/or river or sea.
Flat pitches with short grass. Clean and tidy site.
Separate clean facilities for men and women, washbasins in cubicles, constant hot water with taps to turn on and off yourself. Washing up under cover with hot water.
EHU
Nothing else required.
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21/8/2012 at 7:44pm
Location: Near Drabingdon
Outfit: Coleman Weathermastr & Vango Delta 300
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My perfect site:
Friendly staff,
no main road nearby,
nice views,
low density of pitchs so everyone can spread out,
EHU for caravans and tents,
shooting (with silencer) of anyone who uses a generator despite EHU available (yes I've seen it happen),
campfires allowed,
dogs allowed,
nice modern heated showers and toilets,
Enforced noise curfew. No noise between 10pm and 9am,
Adults only area,
A barrier to stop a*****les turning up in the middle of the night or going in and out,
small shop on site but no club.
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22/8/2012 at 11:44am
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i want one thing on the camp sites, a toilet cassette cleaning service, everything else you can get
camp sites i favour are quiet but busy sites, not a fan of the butlins like camp sites.
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22/8/2012 at 12:22pm
Location: Seaforth Liverpool
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ours would have to be...............
a large field............
(just a few basic, somewhere to empty the cdp, bins, water tap)
and it to be rather empty......
and the ability to have the fire pit lit
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08/9/2012 at 9:44pm
Location: Nottingham
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Ours would have to include
clean toilet blocks with free showers
small site with up 20/30 pitches
nice view
no road noise
hedges or trees
shop within walking distance
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09/9/2012 at 12:46am
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I'm with Scarletsfan and Tiggarsmum, it's all about the view and the setting.....mountains and/or sea/river/lake/stream/puddle?!...don't mind what the facilities are like ( within reason!). Preferably not too big a site and natural looking to blend in with it's surroundings if that makes sense.
One thing I love are car free sites.....gives a totally different feel to a site.
.....and Tiggarsmum, I know where you're referring to....it's perfect but oh so far from me!!!
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09/9/2012 at 10:53am
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I like the sound of a car free site, although I would like the ability to drive in and drop off stuff before leaving the car outside the campsite.
I'd say a warden onsite is pretty important to me, but that's only because of bad experiences and in my 'fantasy campsite' there would only be mindful, cheerful campers, not the idiots I've been meeting on occasion.
I'd like space between pitches, preferably like many french campsites where you have low hedges between pitches. I'd like to rent the pitch, the whole pitch - and for it not to matter if I put one big tent or a couple of small dome tents and a tarp. I'd like the price to be for the whole pitch, not for individual people and/or dogs or utility tents.
I'd like a regularly cleaned shower block and loos and I particularly like the sites (many in Ireland) where they have communal campers kitchens and sometimes sitting rooms. Mannix Point in the South of Ireland has a turf fire in their sitting room, musical instruments hanging on the wall, and more often than not a spontaneous music session just breaks out, everyone taking a turn if they feel like it. In fact Mannix Point would probably encompass everything that's perfect about a site, you can tell it's run by and experienced camper. Pity it's so far from me!
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Surely camping is all about the camaraderie,cramped pitches,noisey neighbours,children running amok everywhere, people walking across your pitch,tripping over other peoples guy ropes,queuing to use dirty toilets/showers,smokey bbq's etc
