funny how the tintenters and the tenters have different priorities here
for me it is good clean toilets and showers within easy walking distance, a shop eo gett daily essentials, milk, rolls etc a bar is nice but often gets rowdy besides who needs a bar when you can bring your own ale LOL
Seems that the genereral concencus of opiinion amongst the average British camper is that toilets/showers still rate highly in the list of priorities.
Whilst I can understand this for the tent campers, I cannot understand why it is still so important to the caravan/motorhome camper as they carry these with them anyway.
As a family we like a site that is not only friendly, but as we respect what we and others have, we expect it in return. We have found over the years that there are lots of selfish morons out there who spoil a holiday for the rest around them.
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The things we think important are: - Good clean loos, showers etc - if the facilities are clean the whole site is probably well cared for, a good play area, an on site shop selling the essentials, and the most important is no whinging, moaning, child hating campers complaining when ours so much as whisper near them.
Quote: Originally posted by ivanparkin on 09/1/2007
Interesting reading so far.
Seems that the genereral concencus of opiinion amongst the average British camper is that toilets/showers still rate highly in the list of priorities.
Whilst I can understand this for the tent campers, I cannot understand why it is still so important to the caravan/motorhome camper as they carry these with them anyway.
Keep the comments coming.
Easy really - firstly, we don't want to spend good holiday time filling up Aquarolls, emptying waste water and cleaning out shower cubicles in the van. And secondly, we subscribe to the view that the less water you introduce into a caravan, the less your chances of suffering problems with damp etc. We are very happy to use the toilet in the van, especially during the night, but the shower has only been used about twice in the 10 years that we have had a caravan that has a shower - and that was by our daughters, when they were teenagers. Even they quickly learned the error of their ways.
Personally, I'm probably too used to my own facilities or too lazy to be bothered with site ones. I like to get out of bed and have a shower before I get dressed in a morning or have a shower just before I get in bed at night. The loo needs emptying whether you use it once a day or all the time. We only ever empty ours when it's full or we're packing to leave anyway.
Another dilema, how many people who do not use the caravan washroom would consider buying a caravan without one??
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I use the wash room, just not the shower! I would certainly buy a caravan without a shower, in fact it always seems a crying shame that you have to have features like that, adding to the weight, whether you want them or not. I would love to see a 'pick 'n mix' sort of approach to caravans, but I suppose it would actually be more expensive to make every one to order than it is just to stick all the kit in. The ever increasing weight of caravans is a matter of real concern though...
Plough lane does look like a superb site, but the latest reviewer on here said the only down side was the road noise. I`ve looked at the site on local.live.com and the dual carriageway is very close. The other reviewers praise the peace and quiet of the site, I`m sure the site itself is very quiet but road noise is unacceptable to us.
It`s a shame as it looks perfect otherwise, it had been on my list of sites to visit for a while now, but I daren`t risk it with that road,
Sue
Road noise????? must have had their hearing aid turned right up or somehing,
Quiet with clean toilets and hot showers at the top of the list. I prefer it when hot showers are included in the price and ideally you don't have to keep one hand on the push button the whole time. Level pitches are also a must and whilst I don't need to be fenced off from everyone else (being nosey is part of the fun of camping), some sort of vegetative screening to act as a wind break at need is good.
It's helpful if there's a shop of some sort, even if it only sells milk, eggs and bread. It's also nice but by no means essential to have a pub or restaurant within walking distance (max 2 miles away I suppose).
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We have had tents, caravans and now have a vw camper, I have never been able to get used to messing about trying to shower in a tiny broom cupboard, or wash in an eye bath, although when needs must.........I would want clean showers/toilets. Big pitches, definately no bars, pools, clubhouses. peace and quiet, a site which over looks the sea, which we have done, but tend to get shrouded in sea mist..lol. people to keep their dogs on leads, as we do ours. A ban on mobile phones, unless people lock themselves in their units to use them. On a site last year our neighbour had screaming rows with a couple of her teenage children she had left at home. She had left the freezers full and sufficient funds for them, but they obviously spent the money the 1st day mum and dad were away. She would scream and eff and blind at them for about half an hour, finish the call then berate the old man for not telling them to stop ringing her. So ban mobiles unless you lock yourself away!!!
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. people to keep their dogs on leads, as we do ours. A ban on mobile phones, unless people lock themselves in their units to use them. On a site last year our neighbour had screaming rows with a couple of her teenage children she had left at home. She had left the freezers full and sufficient funds for them, but they obviously spent the money the 1st day mum and dad were away. She would scream and eff and blind at them for about half an hour, finish the call then berate the old man for not telling them to stop ringing her. So ban mobiles unless you lock yourself away!!!
