I am still absolutely stunned after my recent visit to this site. I go there four or five times a year normally, but due to the bad weather this year this was my first time in 2007.
The owners have recently changed, and the new ones are absolutely barking mad. They hate kids, hate to see people having a good time, hate everyone and everything I think.
They are really rude.
I've been camping my whole life and I've never had such an awful experience, and it's all down to attitude. Seriously, go elsewhere. I wouldn't risk getting on the wrong side of these nutters.
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Give "Walnut Farm" a try!... It's a couple of miles from Sea Palling, along the road past Waxham Church... Jerry and his family, who run the site, are friendly & helpful and the site is lovely (can get a bit 'busy' during school/bank holidays though)... The lovely beaches and dunes at Waxham and Horsey are only a short distance away...
Have a look on the UKCS 'site search' facility and you'll find some details and reviews...
just spent bank holiday weekend and the following few days at walnut farm. cramped to say the least - yes it was me who had to leave out the middle 4ft of my TT. 3 showers each with a toilet but 1 seperate toilet only - peak period you'd better be able to hold it!
i like space between ours and the neighbours but it was almost non-existant
yes the beaches at waxham, sea palling and horsey are great as is jerry who is friendly, but i felt like a sardine
...i like space between ours and the neighbours but it was almost non-existant
yes the beaches at waxham, sea palling and horsey are great as is jerry who is friendly, but i felt like a sardine...
Try "Walnut Farm" out of school/bank holiday times and you'll see a completely different picture (see my gallery)... Like most sites, it can get a bit busy during the peak periods, but don't let that put you off. It's a beautiful, peaceful place at other times...
The area is a haven for nature and birdlife too. I've watched Marsh Harriers, Cranes, Barn & Tawny Owls, Oyster Catchers all flying over and around "Walnut Farm" from my tent in the early morning and evening...
P.S. The picture was in June last year, so you can still 'stretch out' in the summer too!...
yes but with children i have no choice, i told him how big our TT was, on the phone and when we got there. several others i spoke to didn't like the lack of space or the toilet situation either - so it looks like it's a site as you say when the kids are at school
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I'm sorry but am I missing something here? I went to Sea Palling for the first (and last time) a few years ago, and to be perfectly honest I cannot think of why anyone would want to go there at all let alone keep going back. Is this the place where the road ends at the foot of a huge sea defence which you then have to scramble over to get to the beach and where there's a cafe which stinks to high heaven of hot, stale cooking oil, burgers and onions?
I thought it was a horrid place epitomising everything that's bad about the east coast. On top of that having walked barefoot on the beach as thousands like to do, I managed to pick up an infection in my feet which took endless visits to a dermatologist and months to clear up. I know I got it at Sea Palling because that was the only beach I walked on during that holiday and the infection could only be caught walking barefoot on the beach.
What did they do to put me in this state, well.........
After arriving to find that the office was closed, and there was a sign saying 'when the office is closed go to the club house' - which was also closed, we waited half an hour - no-one showed up, so we went to the touring field and it was very quiet, so we picked a pitch and started setting up. Didn't put up the awning just in case they wanted us to move. Eventually, after four more visits to the office, we managed to find someone, who made a phone call and they found someone to check us in. She was obviously upset that we had gone to the touring field without checking in. A bit of an over-reaction, but never mind. We'll get over it.
Our friends join us for a BBQ lunch. We have a glass of wine while the children play.
All sounds alright doesn't it?
Then we are asked to pack up and leave.
I'm amazed and left absolutely speechless by this. I have no idea what we've done. Apparently going to the touring field without checking in is 'discourteous', regardless of how long we have to wait. That seemed to be the main gripe.
While the three kids were playing, one fell over and hurt his head (he cried). Apparently children crying is against site rules. I mean, this wasn't bad - he cried for a minute or two, then carried on playing - normal kids stuff.
I have never experienced anything like it. You might think that maybe we are all a bit rough, noisy, and maybe we deserved it?!? Nothing of the sort. Of the four adults there at the time, three are company directors and one is a radiologist!!!!!
They are simply mad - bonkers. I am still absolutely at a loss to explain what they did or why they did it. It just seems remarkably petty?!?
Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 04/9/2007
I don't go anywhere on the east coast south of Scarborough (I suppose that will upset lots of you)...
I don't know why it should, I'm glad that East Anglia isn't to every bodies taste!... Personally, I'm more than happy that 70% of the visitors to Norfolk head for the narrow 'coastal' strip between Hopton and Hemsby, or the Broads... This leaves a huge area of coast, marshland, fen, woodland & meadows and nature reserves, which is virtually unaffected by the 'summer rush'... Long may it continue, so long as there are 'Sponge areas' there will always be peace & tranquility nearby!...
Sounds very familiar- I think your friends have told this story in another thread, but in less detail. It sounded bad when they told it, but this is terrible! No wonder you're seething. Won't be going there!
Hi Anne, we're the same - dont like it there either, which is a real pain trying to find somewhere within a couple of hours drive of home, cant seem to find anywhere in Kent or Sussex, but love Dorset/Devon/Cornwall and the IOW....which is a minimum of a 4 hour drive wish we could find somewhere a bit more local....FIL suggested Yarmouth or Clacton.....was he having a laugh...spect that will upset someone as well....but we are all different and look for different things from a break
Yes, we mostly go to the west or south west, or Ireland. Don't like big flat beaches at all although Camber Sands isn't bad. Clacton is our nearest seaside and I refuse to go there.
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wish we could find somewhere a bit more local....FIL suggested Yarmouth or Clacton.....was he having a laugh...spect that will upset someone as well....but we are all different and look for different things from a break
