Smiths Green Farm C.S.

Smiths Green Farm
Barthomley
Crewe
CW2 5NU

We arrived here almost by accident. We were due to attend a C&CC rally at Betley Village Hall but when we arrived we found a quite overcrowded car park and a field that we didn’t like the look of, so we left and hit the apps Mrs. CA on one club’s app and me on the other.

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Burrs Country Park C&M Club Site Review

Burrs Country Park Caravan & Motorhome Club Site
Bury
Greater Manchester

Burrs is what seems to be a typical C&M Club site. All hard standing pitches, all Electric Hook Up, all pitches a good size. Some pitches are fully serviced these are marked with a Pinkish colour peg and Standard pitches are marked with a white peg.
There is the usual toilet block with all the same facilities, toilets, showers and washbasins. A Laundry, a washing up room etc…. The facilities are perfectly adequate if a little more dated than those at Chester Fairoaks Club Site. Continue reading “Burrs Country Park C&M Club Site Review”

Half Term in Tier 3

Well it’s half term and we should be in Cornwall! instead we are in Rainy Bury.

Tier 3 means that you can not stay overnight in another location, well one outside of your local area. We live in Greater Manchester so we are limited to Greater Manchester. So the Caravan and Motorhome Club site at Burrs Country Park in Bury it is. Other than a 5 van site at Heywood I think it’s the only site inside Gtr. Manchester. Continue reading “Half Term in Tier 3”

Niffany Farm Caravan And Camping, Skipton

 Niffany Farm, 
Broughton Road,
Skipton
BD23 3AA
Tel: 07759 882979
Web: http://www.niffanycaravan-camping.co.uk

We visited this site the last weekend of September 2020. We had booked so that herself and friend Michelle could visit Yarndale. A massive craft fair involving all things wool. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 it was cancelled this year. Continue reading “Niffany Farm Caravan And Camping, Skipton”

Lancs & Cheshire D.A. Feast Of Lanterns

Whilst the Caravan Club have a “National” Rally The Camping & Caravan Club have a Feast of Lanterns.

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Dale Hey Farm Touring Park – Site Review

http://www.daleheyfarm.co.uk/wordpress/

Preston Road
Ribchester
Lancashire PR3 3XL
Phone: 07900321372
Email: daleheypark@outlook.com

We visited Dale Hey on 14th – 16th September with a Camping & Caravanning Club Rally run by Lancs & Cheshire DA. Continue reading “Dale Hey Farm Touring Park – Site Review”

Chester Fair Oaks Caravan & Motorhome Club Site Review

Date Of Visit : January 26th 2018

This is our first visit to a C&M Club Site. We joined the club in the latter half of last year and have so far only used a CL so we were keen to compare a main club site.

I booked online as usual but with C&M you don’t pay any deposit when booking which is a bit odd these days. I would expect to pay a deposit. I have seen plenty of complaints in online forums that the C&M Club don’t take a deposit which people believe leads to members making mass bookings just in case they fancy going & then canceling when they can’t be bothered to go.

Anyway I got the dates we were after and we had aimed to leave Friday morning but it was my Mum’s funeral the day before and I must admit that I was more than a little inebriated when i landed in bed and was in no fit state to drive on Friday morning, so we decided to wait and as I was expecting a rather important parcel we waited until that had been delivered. We left after 4pm. The traffic was not great so it took a bit longer than normal.

We arrived and checked in with the Site Warden and paid our £41.00 fees. We were instructed to go find a pitch and let the Warden know which pitch we had chosen, at which point we were given a fob to open the entrance barrier.

Pitches are Hard standing and level and evenly spaced. The site is quite dark and positioning the van on the pitch could have benefited from some street lighting.
There is enough light from the EHU bollards to walk around the site at night but as I was reversing the van onto the pitch there was one side in total darkness which made it hard for even an experienced driver to gauge the distance to the grass to ensure the van was central on the pitch.

We were only here for 2 nights so we quickly connected the electric and filled the water put the heating on gas to warm the van up quicker and nipped to Sainsbury’s for a few bits and then around to the Peak pub which is virtually right next to the site for some food. The Peak is a Hungry Horse pub and food was pretty good.

Saturday morning was Wet and after breakfast we headed off to Cheshire Oaks for some retail therapy and to watch a film.

Toilet Block
Playground
Looking towards reception

 

 

The site was all in all good if a little pricey. Over £40 for 2 nights when you have already paid over £50 a year to join the club, there are plenty of commercial sites that don’t charge that much.
If you are putting up an awning you will need rock pegs. These are available in reception but at the price they were charging I’d make sure to take some with you. Awnings go on hard standing not on grass.
The bathroom, laundry and washing up facilities were all clean, warm and bright. To get any hot water out of the shower I did have to turn the tap as hot as it would go but at least it was not one of those annoying push button taps.

The children’s playground was tidy and looked in good condition. I did test the swing as @Walterswardens on twitter dared me but it was dark and there was no light at all. I think this was probably by design as much as anything so that kids don’t play noisily after dark.

Would we visit again? Yes but if there was an alternative cheaper site I’d probably take that option for just a couple of nights we can make do without the nice clean loos.
The site is ideally located for Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port and Chester as well as a run into North Wales and all it has to offer.

Broomedge Farm CL

This is our first Caravan & Motorhome Club site and it’s ok. It’s a CL same as the C&CC’s CS sites. A 5 van member only site usually not much more that a farmer’s field with a Chemical toilet emptying point. They are however usually in some nice little locations and this one is no exception.

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Review: Lane End Farm Certified Site

Lane End Farm, Lane End, Hopwood,Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2JE
Open: 01 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2017

Date of Visit: August 2017         Unit: Caravan

I booked over the phone on the Saturday before our Friday arrival on August Bank Holiday Weekend. I had been reading how hard people were finding it to get a pitch anywhere, so fingers crossed I rang.
£15 a night with electric. Hard Standing or Grass pitch available. Continue reading “Review: Lane End Farm Certified Site”

Camping Le Soleil Argeles-Sur-Mer 2017

Route du Littoral
66702 ARGELES sur MER Cédex
9h – 16h30
+33(0)468811448

Website: http://www.camping-le-soleil.fr/campsite-argeles-france/

Date of Visit: 29th July – 12th August 2017     Unit: Caravan

Yes we have been here before and yes we are going again, already booked next year.
So why a new review? Well we were in a different area this year and a couple of things have changed at the site.

SO you can read all about our 2017 trip here.

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