Hi, we are bound for Wales end of July ( it will rain I know). We love the area but went for BBs in the past. I found and booked for first 5 days in Pembrokeshire near the beach and now I am after another 5 days in the forest. I am not but rest of the family is new to camping so I don't want to scare them; I am dreaming of a forest/near spot with a stream near by and a pub onsite/ nearby. Laundry facility would be almost essential as this is the second part of our holiday we'll be out of clean clothes :)
Any ideas? please help...
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caci · 18/06/2015 17:52
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lalsy ·
18/06/2015 20:17
Hi, we have more or less done this holiday! I have been to Cae Du and Nantcol, both some years ago but both were lovely then - it look like Nantcol at least has got a lot bigger. At Nantcol, you can just walk up into the Rhinogs, loads of heather, gorgeous walking, very few other people. There is a river that flattens out in the site and all the kids played in it, made rope swings, punctured dinghies, we couldn't get ours to leave the site. You could have fires when we went (and needed them at night because of its location - the evenings were quite dark and chilly). Cae Du also fab, lower down and more in the middle of the National Park, you can walk along the stream into Beddgelert and are very handy for all the big Snowdonia stuff. We have also stayed at the Firestry Commission site near Beddgelert, which I liked less and you needed the car for everything whereas from Cae Du you can walk to the pib, the ice cream sop, the stepping stones....It is midgey though.
I think most campsites will have laundry facilities but I wouldn't make that the deal breaker - often they are over-used or out of order or it would take a gazillion 20p pieces to get everything dry; it can be easier to get a service wash at a proper laundrette (eg at Barmouth or before you leave Pembrokeshire - I know it well and all the decent sized towns there have them - and to to the beach while you are waiting). Everything is bone dry then and neatly folded 
. I speak from the heart, having geared camping around laundrettes on site only to spend hours hanging around waiting for the machines to be free while my family had a good time somewhere else and then end up with a pile of slightly damp washing - not what you want camping in Wales! I didn't know I felt this strongly about it 
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mulberrybag ·
19/06/2015 11:34
mrsbennetseldest doesn't rain ALL of the time, just most of the time 
we are not suntanned natives are we
lalsy ·
19/06/2015 21:34
I've done the Watkins path, MrsBennetsEldest. It was gorgeous (even in fog and drizzle).
Hz . Many wonderful holidays in both places though. We aren't camping this year and I am a bit 
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lalsy ·
21/06/2015 19:34
There is (or was) one in Barmouth and I think there is one in Llanberis. Oh god, why do I know this stuff . We have planned our lunch stops around launderettes. Other people plan them around seafood lunches on sun-kissed terraces.
If you are near Tenby when in Pembs, then go there, excellent launderette and you can have fish and chips down the harbour while your wash is done.
Would he wear a pull up? We had a wet sleeping bag incident when camping round there and it was a right pain.
Have a brilliant time, OP.
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