there is a site which I would like to make fellow mners aware of the issues before booking... and that reviews that aren't five star don't get passed 
by the management so basically nobody is aware of the problems. sigh.
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MrsShrek3 · 28/08/2013 21:36
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Jins ·
02/09/2013 10:36
We were on the delamere site earlier in the season and thought it was fab. In fact I'd put it on my list of sites to return to. I'm not so sure after reading this though
I tend to stick to caravan club sites as you know what you're getting. C&CC sites have always been inconsistent in my experience and definitely not up to the same standard. Not sure that they are that friendly either 
There are quite a few private sites locally that are really good.
MrsShrek3 ·
30/08/2013 22:39
lovely caravan club site is River Breamish in Northumberland. Five star site and lovely site managers. clean & well kept. In fact everything Delamere is not
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MrsShrek3 ·
30/08/2013 08:42
just to make clear, this is the Camping and caravanning club.
they claim to be
"The friendly club"
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Geordieminx ·
30/08/2013 08:33
We went to a site near Gkenrothes. It was lovely but we were only welcome one night as the "caravan club has standards and our camper van didn't meet them"
AmandinePoulain ·
30/08/2013 08:22
That's terrible! How can that be legal?!
I would complain higher though, especially about how they handled the teenagers with knives
MrsShrek3 ·
30/08/2013 08:17
we are sticking with tje caravan club 
We were on a beautiful site (our regular haunt) last week. the contrast is huge.
After years and years of membership.in c&cc I think ours is getting cancelled.
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MrsShrek3 ·
30/08/2013 08:13
I have done a review - but these are the ones who have everything out of five stars and moderate everything. They only publish 4 and 5 reviews It even says so in small print....but only when you have already clicked send in the review page. Disgraceful really. It was a lovely site til now.
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ViviPru ·
30/08/2013 00:06
Measuring how near a car is parked to a tent? Ha! I'd like to see what they make of how close I get the PruVan to our LoGear. It's almost become sport for me - dodge the guyrope
MrsShrek3 ·
29/08/2013 23:37
Delamere in cheshire... have emailed mnhq to remove a 2009 (good) review and either delete it altogether or update.
It's really gone downhill in terms of upkeep, no pegs to mark pitches, no grass just mud due to overuse and poor maintenance, long grass (away from the over-used mud areas where they actually tell you to pitch, obv ) standards have really dropped and most difficult of all, wardens were unable to work the computerised bookings system, charge correct fees or appear friendly 
They patrol the site hourly, looking for things to comply with their long list of rules - mainly insisting on windbreaks being moved 30cm, children needing to ride a bicycle in a particular direction, measuring how far a car is parked from a tent (hardly good for a restful holiday?) and also making sure children do not use play equipment they've brought (although there is no play area either)
If you need to use the site, choose hardstanding if at all practical. Fewer issues re pitch quality, spacing and access.
During our stay, children were threatened by a gang of teenagers who had penknives out pointing at them, and the site wardens refused to listen and said it was nothing to do with them. we reported it to the police instead. It happened on their site, so yes there was action which they could have taken.
Avoid. There are a number of nice private/independent sites nearby. Such a shame that the previously lovely atmosphere on this particular site has been lost.
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Pixel ·
29/08/2013 17:22
Oh I'm disappointed now, I always look on campsite uk for ideas on where to go, I thought it was giving a true picture . Although it might explain why this year we thought we were going to a 'working farm', expecting something fairly rural, and ended up next to a dual carriageway crammed in like battery hens Working farm might have been there somewhere, there was a distinct smell of silage could have been the loos and I saw one lone hen that had obviously escaped! Was probably behind the masses of keep out signs that we saw on a gate as we turned in. Not a site we will be returning to!
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