Rural Relaxing

Positiv Lovely campsite with great facilities; clean toilets & showers, on-site cafe open on weekend mornings and able to order homemade pizzas on a Saturday night. This campsite is great for families.

Negativ Not a dislike, but just a point to note - the campsite is self check-in, so when we arrived our pitch no. which we had been allocated had tents already on it! I rang the owner, but initially no reply. They then did text back, apologised and advised us on another pitch. I did receive an email the next day, explaining the mix up. It didn’t impact our trip, but if the site was full, it could have been an issue?

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Vom Platzbetreiber: This was an administration error due to a changed booking date for which we apologise

We always keep at least two pitches free every weekend plus long electricity leads just in case, however this was purely an admin error and the issue has been resolved.

For the benefit of the reader There is never a case where we have no space available it’s a small rural site and we take customer feedback very seriously we have checked to make sure this doesn’t happen again and are confident with our “extra empty pitches” that are always available. It was a busy weekend with lots of customers chopping and changing so again, space appeared limited.
We were however very pleased to hear Mrs King enjoyed her stay after this blip.

Positiv Loved the freedom and the site, staff were lovely and the on site cafe was really nice.

Negativ nice to have tv ariel point or wifi but we get the rural relaxing point

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your lovely review! Yes it’s a get away from it all site! But thank you for visiting and hopefully see you again!

Positiv Lovely peaceful site, nice area and village.
Enjoyed my stay there

Negativ Nothing although I did think it a bit pricey when I booked it but thought it was worth the money after my visit.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review. Lovely to hear you will visit again and you enjoyed your stay. Thank you for visiting.

Positiv What is there not like. I felt like I was at a French campsite near Le Mans it had all of that quaintness . Every where is clean the staff are all chatty & helpful. The breakfast with Lincoln sausages I had was spot on too. The previous afternoon I had the montane bread toasted with plenty of lurpak butter & jam & coffee. So good quality food items which just add to the place. Then Sunday morning walked into the village & there at the pub was a host of Porsches absolutely made my day & weekend. Will I go back its a yes from me & a golden buzzer.

Negativ Nothing at all.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for visiting us and especially for taking the time to express your happiness with this great, "golden buzzer " review! We enjoyed welcoming you and thank you for your comments. We hope to welcome you again one day.

Positiv Beautifully kept site surrounded by lovely countryside. Great for walking. The cafe on site is fab and the village pub even better. Got to watch the end of a cricket match in the sun shine on the ground opposite the site.

Negativ Two issues. Either in isolation not a problem but together were an issue.
1. The showers were not good. Barely any water pressure and not especially warm. Took so long to shower the lights, which were on a sensor, went out.
2. The stay was expensive. £74 for two nights. Happy to pay that if everything about the stay was top notch.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for the positive review of the site & it's keeping and the compliments of our cafe.

Regarding the showers. These are set at a safe heat so as not to scald people, especially children. Sorry they were not hot enough for you - never had anyone mention this before.

For the benefit of readers - The lights are on a sensor timer, to allow time to shower & use the loos. This is because we have had problems in the past with guests leaving lights on, and with the increase in the horrendous electricity bills is a cost we need to monitor in order for us to stay in business. it's a huge challenge.

We like to think our pricing suits what we offer, a small personal campsite with all the lovely extra touches - such as the shower gels, the café offering & campers fridges, we believe £74 for up to four people on a pitch for two nights is reasonable for the quality of surroundings.
Glad to read you will visit again though so let's hope we can welcome you back.

Positiv Facilities and breakfasts really good Nice hot water and showers Near great pub ,10 min walk away .Very empty at this time of year unfortunately

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Great to read this and noted you loved the hot showers so thank you for this. November is not really the best time to stay here, we hope you will visit us again!

Positiv Small campsite, spacious pitches, nice facilities (toilets & showers), excellent cafe for breakfast.

Negativ The only thing we we’re disappointed with was they advertised pizzas on site for the weekend, but this weekend (last one in august) they said they weren’t offering them.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review. We were sorry to be unable to have offered pizzas, due to the fact that we have to have a fuller campsite to make it worthwhile, as the chef comes in especially to prepare and cook pizzas freshly. We were pleased to read you will visit again, next time we hope to be able to fulfil the pizza request.

Positiv Very clean and very relaxing , we had a bumpy start as our pitch had been taken, but after a call to the owner it was sorted straight away. Loverly little cafe on site, food amazing. Thank you for letting us stay at your wonderful location

Negativ Having to come home

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review. The issue at the beginning was sorted quickly, the other guests had taken too much space. We are happy to read you will visit again.

Positiv A lovely stay at Rural Relax again on our way to a festival . If only all campsites were like this .

Negativ Nothing

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your lovely review and we look forward to welcoming you again.

Appreciate the time all guests take to review and I'm very pleased with the comment "if only all campsites were like this".

Positiv Facilities and camping space is lovely. We went mid week so cafe not open but site very quiet, only our group there. Friendly staff popped by but self sufficient for check in made very easy with good communication emails. Great location with a short walk to town, local shop that has lots of things available (even coffee and cakes!). Lots of local scenic village walks. Having the space to ourselves meant we could use frisbee/play badminton and really enjoy the space. Our party camped in tents and a motor home but there are Glamping options in safari tents that looks really lovely if you prefer glamping style

Negativ I imagine when very busy that the demand for showers and toilets is high, only 2 of each in ladies/girls and a mixed men’s/women’s room with one shower, and a boys toilet shower area. These are also shared by the cafe.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your lovely review, and for scoring us well in so many categories. I am very pleased that you enjoyed your stay.

As you know, the site is very small and as such, we don't over-fill it. Guests have been appreciated of the extra facilities (two showers and two loos) that were installed in 2022. We never fill the site to its capacity to allow guests to enjoy the middle space for games etc.

As far as capacity to facilities, we are within our requirements - 5 loos, 4 showers & some people, if in facility vans (campers/motorhomes), will utilise their own facilities.

The café opens at 9 and most guests will have showered before our busy time (usually by 10am).

Look forward to seeing you again once day.