Pigsty Farm

Positiv Wild camping in a secure field, basic amenities, pigs, and a wood! Very friendly host (Tony). Enjoyed seeing this project at its early stages.

Negativ Earth mounds and old tyre tracks makes the field feel a little bit like a building site at present.

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Positiv Lovely peaceful site and really friendly owners! We particularly loved getting to say hi to the pigs and sheep.

The shower is nice and hot, compost loos are super easy to use. Can’t say a bad word about this site, would definitely recommend!

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Positiv no-frills super quiet place to stay

Negativ Going home

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Positiv Mijn vrouw en ik waren op fietsvakantie door Zuid-Engeland en deden ook Isle of Wight aan voor een paar dagen. De ontvangst door Tony en Becky op de Pigsty Farm was bijzonder hartelijk en we voelden ons dan ook direct thuis. Er was een fijne balans tussen betrokkenheid en vrijheid. De voorzieningen zijn eenvoudig maar adequaat. We waren gecharmeerd van het idealistische uitgangspunt van de eigenaren, dat voor ons gevoel valt samen te vatten in ‘small is beautiful’…
We hopen oprecht nog eens terug te gaan en/of Tony en Becky nog eens te treffen. Dank voor een paar heel ontspannen, rustige vakantiedagen.. Sigurd en Daniëlle

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Positiv Nice camping on a farm

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Positiv Lovely setting.

Negativ Aptly named. I really want to like this site. The owner is lovely but it is cluttered with old bits of stuff everywhere. The shower doesn’t drain well as others have said and this makes the floor very dirty. A weekend spent tidying up, could make it a goldmine!

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your constructive comments, alway appreciated no matter how good or bad. First of all the shower has been fixed, our primary job is a working farm, so there will be some stuff around. After a very wet winter we are slowly recovering from the damaged that caused, hence stuff are slowly going with only 2 workers with both have secondary jobs to keep farm going.. I hope you had a lovely cycle.

Tony

Positiv Just what I needed. Low spec and unfussy campsite. Helpful and congenial hosts. Would definitely return.

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Positiv Welcoming and lovely on-site crew
Farm animals
Large quiet field
Sun powered shower
Right on the Round of the island cycling path

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Positiv Super chilled, friendly site. Loved waking up to sheep looking through the fence at me and the cows and pigs in the fields. Was walking the coastal path with my teenage son and camping along the way so this was a good location for us.

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Positiv Nature, staff genuinely friendly.

Negativ Campsite on an incline which isn't ideam. Bigger problem seems to have been a lack of investment.

Composting toilets work well when you climb stairs and it is a giant bucket so other ppls poo is a long way away, these appear to be ground level not much bigger than buckets. There is only so much compromise I want to do for saving the world.

Shower suffers from drainage problems and isn't super clean, I really didn't want to end up standing in that murky water. The door also is impossible to clean from the inside...

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Hi, thanks for your review. The compost toilets were from a German company specialising in this. The buckets were of proper size, understand you think it needs to be deeper, but we suffer from underground water hence they are higher. I will look into this and see what we can do! As for the shower door, I'm not sure what you mean.

Can't do much about the slope, we are a working farm and it is wild camping for only a short period of 2 months.

Thanks for your suggestions

Tony