Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite
Liked Low fuss get on with it type site with Alpaca and Emu grazing in adjacent fields
Disliked Bins overflowing with rubbish spilling on to the floor. Cats climbing into my tent and begging whilst preparing food.
Neighbours farm having a large uncontrolled fire blowing ash and smoke over camping kit whilst government issued fire alerts. Fire brigade attended but fire not extinguished
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From the manager: Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that the overflowing bins affected your stay. We are currently looking into providing larger bins and ways of managing campers’ waste more effectively. Unfortunately, the bins are regularly used for much more than normal household camping waste, with broken equipment, boxes and other bulky items being left in them. This quickly fills the available space and is something we are increasingly having to deal with. Unfortunately, a lack of consideration from some campers makes this particularly difficult to manage. Regarding the cats, I completely agree that cats climbing into tents and begging while food is being prepared is unacceptable. Unfortunately, they are not our cats, and we actively discourage campers from engaging with or feeding them. However, some campers enjoy having the cats around and actively encourage them, which makes it extremely difficult to keep them away from the camping areas. We will continue to discourage this behaviour where we can. Regarding the fire at the neighbouring farm, this was a controlled fire and was attended by the fire brigade. Unfortunately, we cannot be held responsible for activities taking place on neighbouring land. While we appreciate that smoke and ash blowing across your camping equipment was unpleasant, the fire was outside our control and was dealt with by the appropriate authorities. We do take genuine feedback seriously and are continually looking at ways to improve the site. However, there are certain things outside our control, and we also rely on campers showing a reasonable level of respect and consideration for the site and other guests
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
Primitive grass travel trailer campsite (sloping)
Liked Beautiful location on a working farm. Friendly hosts who made me feel welcome.
Disliked It would be great to have had a loo but I was all setup with my thetford port a loo.
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