Hi Gary, thank you for staying with us and your kind comments public and private.
We are very happy you enjoyed our restaurant, you are the first of a very few who have experienced our amazing new chef and his creations for the new year ahead. He has taken loved, classic dishes and made them even more magical and delicious. We are incredibly happy with him and to have found a true gem finally. We are already salivating to see what other wonderful creations he has under his marvellous chefs hat.

Our campsite has had little ups and downs this year, with wet weather and machinery issues, a lot of sites across France have suffered with the unusually wet year, so on behalf of us and them we apologise for a little scruff around the edges. I will add though, we are English owned, but we aren’t English obsessed with straight lawn lines and precision box hedges. We prefer nature as nature should be, with being in one of the most rural and beautiful areas of France, winning many awards for it, we will continue to go 30/70 in natures favour. We just simply much prefer what the butterflies and birds etc… have to offer than an unnatural, institutional look and feel. I’ve personally been to camp grounds mowed to death, that are less camping, more just soulless parking areas where you’re told where to camp by unfriendly, mini-me-wannabe-military, humourless staff. No nature, no real camping, no real outdoors feel. We’ve been advised many times over the years to concrete more areas, to tarmac more, to cut down 100 plus year old trees, to install mobile homes and generally destroy nature. We said no and have been happy to do so.

Regarding showers, as I have mentioned to a previous guest, we are at the end of yet another busy season and all the love, care and attention is coming in November when it is planned every year after staff holidays and it finally quietens into winter. Being a campsite and shop and restaurant open all year round our maintenance schedule differs from the majority of French sites as they usually close October to April. We do do it differently here and we’re pleased to say it’s worked very well as our awards confirm.

Thank you again for staying with us, hopefully you do return and you can then use all our new sanitary block upgrades to your hearts content. Take care and annoy your camping adventures.

Hi, great review. Thank you.

Just a little note… when booking in we do advise guests to make sure they have cable long enough to reach electrical outlets.

Guests are allowed to choose wherever they like. Generally half the pitches need a ten foot cable, the rest up to a 20 foot cable and if you ask any of our lovely staff we can and will happily supply you with an extension so you can reach your desired spot.

Safe and happy camping. Love from Merry Camping.

Hi Paula,

Thank you for your review.

Our grey tipping point is located just as you leave the campsite. All you needed to do was ask 🙃

Hope to show you where it is next time. Safe and happy adventures. Love from Merry camping.

Hi Mike, we're glad you had a great stay and bon voyage on your adventures.

We do go out of our way to make guests feel as relaxed and as comfortable as possible, thank you for your kind comments.

Regarding our shower/toilet block "aging gracefully" like one guest kindly commented, as we all like to think we are, has it's upgrade/make-over at the end of each year. New showers, taps and lippy etc... are already in storage waiting for Dec/Jan. Throughout the year it does have it's fare share of visitors and it's done us very proud over the last ten years we have been here, it's especially a poke in the eye when people - "who said it would never work" have had to watch us grow VERY successfully more and more each year to their embarrassing chagrin. It's been very much like Marmite, love it or hate it, it works somehow and its quirkiness has become popular and loved, in particular the self contained cubicles where you are simply left alone to do your own thing, no shuffling like miserable cattle from one stall to the next trying to start your day - You're simply in and out and ready to go, ready to roam this beautiful land.

Your concern regarding when we're busy it may cause a wait? Very occasionally, yes, when everyone decides to shower at the same time, but having a little patience and remembering this is camping and not an en-suite room at the Ritz helps with perspective. Plus great news we no longer allow a busy campsite, we prefer a quieter life. We rarely take non-reservations now, so everyone be warned, lol.

I notice your headline for your review is you suggest people to bring a bike, yes, we are roughly 30 minutes (depending on how fast you drive, this is France!) from the city - hoorah! Our camping is very quiet and peaceful. Cycling is hugely popular here, with thousands of return guests every year, enjoying the endless cycle routes flat and a little more testing for the more ambitious/masochistic! Research beforehand is always key to visiting places where ever you holiday - it simply makes the experience better.

It's all one big adventure!

Thank you for your review. I am sorry your stay with us ended badly. You arrived in a bad mood and you left in a bad mood. There was nothing we could have done, other than to offer you the number of a therapist. If you're not happy in life please do not take it out on others. We also do not accept anti-social behaviour. We have thousands of customers every year and they love what we offer here, our thousands upon thousands of reviews – not just on Pitch-Up, happily show this truth.

Let's start with your lies...

There are no grass pitches?

We are in rural France, surrounded by forests, fields and farms and the beautiful river Yonne (292 km.). In the early morning a cool, refreshing mist rolls in from the river across the campsite watering the trees, bushes and, most importantly for your attention, the grass. Our campsite is 99.9% grass/vegitation. To lie and say there were no grass pitches is like saying there is no sand in the Sahara desert!

Showers with built-in toilets?

I'm assuming, while you were so irriate with your own mental issues, part of your feverish internet screaming created a typo you hadn't noticed. Toilets are not “built into” the showers! Our sanitary facilities ecourage privacy. Time to escape and relax. What thousands of camping guests have appreciated over the years is solace, privacy, a moment to take a dump without being interupted or harrassed – this isn't a prison. What I think you meant to say in your deranged haste to moan online was that we have sanitary facilities which contain a shower, a toilet and a sink where you can escape and do everything you need to do in private without the hassle of miserably shuffling to seperate toilets, shuffling to seperate sinks, shuffling to seperate showers while everyone watches, here you are left alone to your own devices and dreams to start the day off as quietly and as serenely as possible. We decided right from the start we would not create the uniform, institutional and miserable norm of the majority of campsites. Regarding cleanliness we check and clean hourly, we are also probably one the few campsites that still clean with anti-Covid detergent. We always go the extra mile to make sure our guests are safe and happy. Again, feverishly ranting online and not taking the time to discuss issues like an adult with the management is not healthy. Seriously.

Bins and vermin running rampant?

Thanks for the heads-up! Next time I pop off to deposit a bag in the bin I'll remember to don my pithe helmet and ready my elephant gun so I'm not over-run with the wild rampantness that is our bin area. Recycling a plastic bottle top has never been so dangerous! Again, maybe lying isn't your best skillset.

A messy management...

The only thing messy regarding this matter is your life choices. If you're not happy in life don't take out your misery on everyone around you, may I suggest meditation, group therapy or strong medication. You arrived in a mood, you left in a mood. You've screamed and lied and exaggerated online to please yourself and to numb whatever internal issues are currently harrassing you.

Lying in a review doesn't help anyone - not the business, not the future customers, not the review sites and definitely not you! Maybe camping isn't your thing, have you thought about the Sahara, I hear, probably from one of your reviews, it's very grassy this time of the year!