Makins Lakes

Polubione Nice quiet site
Toilets/showers were excellent, very modern and very clean

Niepolubione Couldn't get a pint of milk from the little shop in reception, but only a minor blip on an otherwise excellent stay

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Polubione Lovely quiet site, very helpful and accommodating staff.

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Polubione The setting was beautiful. Showers and toilets were nice and modern.

Niepolubione The shower and toilet block needs checking more frequently throughout the day in my opinion, because at times they weren’t the best due to thoughtless people leaving them in a state. There really shouldn’t be any excuse for this as the facilities are provided for everyone to clean up after themselves but I think a physical check up is required.

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Polubione Beautiful lakes, lovely to walk around and very well kept. Nice cafe on site but not open much.

Niepolubione People were allowed to have 2 or more outfits on a pitch and there was barely 2 meters between me and my various neighbours. The showers were clean, but they smelt really bad. Lots of weeds everywhere and cigarette butt's on the pitch.

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Polubione Ease is access outside of reception hours was good

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Polubione Disabled loo

Niepolubione Need grey water point at ground level as lifting large waste roller when full is very hard to get to
No wifi on hardstanding pitches.

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Polubione Fishing on lake was good specimen lake too far to walk and very noisy

Niepolubione Toilet blocks not cleaned for 4 days no toilet roll not acceptable smell in shower room no shower mat very noisy right next to motorway even ear plugs did not filter out the noise at night hard standing pitch was full of thistle we had to clear them before we put up awning water in washing up area was cold not even tepid had to boil water to take and cold water in basins in toilet

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Od administratora: Hi thanks for your review.
I'd just like to address a couple of points.
Firstly, the shower block is cleaned every single day - once by the cleaners and then they are checked every 2 hours by staff on site and cleaned if needed. They also check the toilet rolls.
We have recently upgraded all the showers (only last weekend) and there was no smell.
We are next to the M69, something you would have been aware of when booking and not something that we can help. The noise is barely there from the campsite though.
I personally mowed the grass and it was strimmed also so I know that the hardstanding wasn't full of thistle.

Polubione Pitches were decent size, fishing lakes were good to walk around and staff were friendly and polite.

Niepolubione Toilet and shower block wasn’t very nice, nasty smell of stagnant water, showers were not clean and mould within plug and ceiling, first shower you can’t adjust the temperature as it’s broken and second shower just leaks constantly. The taps don’t stay on anywhere near long enough to wash your hands.
Regularly ran out of toilet roll with no staff to replenish in the evenings. Overall upkeep of toilet block was disappointing.

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Od administratora: Hi there,
Thanks for your review.
We have been working really hard to improve our shower facilities and have replaced the ladies showers. We also painted the ceilings and re-siliconed all the showers. We are replacing the showers in the men's' toilets this weekend as we are aware that it was leaking and one had broken. We do regular checks on the toilet/shower blocks throughout the day and when doing this, we check the toilet rolls to make sure that they are full before the end of the day. The sinks are designed to not stay on for long as we have had them flooded before by them being left on. We have had some lovely comments recently and if there has been a problem, we have tried our best to rectify it straight away.

Polubione Spacious pitches, good facilities and lovely views of the lakes! Didn’t eat at the cafe on-site but it looked lovely and staff were warm and welcoming. Lakes are fenced off by the electric pitches, but you do need to keep your eyes on the little ones - if so it’s perfectly safe for young ones (mine is just under 2, a very independent waddler)

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Polubione Spacious pitches, very chilled out and relaxed.

Niepolubione The showers could do with a good clean! A lot of mould sealant could do with being replaced and the mats - I wouldn’t even want to knows what’s underneath them.

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