Pigsty Farm

Gostou Lovely setting.

Não gostou 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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Do gerente: 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

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

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Gostou 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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Gostou 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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Gostou Nature, staff genuinely friendly.

Não gostou 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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Do gerente: 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

Gostou This place was so quiet and peaceful. There are a couple of fields adjacent to a farm but with only a few other people staying here, so on some nights I had a whole field to myself. In spite of the rural location, it is only about 4 miles from Newport so a great place for touring around the island. Yes, the toilet and washing facilities were a bit limited but this was not a problem when there were very few other people with whom to have to share them and they allowed me to gain access to an electricity supply in one of the farm sheds for charging camera batteries, mobile phones etc. The site owners/managers were very friendly and helpful

Não gostou May be they could put a larger sign outside the entrance as the place is easy to miss when driving past

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Gostou Lots of spaces, some animals to look at in the fields alongside the campsite. Owners friendly and around to talk to. Quiet area

Não gostou Where we were the ground had large ruts and holes which wasn’t ideal for the kids to play as I was afraid they would hurt themselves.

Also we paid £44 for two nights in a nt and there were motorbikes that we camped with that only paid £10 per night so felt a little off. That’s the only thing that would put me going back it the discrepancy in charging but the motorhomes booked directly with a the campsite rather than pitch up so would recommend going directly to starter than using pitch up tbh.

First and last time using pitch up. But I would consider rebooking with the campsite itself

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Do gerente: Hi, the motorhomes were a local Isle of Wight group who we try and encourage to stay, hence the price. This group supports local community interest companies and selected us this year as their favoured charity.

As for the cracks in the soil we have been under constant sun since Aprill, since we are a clay soil farm, the heat dries out the clay and creates hard cracks in the ground which is a real problem, completely the opposite in the winter where we have to wear wellies or sink in th clay! So, sorry about that, it is very frustrating for us as well. But it is wild camping

I appreciate this review and gives us an idea what if anything we could do about it!!

Tony

Gostou Becky is a super host who made us feel most welcome. This alongside being able to freely pet the farm animals made for a wonderful stay.

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Gostou Nice and quiet, low key.

Não gostou The weather

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Gostou Host was lovely. He stayed in contact to ensure we got to the site okay and met us there to help set up and find our way. We were just stopping over night before completing our walk across the island and Tony made sure we had everything we could need. Also being able to go see the animals on the farm was a really nice bonus. Great service and lovely place to set up camp

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