Orchard Views B&B

Reluctant to rate this site in case it makes it busier, but this is our regular go to CL pitch, only 20 minutes down the road and love every trip there as our bolt hole. Pitches perfectly fine for our 6.5 m motorhome, never had to bother with any level blocks. Small petrol station Morrisons within walking distance, as is a pub. Some lovely walks from the site on the adjacent green lane, but just chilling on site donkey watching is pleasant enough. Water tap at bottom of site, so fill when you first get there to make your life easy. We top up using water bottles during long stays. No MH dump facilities, so use a long hose into nearby hedge (we carry a Wastemaster to trundle it away). Toilet dump is into a large container suitable for Thetfords etc
Dec 29th, 2022

Jul 10th, 2022

Jun 25th, 2022

May 23rd, 2022

Stayed at adjoining camp site. Site is small with small hard standing pitches. We have a single axle but had to overhang onto the grass area as no room for a car and awning. When the site is full there is no space to turn your car around unless you use the grass area. Site is unkept with long grass. Elson is a plastic tub and the opening is a small hole in the middle of the tub with a funnel. I quite often had issues using this as it was a stretch to the small funnel which meant that for someone like me, with a bad back, it was agony to use. Owner was hostile, unfriendly and unwelcoming. We paid extra site fees as the owner did not hold the advertised price from when we booked. We also paid an extra 50 for charging our EV car (charging was reduced to 1.5kw so the car took less electricity than a caravan heater at 2kw. Charging was via a 3pin plug and through the caravan so was running off our own 10amp trip despite the site allowing 16amp per pitch). We only used about 20 of electricity and yet the owner was still demanding more money, expecting us to cover the cost of the usage for the whole site. 52 units used in 12 hours which means 4.6 units per hour between 5 caravans/motor homes (less than 1 unit per caravan per hour) and yet it was demanded we used all of this (physically impossible as a 10amp trip can only accept a total of 3 kW). Apparently none of the others on site used any electricity despite being plugged in all the time (guess they didn't have their leisure battery charger on or fridge or heating or lights ect). We even was accused of using electricity and charging our fully deisel fuelled car (physically impossible) and was demanded we pay for this too. Owner is EV biased and I would recommend ALL EV USERS AVOID AT ALL COSTS. There are no signs to say electric is limited and monitored but be warned if your using more than the owner deems acceptable you too may be demanded to pay more. Site was good location for the motorway. Site was quiet apart from when people would race along the single track road leading to the site..... quite often expected a car to come through the hedge.
May 16th, 2022