General Chat

Hi Rose...........we live in ours for 11mths of the year.! Only move out for 4wk in January! We love the way of life and being on a holiday site means there is plenty of stuff going on for when family come to visit

Bev

Sandy Balls Caravan and Camping site at Godshill in the New Forest, Hampshire.
I have not stayed there, but visited friends and rellies there and they all said how good it was. Very nice log cabins, static caravans, and you can also take your own.
Swimming pool ,restaurant, all amenities.

Or if you want to take a caravan or camp, Good sites run by the Forestry Commission in the New Forest. My favourite, where we used to come to,before we lived in Hampshire, was Hollands Wood. Brockenhurst.

Waterside Bay at Bowleaze just outside Weymouth, Stayed there last two years -spotless. Has its own club, restaurant, spa, shop,swimming pools, gym, amusement arcades and even an internet cafe if you get withdrawl symptoms from no GR

I stayed at Rockley Park in Dorset a few years ago in a log cabin up above the beach, there were caravans there too..That was lovely.

Many thanks Sandie and Gwyn , for helpful advice :)....

not going to look today after all but will be journeying around this week and check out a few more sites I hope :)

xx

We have a static caravan in Sussex.
Since we first went there, site fees have risen alot and electricity is now separate whereas it was once included. That is fairer though because some people apparently left the heating on even if the van wasn't being used.
Our site closes for 2 months...something to do with residency laws.
If you are hoping to use the van yourselves quite alot,consider your length of journey. Too far and poor roads might mean that it's too much hassle to contemplate too often. If any repairs or maintainance are needed would you want to be near enough to sort it yourselves?
Some sites only allow hiring through the site office, so they will obviously take their cut on fees. On the other hand you may get more bookings that way. It depends whether you want to let as a business or just to help out with costs.
TV licence would be another added cost to think about.

Gwyn

Was it the Seal?

The Dolphin and Anchor was in Chichester,it is a Wetherspoon's now.

All the sites in West Sussex are closed out of season. It might be a good idea to find out what the county council policy is on holiday homes before you consider buying in a county.

Uzzi, think it would have been a bit earlier that my brother was there...maybe a few years previously :)

xx

was there in 1974 ish Rose

Sharron no I'm not sure why the Bill is there, my dad looked at buying there but he would have wanted to use in jan and it is closed for 6wks. I didn't see much of it but do remember the pub being the Dolphin that our customer drank in. We only lived along the road at Brighton

oooh Uzzi...maybe you met my brother then lol :)

xx

Yes it is the one at Selsey. I don't know why people want to call it Selsey Bill.That is just a little bit of land right at the end of the peninsula. I think people feel it is more like a holiday if it has Bill in it.

It is the huge site divided into three parts.Each part has a seperate club with different types of entertainment.

There is Church Farm at Pagham,on the other side of Pagham Harbour too. That is on a nature reserve. If I lived somewhere else I would want to have a holiday home there.

Rose I also used to work Minehead many years ago !!!!! Pig and Whistle Bar at Butlins

Oh one quick one The Moon and Sixpence in Woodbridge Suffolk is a great site

LOL Sue...my brother used to work in Minehead many moons ago and particularly like Dunster I know....

I lived at one time in Burnham on Sea so do know Somerset a bit, though it is about 30 odd years ago lol

will let you all know how we get on :)

Thanks Uzzi :)

xx

let me know if you fid anything nice i need a change ..

Good luck with your hunting Rose there is another motorhomer on here who I will direct on to here for you.

Shhhhh don't tell everyone how lovely Somerset is.

It's a secret.

The Quantock Hills are beautiful and not many people know about them.......and we like it like that.

LOL

Sue

JGee i am laughing somewhat here...as I have just moved from there lol...Barmouth area that is lol... so I know exactly where you mean :)

won't go back there just yet, but may do one day ...

thanks all for some good ideas, we are going to go and look in Somerset next and see how we get on there :)

xx

rose ive been on a site for 23 years ,,, its Barmouth

we are in front of the sea access to beach facilities for boats and jet skis there is no club on site but large pub outside caravan site slightly about 200 yds up road its extremly clean well looked after shop to what does meals from april to oct ,,, can go there all year round was there a few weeks back ..... it can be cold but can get extra heaters ...

Sharron I take it thats the one(s) at Selsey Bill a huge site split in to 3 parts. Statics, tourers and chalets. Did stay there once as an old customer moved that way so we called in to see him.