Ranksborough Hall Park

I suppose in hindsight it may have been wrong of us to show disappointment when we arrived, it seemed to upset them and get us off on the wrong foot right from the start. After all, booking 8 pitches weeks in advance for a birthday celebration weekend might lead to the expectation of all of us being together, but maybe we shouldn't have taken it for granted. All the same we were still a little surprised to be told to pitch where we could find a space, especially as the site was half empty. Now this is the only campsite I have come across with a "Keep off the grass" notice, but we didn't spot this before we had asked if we could use the grass area next to the two pitches we found together, which seemed to upset them even more. Even worse, when we put 3 campers on a hardstanding that had plenty of room for them (with a 4-way hookup in the corner, not working though), we were roundly berated for breaking the rule of only two campers to a pitch. Of course most other campsites would have been glad of this, as it would have left them an extra pitch to sell, on the hottest weekend of the year in the August holidays, but this site was not full (I wonder why). One reason we booked was that the site was adults only. I didn't realise that this meant we shouldn't have taken our children, obviously 30 does not count as being an adult here. It is a pity that drinking beer outside is frowned upon, as it is one of the things we go camping for, especially when it is someone's birthday. The toilets are quite nice, pity they are not cleaned regularly, or the rubbish trucks emptied, and you need a torch to visit the disabled toilet at night as the light doesn't seem to work. Still, it is in a lovely location, if you can find it - there are no signs on the road and we drove past what appeared to be a building site entrance before we found it. There is some semblance of customer relations, though - attempts to complain are met with the response "If you don't like it you can have your money back and go". Pretty safe offer after we'd had a couple of beers - none of was able to drive. If we had been we would have gone.