Bovey's Down Farm

A aimé : The staff and the restaurant. So friendly and lovely home cooked food.

N'a pas aimé: Nothing

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A aimé : The pitches were clearly marked out, the toilet facility was nearby. There were rope swings for the children, and we enjoyed seeing the cattle and chickens on the farm.

The restaurant on the campsite provided wonderful food and the lady catered for my somewhat fussy and tired children.
There were some toys and books available in the function room, which was prettily decorated.

The toilet block was clean and well stocked with toilet paper and hand drying towel.
There are also fridges and freezers available for use.

N'a pas aimé: The pitches were very slopey and both children ended up sliding down their beds in the night. The EHU post was quite far from our pitch but it did just reach.

Despite there only being three families in a whole field we were placed next to another family (I didn't want to move in case another family came during our stay).

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A aimé : We received a warm welcome at this lovely rural location with stunning views and easy access to the coast. Facilities were good and clean. Our grandson made a friend and enjoyed the space for playing football, French cricket, the rope swing and building a bug hotel!

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A aimé : Wow, what a great place. I stayed 1st to 6th April. I had the hole campsite to myself for the first 2 nights. It was absolute bliss, early morning wake up call by the pheasant!
Pam was a delight and a wonderful hostess.
I have allergies and pam was able to accommodate me for Afternoon tea.
There is 3 toilets and shower blocks which was always clean and filled up. It is a big site and you can hear the animals from the farm. The view is outstanding and quiet. I picked the best week for weather, rained Thursday night and Friday morning.
They have a shop with loads of stuff to choose from and reasonably priced. I got a Ribeye steak which was amazing. I can't fault this place and I will be back again soon. For a campsite , they have everything you will need for a amazing week here.

N'a pas aimé: Can't fault them, great place

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A aimé : Everything was great. Wonderful views and a very warm welcome!

N'a pas aimé: Nothing

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A aimé : A warm welcome from Pam and Gerald , the owners. The site, well located for coast and town. The pitch, short grass on soft easily pegged ground, near to driveway and fresh water. I particularly enjoyed a fish and chip supper with pint. Yummy. Facilities, basic , clean , bright, and functioning! Everything I needed. Astounding weather for March.

N'a pas aimé: I did suffer from a bit of gravity drift sleeping, but would concede lightweight groundsheets and sleep mats could have better traction. ?

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A aimé : The site was easy to find and would have great views if the weather was good.

N'a pas aimé: The ground was very muddy and we had to get towed on to the pitch. If you are offering winter pitches , hard standing is a must. It looks like they are putting a few hard standing pitches in.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Hello, thank you for taking the time to review your one night stay here.
Views.
Yes we do have excellent views when not inclement winter weather.
Pitches.
We do have a few hard standings which where in use during your stay. You are quite correct we are in stalling a few more. I must just add we only offer grass pitches and if campers read the information & see that one should expect mud in January, it didn't used to be so but in recent years we have so much rain. We stay open as that is requested by many who want to visit family in the area during the festive season.
You were travelling with another camping campervan couple , they approached their pitch differently & got onto site without our help. I'm sorry if it didn't gel with you but thankfully we have a lot of winter repeat customers who enjoy what
we offer.

A aimé : Good value site with decent facilities. I stayed on a newly built electric pitch close to shower and toilet facilities, even though close season you can see they are investing in the site. Would potentially be a beautiful location in the summer.

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A aimé : Lovely and Friendly. Everything you heeded gor an ovetnight stay.

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A aimé : Hot water, lights in toilet block, hooks on shower doors, flat level pitch and quiet and peaceful.

N'a pas aimé: The cafe/restaurant was closed during our stay and we weren't told this when we booked. The site felt uncared for and scruffy. For £27 a night off season I would expect a far superior site.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Good morning.Thank you for taking the time to review your 2 night stay starting Sunday 29th / Tues 31st.

We did try to email all campers and advise we were not opening the restaurant but as your booking was made in the evening of Christmas eve after the office was closed sadly you possibly missed that information.On your arrival I did explain that these few days are our annual break and the one Sunday per year when we don't open the farm kitchen for a roast.
.( you were the only campers on site)
Our nearest neighbour is the local pub doing excellent carveries so no one misses a meal.
Please note you booked onto a working farm in the dead of winter, we still continue the farm work 24/7 so not a full holiday for us.
.With the winter weather and storm 'BERT' playing havoc with the farm and site it is bound to look less appealing than in summer time but repairs should be completed soon now staff breaks are over. You could see we have recently had a lot of JCB digger work done on site f or drainage etc, = heavy investment & challenging to get done .We now keep our fingers crossed for the weather to improve.
FYI costs/pitch fees.
£27 per night is not expensive when taking into account deductions happening in the form of vat, then booking fee thro pitch up, followed by payment handling with stripe & finally electric usage,taking all this away leaves very little to cover our side..
Gerald & Pam, Bovey's Down Farm