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ken and jane wheeler
chilcompton somerset
aug 26 to sept 4
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having found dolbeare park via uk camping site we visited for a long weekend ian and staff made us more than welcome. the site was clean and tidy and the shower block was spotless. we spent august bank holiday week with friends and they enjoyed the stay. without any doubts we will be going back to the site again !! |
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janet trevor wesley
leicester
15/09 18/09
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we love your site as its so quiet and peacefull great for a relaxing holidy this is second time we have visited and will be back again but one tiny comment shame cant make approach road a little wider with some more pull ins but will not stop us coming back time and time again as you cant get better help and staff were fabulous nothing too much trouble see you again soon janet trevor |
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Pete Hawkins
Rotherham
30th July - 8th aug
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We agree with the many positive comments such as friendly staff and cleanliness - I must say there were also a number of rather disappointing elements, firstly having carted our bicycles over 300 miles it would have been nice to know they arent allowed to be ridden on site (something we haven`t seen or heard of in over 20years camping)- the alleged Wifi on site does not include the touring field at all (again not noted on the website)there are too few toilets and we had to walk some distance across very wet grass which could be cut more often, but our main gripe was the dawn chorus every morning from 3-4am caused by barking dogs at the adjacent kennels (something which had upset almost everyone we spoke to)
Dolbeare Park Response
Dear Pete, many thanks for your positive feedback and your constructive comments which we will review in detail. We are sorry that you had a problem with noise from the kennels - had you told us at the time, instead of five weeks later, we would have been better positioned to address the issue. We have good wifi coverage in our touring area however we have never claimed coverage in our camping paddock. Both our website and our brochure explain that cycling is not allowed on the park - we have lots of cycling nearby including the Camel Trail and the Plym Trail. Our booking notes show you were staying at Newquay prior to visiting us and we hope that you were able to make good use of your bikes during your holiday and that this has not put you off returning to Cornwall. |
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Andy Robins
Birmingham
21.08.2011 to 02.09.2011
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Having just posted a review and subsequently read through other guest comments, I want to add my views on the negative feedback I have read. I have stayed as a camper and caravanned at both Caravan Club and Camping and Caravanning Club sites over a number of years. I much prefer the Dolbeare style!! More space, a massive camping field (which we didn't use due to having family in a caravan). We were also able to reserve a tent and caravan pitch next to eachother, which you can't do on previously mentioned sites. I have nothing but praise for the site and staff. And no, I'm not related or on commission!! |
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Andy Robins
Birmingham
21.08.2011
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lovely clean and peaceful site in a good location with friendly, helpful staff who have a relaxed and welcoming approach. We extended our stay due to good weather and the staff were very accommodating. Highly recommended. Thankyou! |
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The Wheelers
Fareham, hampshire
20-29 August 2011
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Our first time at this site and I'm sure it will not be the last. It is ideally situated for trips further into Cornwall or back into Devon. So many places of interest are within easy reach.
Greatly impressed by the site and the hard-working Ian and Chris. Nothing seemed to be too much trouble.
The facilities are excellent and kept spotless. The showers and toilets seemed to impress everyone, and it was so good to be able to have a truly hot shower if desired. They must be doing something right as even our granddaughter was known to do her share of the washing-up, water collecting and waste disposal. Can't be bad!!
Thanks again for a memorable stay and we will certainly be recommending you to others.
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Steve & Lucy Young
Bracknell
August 2011
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Welcoming and friendly from start to leaving. A top site, clean, well kept and well run. Our children loved the freedom afforded by the safe surroundings of the Site. I would recomend this site without hesitation. We will camp here again.
Many thanks for our excellent stay.
Steve & Lucy Young |
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Squibbs Family
South Wales
August 2011
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Owners very Friendly and helpful, site outstanding and ideally located, no hesitation in staying again.Along with the Grange East Bergholt suffolk, best site we have stayed on, and this includes very many. |
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The Barfoots
Southampton
22.08.11 - 26.08.11
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Loved this very tidy, friendly site. Staff very helpfull and made us feel welcome. Toilet block the best we have seen with electric touch control showers and music from the ceiling. Children loved the playpark and the large field to run around safely in. To sum this site up "perfect for a quiet relaxing break!!!! |
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Chris and Amanda
Derbyshire
13th aug to 21st aug
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This was our first visit to the site and we can't wait to go back. The owners cannot do enough for you to make sure your stay is a fun one, everything is spotlessly clean, tidy and well kept. We had 5 teenage boys with us and they absolutely loved it. We will be booking for next year as they don't want to go anywhere else! can't wait |
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Stuart Dymond
Gloucestershire
15/08/2011 to 22/08/2011
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This was our first time using a caravan and we were very nervous about the rules and regulations that we had heard over the net. this however turned out not to be so true, when we arrived we were shown our plot and as we have a continental caravan (the door opens on the drivers side...Its an Eriba),we were also given our first reversing lesson by the site owner.The site was clean and very modern with probably the cleanest toilet facilities we have seen for along time and the showers were spacious enough.Great location and very peaceful in the evenings.We will be booking again for next year and have already told many of our fellow camping friends of this gem of a site.You won't be dissapointed I am sure. |
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tina and lee
bathford
14/8 to 20/8/11
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pitch 65. once again a great place to stay. even though site was busy and weather terrible toilets were always clean and free from mud. perfect quite site where you can relax. thanks again the site is a credit to ian and chris and staff. see you soon |
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Fran
Midlands
12/8/11
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Lovley site overall, was most surprised at negative comments re staff at park as we found the staff to be most helpful and friendly..some of the best we have encountered in our travels! We enjoyed our stay, although the sun could have been out more! My only gripes really were that the dog walking area was very small, more of a dog walking patch, but there are plenty of lanes nearby to walk, but not safe enough for my 14yr old to take to dog alone, and the gravel paths..the crunch of footsteps early in the morning was an alarm call I could have done without sometimes! Showers and toilets good, although an extra shower in the ladies we all agreed would be a good idea, and perhaps another hairdrier. All in all though I would definately return to Dolbeare Park, especially as my daughter was most put out she had to miss the bbq on Thurs night! |
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Julie Knight
Lazonby, Penrith
01/08/2011
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Campsite is absolutely brilliant! The kids had an amazing time and made loads of friends. The site is very clean and extremely safe for children, our 8 year old loved the freedom he had, wish we could have stayed a lot longer! |
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Pat Dunne
Site 27
3/8 - 11/8/2011
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While the park is run efficiently and is clean and hygienic, I was left underwhelmed overall from my stay at Dolbeare. WiFi is included in the services offered yet at best it is "hit-and-miss". I spent too much time trying to connect and either had no local wireless connection or no web access - and when I di connect it was very slow. As someone who needs daily access to the Web I would not have chosen Dolbeare had I known this.
The rules and regulations seem to take precedence over customer service which just creates a lack of atmosphere.
I tried to cut short my stay by one night(I originally booked for 8 nights) and was told no refund would be entertained but "I could leave anytime I want". This is hardly in keeping with the flexibility required to support touring holiday makers.I have stayed in lots of parks where I often changed and amended my arrangements without any problems - no doubt the t's & c's will be quoted to me in defence of this.
As the owners seem to be hard-working I wish them well and hope they take my observations on board constructively.
DOLBEARE PARK RESPONSE
Dear Pat, many thanks for your positive comments and for sharing your concerns, we welcome our guests feedback. When you bought your laptop in a week into your stay, we reset the router to re-establish the wi-fi connection and you agreed that a 25% refund of the £12 per week fee was fair. Had you mentioned then that you were having performance/throughput problems it would have given us the opportunity to address this at the time. Whilst our wi-fi speeds are limited by the distance from our local BT exchange we do not expect our customers to suffer poor connections. We have therefore refunded the remaining £9 wi-fi fee to the card you made your booking with.
In keeping with the majority of UK parks, our refunds/credits for early departures are discretionary and dependant upon circumstances. As a good example, the Camping and Caravan Club state "If you leave the site early for any reason (including the weather, unless we class the conditions as being too severe to camp), or you leave early without giving a reason, we will keep any unused fees and you will not be entitled to a refund."
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roseann Rothwell
Newport South Wales
23 July to 06 August 2011
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We have returned home after 2 weeks caravan holiday. (Only took 3 hours,not bad !!!)
Just wanted to say a big big thanks you to all the staff at Dolbeare park. Every staff member was always friendly and happy to help.
We really enjoyed the BBQ
(which was a great way to meet the other campers on site) The burgers and sausages were perfectly cooked by Chris and local produce too.
As for the facilities : showers and toilets: always clean.
(Maybe a notice in the ladies could make it clear that there are extra showers available, in the disable and the family bathrooms)
Whole site was well presented and we enjoyed playing Chess on the giants chess board.
The pitches are of an excellent size with room for to park the car , caravan and awning and have a grass area to sit, or sun bathe.
Dog walk was most appreciated by Sparky
The directions and entrance to the site are clear and easy to read.
We will definitely return next year |
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Lynne Pritchard
Staffordshire
13-23rd July 2011
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Excellent site. Clean, well presented and immaculate amenities. Also very peaceful. Central for exploring Devon/ Cornwall. Would definitely return. Just one (slight) criticism-could do with some extra shower facilities. Otherwise-perfect!!! |
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Linda Wetton
Stoke-On-Trent
28th may 2011
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Once again, we had a lovely time at the campsite. The staff were very friendly and helpful, the facilities were excellent and we would highly recommend a visit. |
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ken and anne Jones
newport, south wales.
16-6-2011
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Excellent well laid out site,with very friendly staff,spotlessly clean toilet/shower block with music,second year to stay,will see you next year,many thanks to Chris and Ian and staff. |
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Faulkner Family
Farnborough, Hampshire
27 May to 05 June 2011
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Dolbeare was an amazing site. So fresh, tidy and quiet!!
All the staff were so helpful. Our 2 year old daughter was poorly one evening and the owner went out of her way to bring us some medication from a local supermarket.
My only criticism is that the on-site shop could have been open for longer each day. |
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tina and lee
bathford
30-5to4-6-2011
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great site nice and quiet and relaxing. toilet block is clean and tidy. love the radio station in the toilet block. didn't want to leave, will defo be back next year. thanks ian and chris |
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Alastair & Wendy Shanks
Pickering, North Yorks
9th/16th May 2011
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Recently stayed at Dolbeare Park for a week after attending the motocross racing at Landrake Motoparc. I can honestly say it is one of the best caravan sites I have been to in my 40yrs experience of caravanning. A credit to the enthusiasic owners. |
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Jeff Hayes
Kent
16th April 2011
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10 out of 10 what more an i say , we loved it , kids loved it.
the cleanest shower and toilet blocks ever , thankyou for that as with young children that is generally my greatest fear from campsite to campsite .location lovely , people lovely .very helpful with any requests, we`re definately coming back , thankyou all ! |
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Tracey Powell
South Wales
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This site is simply EXCELLENT from the word go!friendly 'personal' greeting on arrival, taken to our pitch, help offered to position and pitch if required.
site itself is spacious and kept in beautiful order throughout.
excellent clean warm facilities.
concientious enviromental site with excellent recycling facility
information hut and book exchange
Easter Egg hunt enjoyed by young and (slightly mature) old!
Thanks to Ian and Chris we left feeling we had made new friends.
many thanks to you both
p.s. thank you to Chris for your assistance re my 'family history' heritage research.x |
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Adrian
Isle of Wight
18th to 21st April 2011
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This was an excellent campsite, set in nice surroundings. Very clean, well maintained, with easy to understand recycling. The owners were most friendly and helpful, even offering to call a local pub for me to check the specials menu for me. It was also very reasonably priced for me and my tent! Highly recommended. |
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Chris & Alastair Anniss
Plymouth
8 - 10 April 2011
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An immaculate site with a very friendly welcome. Although not far from home we will most certainly come back again. |
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D TRUSCOTT
PLYMOUTH
Dec to Jan 2010/2011
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This is a great camp site they are the most friendly and helpful people I have come across over the years of traveling through europe and the UK. The site is well situated easy to find and close to the city of plymouth within striking distance of Looe Polpero and Whitsands Bay one of best kept secrets of Cornwall, Kingsands Cawsands any where in Cornwall is not more than 1.5 hours away from site. I recommend this site to all. |
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sue and phil bond
house rented - travelling
1.12.2010
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Booked for one night, stayed FOUR! why? because of the excellent location, the spotlessly clean and warm facilities, the most helpful and friendly team you could come across, the perfect condition and upkeep of the whole hardstanding area, the wifi, the short walk to the pub, the christmas lights....excellent winter site. Thanks Dolbeare, we will be back!!! |
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Bill Connell
Kerry Ireland
5th Nov 2011
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There is no doubt this is the best campsite not alone in Cornwall but in Europe . , but the best part are the people who never complain and seem to have one aim in life " to make their guests enjoy their stay " Go rabh mile maith agaib. |
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Jan & Pat Gooding
Devon
October 2010
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Thank you for such a wonderfully relaxing park and allowing us to use your first class facilities. We had splendid weather and were able to visit all our objectives places. Even if the weather had been grim your park would still have made a wonderfully relaxing holiday.
God willing we shall be back in the early spring
Thank you once again for producing Dolbeare to its exceptional standard. |
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Clarlke
Eastleigh
27/08/2010
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This is probably the only campsite that we have been to that we would go back to! Very relaxed atmosphere, the kids loved the play area and the big field we pitched our tent in. Excellent showers/toilet and a spacious covered dish washing area. Free use of a fridge freezer. OK its not perfect but I challenge anyone to find a better campsite! |
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paul and maria bishop
plymouth
10/08/2010
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very clean and tidy. good size pitches.good for dog walking.quiet,peaceful,friendly staff always willing to help but lighting between the two feilds could be a bit brighter.possibly with solar lights.look forward to coming back again next year. |
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Ray & Maureen Turnbull
Reading
12-26 May 2010
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Sorry its taken so long to compliment you,Ian,Chris Nigel and Margaret,on your excellent facilities and service.Would recommend you to anyone.Thanks again and hope to see you same time next year.
Regards ,Ray and Mo ec6hd |
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victor and maureen stables
swindon
1/14 /6/10
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Victor and Maureen had our first caravan holiday-new caravan- didn't have a clue. Nigel & Margaret were magnificent to us. Ian and Chris also- nothing was too much trouble. we will see you all again. Keep smiling Nigel.
Victor. |
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Claire Smirk
Taunton
29/5/10 - 1/6/10
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We had a wonderful, relaxing stay here and have just booked to return in August. Can't wait. |
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mr wilson
hull
8/6/10
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one of the best sites i have ever stayed exellent cant wait to go back |
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Mrs J Darke
Plymouth
28/5/10 - 31/5/10
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What a fantastic Campsite. Only a few miles from home but felt like hundreds of miles. We had a brilliant weekend and the staff couldn't have been more helpful and friendly. Nothing was too much trouble. Spotlessly clean and tidy, and the children enjoyed the falconry and football coaching. We will definately visit again, and recomend to others. Thank you. The Darke family |
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sally
plymouth
may 2010
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A GEM OF A SITE AND BANG ON OUR DOOR-STEP WHAT LUCK.WHO NEEDS A BACK-GARDEN?THIS IS OUR BACK-GARDEN. |
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Howard Jones
South Wales
9th/15th.May2010
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A lovely site, well maintained with good facilities. Easy to get to with very nice people running it. With the discount prices we will use this site in the future. |
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linda wetton
stoke on trent
29thmay,2010
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excellent site well worth the journey,very friendly and helpful staff, spotless amenities will definitely go there again. |
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Alison Furness
Chesterfield
1/5/2010
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Had a lovely stay at Dolbeare Park. Facilities were excellent - toilet and shower and washing up block - all new and clean. Had a warm and friendly welcome- nothing too much trouble. Totally relaxing and well worth a visit. So nice we have booked again. |
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Vincent & Melanie Bradley
Bolton, Lancashire
May 2009
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Superb little site and not too busy between the bank holidays. We were also blessed with the weather- sunny and warm most days. Though the wind did get up at one point, and the staff were helpful in allowing us to pitch in a more sheltered spot.
We were expecting our first child at the time and will be happy to go back again now he's here. |
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Donna and Phil
Plymouth
1st & 3rd March 2010
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A lovely site with friendly staff and nice added touches like music in the (immaculate) showers, plus a drying room. Possibly quite an exposed site in windy weather but definately one we shall go back to anyway. |
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Mervyn & Kathryn Lowe
Ibstock, Leicestershire
New Year 2009
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Had a lovely New Year break here in Cornwall. Site 1st class,great new shower block,generous pitches and a friendly welcome. WiFi access a great benefit to us. A great location for St. Austell, Mevagissy, Looe, Eden Project, Plymouth etc. Written directions off this site spot on (don`t trust a satnav!). A "gem" of a find at a competitive price. |
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Wells
London
4 Jan 2010
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Stayed during the cold start to 2010 - 2 to 3 inches of ice and snow, yet despite this, the owners managed to make the welcome warm and friendly.
Great facilities and the warm and clean toilet block offered a welcome respite from the freezing conditions.
Highly recommended because if they can make -5c bearable then the rest of the year will I'm sure, be great.
Nice location too. 6 or 7 miles west of Plymouth and a few miles north of some beautiful coastline.
Everything you could need and very reasonably priced too.
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Barry & Mary Crossfield
Shapton Mallet, Somerset
4th December 2009
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What a super site! We have been caravanning for the best part of 30 years all over the UK and Europe. This was the first outing in our recently acquired motorhome, health reasons caused us to abandon the caravan.
Without doubt Dolbeare is as good as any site we have ever visited and better than most. The staff are more than helpful in particular Nigel. We had a problem getting the right connection for our digital aerial, tried several places on the way down to no avail. Nigel appeared with the correct bit, attached it to our aerial lead and proceeded to set the new TV up. Thank you Nigel!
We would recommend Dolbeare with no reservations, go and enjoy your visit
Barry and Mary Crossfield |
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keith white
gloucestershire
5th time in 09
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Great site location as I have a boat moored at Saltash.Chris,Ian,Nigal&Margaret very friendly and helpfull.4 visits last year and heading for 5th. this year.Quiet and lovely clean site.Bringing friends later in year. |
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P Bowden
Plymouth
20 to 27 Sep 09
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This was our second year at Dolbeare and once again the campsite was immaculate. No doubt there will be a third year. Thanks |
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Pete and Helen
Sheffield
Sept 2009
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Thanks to all at Dolbeare for a lovely week.
A very friendly atmosphere and make to feel ‘part of the family’ – maybe the naughty 14 year old J.
Facilities were always very clean and to a very high standard. Staff are friendly and very useful for local knowledge and advice – as a result recommend the steak night and quiz down the local for example.
A special mention to Nigel who helped us with a flat car battery on our second morning, although watch out for him helping your other half on the giant chess board!
We agree that Satnavs should not to be trusted around Cornwall, and the directions on this website are certainly the best route.
Thanks
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Roberts
Hampshire
23/08/09
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Shower facilities clean, bit of a trek for the campers, a separate block would help esp. when the weather is as bad as we had it. Kids had a great time tho. |
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