Nelliethehooker advice please

thebells
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edited March 2019 in Certificated Locations #1

I have noticed that you seem to have already been to every CL that we plan to visit; so wondered if you could give some advice, (your reviews are excellent by the way😊). We are off to Monks Farm Sneaton on 7th March and are wondering about eating at The Wilson Arms on the Friday evening whilst there-did you eat there at all? We're going to The Hare and Hounds at Hawsker on the Saturday  (we'd normally stay at Swan Farm cl but the hardstanding pitches at Monks Farm have seduced us!)

We are also off to Gartfairn CL in June/July as part of a big Scottish tour and wondered if you could remember any pubs (or the name of the hotel at Balmaha) to recommend in that area?! (Again your review is very useful in terms of local shops and access to site so you've already answered those questions !).

 

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  • Takethedogalong
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    edited March 2019 #2

    Nellie writes great reviews, politely puts the pro’s and cons, and gives lots of extra details. Even the Club have taken note and started to give nearest Supermarket in handbook!  Nice one Nellie!😁👍

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2019 #3

    We don't often eat out so I'm unable to say what the food is like at The Wilson Arms, but reading others reviews it would appear that they are good, and large!! From Gartfairn you can walk down to Balmaha where there are a couple of pubs which seem popular but I think that they might be rather pricey as it's a very popular destination. You might be better heading to Denman where there are a couple of inns.

    Thanks for the comments regarding my reviews. I try to put in them the soft of information that I want from a review, and not just a few platitudes. 

  • thebells
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    edited March 2019 #4

    I completely agree! It's a definite art form; whenever I list the "cons" it always sounds like I'm just being mean! Maybe the club should employ Nellie to write descriptions of all the cls 😀

  • thebells
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    edited March 2019 #5

    Many thanks for your help; I'll definitely make a note of Denman.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2019 #6

    That was a predictive text error, tb. It was meant to read Drymen, which you drive through on the way to the site. A word of warning...the road down to Balmaha gets very busy on a fine weekend or during school holidays.

  • KjellNN
    KjellNN Club Member Posts: 8,665 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 2019 #7

    We stay within 20 minutes of Balmaha, we have twice eaten at the Oak Tree Inn, and our daughter's "hens party" was based there so OH has tried the rooms and the breakfast.

    We had a good experience, the food is good and my impression of the price was that it was pretty middling, see their menu on their website...

    https://www.theoaktreeinn.co.uk/food-drink/

    It is very popular so you would need to book at weekends

  • KjellNN
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    edited March 2019 #8

    OH has also eaten at the Drymen Inn

    https://thedrymeninn.com/

    You can check their menu too

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2019 #9

    Thanks for the help, Kjell.

  • thebells
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    edited March 2019 #10

    Just back from Monks Farm and it was fab: what a great site. Excellent fish and chips for 2 at The Wilson Arms along with 4 pints of cider which came to £38, so very happy with that😀

    Thank you Nellie and KjellNN for the advice about our Gartfairn CL  trip, which we'll definitely take!

     

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2019 #11

    Glad that you had a good time at Monks Farm, and hope that your trip to Gartfairn goes well.

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