Skegness Sands Touring Site! Very enjoyable

Rob Clarke 2
Rob Clarke 2 Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited June 2019 in Your stories #1

First a personal message of thanks to the manger John, for the care attention he showed us and also for all his guests and staff.

Secondly, from the moment I found this location via the Caravan and Motorhome Club and spoke to John, he showed total commitment to customer care, which shone through!

I was looking for a super site, as I am totally new to all this, as we have jumped in feet first and invested into a new Motorhome!

This was our second trip in the motorhome, but this time we wanted to stay in one location for a period of time, which would be our first actual experience of meeting new people on a site and enjoying what the local area has to offer!

Our first load of trips in the motorhome back in May 2019 was about getting used to pitching up and unhitching along with trying out different types of sites and services, so as to establish what we would then need to buy for these sites, plus it enabled us to get familiar with the vehicle and its habitation area. 

As you can see from the site plan of Skegness Sands touring site, it offers an array of pitches and as I said we wanted a super site. My pitch was 52, it was very large and I even had a strip of grass separating us further from the next pitch, which John sorted out. We had to one side at the rear of the pitch, two water taps and electric hock up and a grey waste outlet, which was nicely covered up with an aluminium flexible cover.

I was aware of some reviews moaning about which access they could use, but to be fair to the site they made this clear to me!

In fact I don’t think they (the campsite) sing or shout load enough about the care, the service, or about the well cleaned  facilities they offer (bye the way, the chap I was cleaning the showers etc was exceptionally good at his job as he was on his knees cleaning round the base of a toilet, thank you sir) and why should they, you only have to see how many use them who like me enjoyed themselves and felt very safe!

Now I said we are new to all this, which from 7 site on our first trip all the onsite staff (even though we told them we were new), expected us to understand everything and didn’t tell us or expand on matters so everything was that much more embarrassing for us! However I was pleased to see at Skegness Sands that the reception team, made sure that every guest understood how things work and what to do and even offered assistance (thank you again). 

For dog lovers which we don’t have a dog, this site is very dog friendly and so is the beach and promenade (and Skegness as a whole), which is accessed by this sites private lockable gate that you get keys for including the main entrance (note you have to either pay £10.00 as a deposit for the key or you leave your membership card with reception as security).

It’s got a swimming pool, which costs £4.00 per person and opens at 10.00 in the morning and closes at 16.00 hours, which is very nice (note it does not have lockers) and unique in terms of how you store your goods while swimming 🏊‍♀️

Even though I am new, I would strongly recommend this site to all for the care, services and pitches it offers, along with the feeling of security, but also the local amenities on offer!

I learned that the population of Skegness is about 25,000 people, but during the peak summer season, this rises to 300,000 people so it’s clearly a popular area to visit.

For anyone who can’t keep off social media while on holiday, or needs to catch up with work, the site does offer WiFi at a cost, which we in the end paid £5.00 for three days per item (i.e. phone, iPad or laptop) we used to access the internet...My advice on this now is don’t buy / pay for this WiFi! Its not the fault of the site, let me repeat this, it’s not the fault of the touring site, but it is the fault of service provider of lines in this area, as it can’t cope with the demands, so just use your own data as it took me up to six minutes just to down load a page!! They did offer to refund me!

The site is also very child friendly with a small play area, but really I never saw any children playing on them, mainly I am sure because they were on the beach, or at the swimming pool, or even down on the pier in Skegness, or at the pleasure beach within Skegness!

to close, the site through the club, does not have many pictures of it’s self, so I have taken the liberty of attaching some of which one is of John the manager!

10 our of 10 as far as I am concerned and I am not easy to please!

 

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  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited June 2019 #2

    Rob, your photos have gone astray! You can add them now by making a 'comment' on your own story and adding the photos.

  • Batlass
    Batlass Forum Participant Posts: 9
    edited July 2019 #3

    Ahh, the memories come flooding back, (Batlad here) this used to be the Derbyshire Miners Holiday Camp, like Butlins just along at Ingoldmells, I went every year from 1969-1982 and even worked there for the 1988 season. Originally chalet blocks for the adults and dormitories for us kids, then additional self catering apartments and lodges, the site had a 2000 seat theatre about 5 bars and 2 huge dining rooms for the full board holiday experience.