Hi Keith & Michelle sorry to hear about your disaster at Glebe Leisure this camp site is only about 5 miles from where we live and we have stayed there and even if you did get a fully serviced pitched the drainage is a disaster you need about 1/2 mile of grey waste pipe then the drains are blocked with leaves and stones, not so long ago the site was invaded by traveller people. If we had known we could have offered you a fully serviced pitch on our drive for the weekend 😅

What great day out ,how you coped, you are a great pair love it p&p

Final solution is to let all your tyres down to about 8psi and it will drive out like a tank as long as you carry a compressor to re inflate,I've done this several times with no issues.

Wow what an experience..... I carry inch thick pieces of ply to settle the steadies onto. Also good for putting under the drive wheels to aid traction in situations like you experienced.

Hi Keith and Michelle 👋🏻 hope your doing ok you have not been on for a few weeks , just making sure all ok . As I said before it was you guys that gave is confidence to caravan . Hope you don’t mind is asking if your ok . X

First time watching. Sorry for your ridiculous Easter weekend plans. So sorry. But you two are sure cute! I will be watching you all again!

Just now watching this video. And we're off for this bank holiday weekend to North Norfolk. And guess what? It's a CL on grass pitch. So fingers crossed 🤞 after all this rain 🙄 great videos 👍🏻

My goodness that site was horrific well done you for naming imagine all the mud in your lovely new van and the rudeness of the staff hope you got a full refund

So sorry for you both you have a time of it 😢 next holiday will be better for you both take care ❤

Hello Keith and Michelle. Thank you for the vidéo, that reminds me of carry on camping 😄

We sort of feel your pain, as we had a home holiday!. we had planned to go away Wednesday until Monday, over Easter and it was also my birthday on Good Friday, so really looking forward to going away, we got the caravan all packed up and ready to go Tuesday night. Wednesday morning I was given a heads up to check and found on the website that the site was closed to all arrivals until further notice. We decided to just call it for the weekend and make the most of it at home. One of our relatives was currently on this site and told us it was wise to stay away, it got that water logged, caravans and motor homes had sunk. A tractor was called in to evacuate the site. Fortunately they closed the site and didn’t let people on to get stuck. Hopefully the site learnt from your struggles and didn’t let anyone else suffer the same pain as yourself and closed the site. Hopefully you have taken some positives away from your weekend? Ours was the money we would have spent on site fees we spent in the garden Center.

Oh what a disaster and what a shame after all your preparation. Hope you recovered and enjoyed your Easter weekend at home instead 🐣🐥🐰 I’m glad you got your car and caravan off that mud though. You’d have been paddling all weekend. Ridiculous. No chance of getting on a new site at Easter. We tend to avoid Bank Holidays but we’re retired xx

Oh what a nightmare, sorry both for your disappointments, I’d have gone mad also!!! Makes my nightmare of leaving behind the awning bridge peg connectors and having a 36mile round trip to buy some more as insignificant…. Hope you did a staycation instead on the drive 😀😀

Oh bless you both, so disappointing for you. Thank you for sharing this video, to enlighten us on the dreadful service you received. We hope your next trip away is a lovely one. Take care both xx

Thanks for sharing your video, as always a great watch. We were in Wales this weekend, towed on and off a grass pitch, car, caravan, awning all plastered in mud, difference was we knew what we were going into, having given up trying to find another site, as you found out, all fully booked. Looking forwards to your next instalment. Nigel and Wendy

I know how you feel we had a similar experience a few years ago. Move on and look forward to a new site when the weather gets better. 😢

Good job and love your video on KZfaq

How awful for you.We got stuck on our arrival at campsite on Friday. The wardens on site were lovely. Unhitched our caravan got our car out of mud. Then they put caravan in place (on grass) then made sure we could get our car on and off grass. Had a great weekend and weather was gorgeous. Not something we say often in Lake District

Looks like you have my luck! Nightmare pitch and holiday park but it's nice to see you both back on the road. Hope to see you sometime out and about. Take care.

Bad holiday, but awesome content! 4WD for the win, thanks neighbours. I love how you complained about all the potholes, and then about roadworks. Such a frustrating day. I hope you spent the night in the van anyway

I now only book hardstanding pitches, unless in summer there has been a good number of days dry weather and forecast is also good

Oh yes, you got it in one, if it doesn't sound right, then it probably isn't. What a terrible experience. It's the beginning of the season and a lot of the staff lack experience and confidence. At least you found a helpful camper to support you. We are booked on a site with all grass pitches in April and I have a worry that we may have to abort or change our plan. Glad you kept calm and did the right thing. In hindsight, home for Easter was the right choice this year, the same as us ! :) Trev.

I had the same thing you had. The Campsite said we have got some plastic you can drive over so you won’t get stuck. I am well and truly stuck with a motor caravan. It’s 6 inches deep I’m not going till Saturday so they will tire me out, have to pick dog up over mud.

Hi Keith & Michelle, such a sad tale! We had a similar episode at Carnon Downs several years ago, before it was Caravan Club, the caravan sank and we paddled to the car! Oh the joys of caravan life 👍

Hi Keith & Michelle, how disappointing for you but you did the right thing getting out of there! We’ve been to a couple of sites where we have arrived, set up and then left within the hour because our gut told us something wasn’t right. Some people are in the wrong business and they should have warned you in advance. Well done for keeping your chins up (at least on camera). Best wishes, Helen & Dave

Guys just watched the Vlog so sorry to see what happened, thank God people like you do these reviews so other people don’t fall foul of bad management of sites. If we get a baking summer with bond dry ground we would nether visit that camp site Take care out there

Awww bless you. I really felt your disappointment! And, so look forward to your next adventure! Thanks so much for sharing this. We all need to be aware of the difficulties caused by so much rain and those who don't see this as your happy weekend away, but just as a business transaction. Next time will be perfect! 😊

Hi Keith and Michele. How frustrating and what poor customer service. Everything happens for a reason. Looking forward to your next adventure xxx

Hi, we had exactly the same issues as you have had at the same site last February. You could almost be describing word for word our experience, from the misleading website to the rude staff and the sodden wet pitch which looked like a ploughed field. I also agree that the term 'fully serviced' is very misleading, they are not fully serviced unless you have metres and metres of hose and of waste pipe. Its a site that we will never ever recommend, nothing good to write about it at all

Hi Keith and Michele we have to pay £40 for our Green Waste bin to be emptied. Sorry to hear your weekend was a washout, we were away on a hard standing pitch and even that had water coming through the hard standing. We were on a corner pitch and the water was coming from the pitches on the level above ours luckily this was at the back end of our pitch so not quite as bad, awnings are only allowed on the hard standing but pegs can go on the grass which was very boggy and caused a right mess to our awning. Look forward to your next video. Michael

Hi Keith and Michelle, sorry about your Easter break. We had a similar problem about 10 years ago our car was automatic so I engaged the motor mover put the car in drive and operated the mover to get it off and it worked so could come in useful for anyone who has a similar problem. Garth

Sorry to hear about this stressful ordeal especially as it was Easter weekend and you were supposed to be enjoying yourselves! Hope the Easter bunny arrived eventually to you both xxx

Unlucky guys😔 . I’m sure you’re next trip will make up for it. Look forward to seeing you on your next adventure.

Hi Keith & Michele, sorry to see your Easter break was spoiled. It’s a shame when you look forward to a break away and then the camp site isn’t what you were hoping it would be. The water logged pitches were ridiculous, the site should have called ahead of your arrival. Definitely true Michele go with your gut next time. All the best and safe travels. Best wishes, David & Joey ❤

Hi both, After what you have both been through this, annoying and disappointing as it was, is - nothing in the grand scheme of things . You BOTH will be back on your travels again soon . That is what is important. Best wishes. Dianne & Allan♥

Hi guys...oh so sorry for that it's not nice.,keep safe😘

That’s a shame. We love Glebe. It’s local to us and great for a quick getaway for us. Never had any issues. Hope you get back out soon.

Ah, love watching you guys even if it’s it turns out to be a non event. Seriously though, really sorry that you didn’t get your Easter break away in Holly. Thank you for being so honest about everything. Don’t think we would want to patronise those sites after what happened to you. Our caravan dealership hadn’t even sent off our claim to Coachman for the damage after our fridge door fell off when we spoke to them just before Easter so we are not particularly happy at the moment either. We’ve got child locks fitted now thanks to you Keith and Michele as we are due to be away for almost three weeks soon. Better luck next time! Amanda and Paul. ❤

I love watching your videos always have and always will I’ve been loving them for the past what is it now 5 years

So sorry to hear of your experience. To be fair anyone with a caravan or motorhome has to have at least 1 bad experience at a nightmare site and I’ve visited many sites in our caravan/s over the last 23 years and had more than 1, so welcome to the club and hopefully it’ll be your only bad experience. Do these sites not realise or understand what excellent customer service looks like? Clearly not, or else you would have been contacted in advance about the state of the site and even if they hadn’t I would have expected them to have gone out of there way to resolve this where everyone would be happy. Social Media and KZfaq are extremely powerful tools to vent your frustration at poor service and can have an immediate impact on someone’s business and snowball out of control, it’s a shame they didn’t think about this before dealing with you both! Many thanks for the video and this site will go in my little black book of sites to avoid. I hope you both had a lovely Easter despite the drama and manage to get out shortly in the caravan. Best Wishes ❤

Hi Keith & Michele. The condition of the pitches look awful. What greedy site owners expecting people to pay and stay. Thanks for sharing 👍

I was so sorry for you, I would have been upset too, as you say you have the caravan all packed and to have to go home. I felt when then didnt answer the buzzer it didnt bode well. I hope your weekend was better at home for you x

It’s unbelievable that any grass pitches would be open, what a shambles. Certainly wouldn’t want to stay there. I am so sorry that you have been put through all that stress. You could have stayed in the caravan on the drive, I did just that during Covid.

Sad that your weekend was ruined. Top marks to the chaps Landrover’s 4wd system which could have pulled your car & caravan out together without unhitching to get your front wheels onto tarmac.

Aw gutted for you guys, having a twinny we never go for grass, but as you say you thought you booked hard standing ! Hope the next trip is ok, keep up the vids, enjoy watching 👍

We are currently on a C&CC site. Had booked grass but they rang us last week and told us the grass was too wet so swapped us to hard standing FOC. That’s how to customer service!

We’re so sorry for you, I can’t think of anything worse than having to go home after looking forward to a weekend away. Katie and I tend to go for club sites as you know exactly what you’re going to get. I’m sure it’ll go perfectly next time you’re away…get it booked now to give you something to look forward to. Contradicting what I’ve just said, we’re booked into the Secret Garden near Wisbech in a couple of weeks, never been before but it’s supposed to be quirky, fingers crossed! 🤞🏼 Tristan & Katie

Oh my goodness you could not write this talking about bad luck on Easter weekend. Hope you had a good drink.

Hi there..oh my goodness..we feel for you..that happened to us about 4 years ago we were towed on and dragged off . The Park should not have been open..where the grass pitches are concerned. I always say a business defines itself on how it sorts a problem out and sadly the place you went failed miserably..hope you get away soon..x

What a total shambles. I agree with the comments here about not taking bookings on grass pitches. We just had three nights on a small CL outside Northallerton and when we booked the owners said they were only taking bookings on their two hard standing pitches until the ground conditions improved significantly. We recently travelled by rail from Yorkshire to West Sussex and I cannot remember seeing so much standing water in the fields for virtually the entire journey. The poor farmers must be tearing their hair out and wondering if they are going to be able to get any crops grown, sewn or harvested, unless they’re growing rice.

What a nightmare!! So sorry your weekend was spoilt x

The biggest shock was how bad your car was in the mud, maybe getting All Season Tyres or Winter Tyres for the cold wet winter months. Good luck with the next trip.

Hi Michelle and Keith sorry to hear your sad Easter weekend fiasco. I live in Wirral and we have had to pay for our garden waste bin service for about 6 years now hope that makes you feel a little better about paying . I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time next trip x

What a shame! Hope you managed to have a restful Easter at home

So sorry to hear about your holiday. You are right about the gut feelings.. always trust them 🤔 I'm glad we're not the only couple who complain about pot holes and council tax rises..😢 Take care both. Best Wishes Linda and Glenn 😊

Had a miserable trip for same reason last October. People bogged down and stuck. Was pleased my Jag Xf AwD (now gone) had no issues but it was carnage. Hope my Mazda is ok in the mud

Oh that is disappointing I've looked at going there as its not too far from where I live. Won't bother now. Xx hope your staycation went well. Xx

Sorry that your weekend away didn’t work out as expected. I remember 15 years ago I was on a tent camping weekend in the middle of forest. My Jaguar got completely stuck and I had to be pulled out by a Land Rover. Ever since then I’ve only ever bought Land rovers and Range Rovers. I’ve helped quite a few people at clay pigeon shoots and campsites over the years. 4wd’s maybe gas guzzlers to some, but they are bloody useful in bad weather and difficult terrain.

WOW! that was bad luck!!! - especially with that second site - talk about raising your hopes!!!! We had a similar problem (with mud) last weekend - at a grass CS in York - perfect location - it was soaking when we got there & left, our neighbours in their twin axle & Land Rover Disco made a right mess when they left, but we unhitched on the tarmac then used the motormover a short distance to the pitch & the same back & everything was fine. Also, as our nose is 70kg, I can actually lift the jockey wheel over any bumpy bits - or you could put a gas bottle in the back to make the nose lighter, just a thought. Great vlog & entertaining to watch - well done getting it all videoed!

Hi, so sorry about your weekend, we also had a disaster, we were all hitched up ,checked the lights, nothing, the electrics would not work, but it would be worse to turn up at site and it was a disaster, its so upsetting unpacking van, with no holiday had. Just look forward to the next won, when electrics working😢😢😂😂xx

So sorry to hear about your bad experience at Glebe . Been there , done that and still got he mud stains x

Hi both, the weather is so bad in our country, have you considered touring around France,sometimes a change is as good as a rest.

Is there a reason some parks have a lot of grass pitches? Is it something to do with planning constraints? You’d think they could at least put down gravel

The motor mover should of got the 'van off that muddy pitch especially with a bit of help pushing.

The guy says, “if it dries out”, yes, in about 3 months!.

Sorry to see this, I must admit we never consider going away at Easter. Although Easter is at different times of the year the weather is always bad. Look on the bright side you have got your disaster out of the way early in the year so fingers crossed rest of the season will be fine. Following Facebook groups many campsites were cancelling stays because of the state of the pitches. I don’t know what planet your site was on, thanks for naming it one to avoid.

At our regular site the owners stopped the bookings for Easter because the ground was a mudpit. That terrible place that you went to seem to only be interested in a quick buck. They need to pull their socks up in these days of you tube, tic tock and Instagram because right now they don't deserve to be in business

You should be on that ‘when caravanning goes wrong’ programme! If ever there was a time for Bacardi and coke 🥴

Sorry to hear about your disappointing weekend ,I would be furious to you need to put up a bad review on their website so many put up glossy pictures and they are nothing like it when you get there never mind just look forward to your next trip take care 💖💕👍

So sorry for you never mind onward and upward 💑

Hi sorry to hear of your bad experience how stupid of them to put a caravan on a grass pitch after all that rain , hope you have a successful next trip xx

So sorry for you guys, Easter bank holiday weekend ruined by people who just think profit, money money money, at least the other campsite said sorry we are closed because of water logged pitches, just a shame that the person who answered the phone didn’t know that, you will always have the knowledge of knowing what your car can drive on and what it can’t drive on, thanks for sharing your experience, hope you had a great Chinese. ❤👍.i

Sorry you had such a bad experience at this site, we learnt our lesson years ago on a private site, can't remember the name but it was rough (staff and pitches). So we only book CAMH club and cl sites now. Good luck on your next sneaky weekend away.😀

Same around n wales lots of sites weren't opening easter because of water logged pitches we managed to find one but that was a struggle getting on and off.😊

You left us on a cliffhanger🤯. Did the Chinese and hopefully a glass, or two of red wine that evening help?? I am sure that even this event won't affect you and you'll be out again to enjoy your next adventure. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs with us.

Sorry you had such a disappointing Easter, it reminded me of ours last year , same thing absolutely water logged. Unfortunately we weren't so lucky as they wouldn't refund our money , it's so wrong! Never mind keep making the videos , you keep us entertained, as they say things will only get better! 😁

Well how gutting is that!! I've been caravanning since 1984 and have not seen anything quite like that. i usually say at the end of every comment... "enjoy your time" but I think this time I will say, enjoy your next time ;))

Well that was entertaining 😅.. Shame, it messed up your weekend, we are away this weekend and may have the same problems hope not.. it's funny hearing the issues upu have with the council and pot holes, it's a world wide talking point, I used to goto china for work and even they had the same issues !! Thanks for all the work you put into your show we really enjoy it.. cheers..

Bless you both. XXXXXXXX

Hi keith & michelle so sorry about your ruined adventure, what a nightmare 🤦‍♀️ hopefully you will get out somewhere soon. Good job that guy helped you get out dont know what you would of done, you dont need keith exerting himself. Anyway take care,see you soon xx

In our area we have always been charged for garden waste bin, £40 renewal this year so you've been lucky in your area me thinks

Praise the Lord for Land Rover 😊

I literally stayed there last week as a halfway stop off to Sandford Holiday Park. I always chose hard standing, but we had no issue at Glebe leisure. Sanford Holiday park was twice as bad as that to be fair, but it’s all due to that heavy rainfall over the past week

Try this thing guys we pay for our brown bin. We pay £54 a year are council tax is £2730 this year and we pay £170 for these service charge for them to mow the green areas on our estate, which is normal for a new build if you have over 500 properties so, it’s unbelievable now

Oh no sorry about your wkend. The rain is terrible. We've had pay for our green bin for the past 2yrs here in Cheshire. £50 this yr and they only collect for 10mths. 😡. Better look nxt time. We're going Tewkesbury in May can see that being cancelled. Take care. X

What a shame. I suppose, we win some and lose some. Better things are coming your way! That's how I look at it. My own caravan holidays have been scuppered for a little while by a 17g little bundle of life! Believe it or not, a swallow. He's affectionally known as 'Otochan' (Japanese for daddy). He was born in a nest on our balcony in 2022 and from the start, for whatever reason took a shine to me. He returned last year, built a nest for his family across the road, but he himself decided he'd like to sleep in our house. He returned again (thankfully!) on the 28th of March and has spent every night sleeping in our house. He loves to come and play and has absolutely zero fear of my partner and I and remembered completely the layout of the home and responds to his name as usual. He's not a pet or a rescue bird. I think he must have inputted us as part of the family from when he was a chick in the nest. Even as a fledgling, he landed on my arm. Anyway, until he's fully settled, any trip away is off the schedule. I have taught him to use the bathroom window to go in and out, so that we can get away and he can enter and leave at will. It doesn't matter if the bathroom (fully waterproof and easy to clean) gets wet or dirty and the window is a sliding one.

How very annoying. I cannot bear bad customer service. They shouldn't be in business. I hope you reviewed them. Despite going home I hope you both had a Happy Easter. We were at Chatsworth and to rub salt in, the super pitch next to us was free from Friday until we left Yesterday. We have now moved onto Buxton CAMC site until Saturday. x

Oh no bless you both, this is the last thing you needed after everything you've been through, we pay good money to stay on camp site's these days the least they could do was be pleasant and sympathetic, manners cost nothing. Hope you manage to get away soon, good luck xx

I really feel for both of you, as we had a similar experience in North Wales. We turned up to find that the pitch we were supposed to stay on for three nights was water logged. We were offered a rough, scruffy piece of waste land that had machinery on and evidence of fires. Not what we expected for Easter! We also went home, as everywhere was booked! We are trying to get a refund but as it was booked via Pitchup we have the added complication of getting money back from the site owner and Pitchup. It seems that Pitchup take 15%! Let's hope the weather improves soon🤞

100% feel you pain all the way 😢 our first easter at home cause our site is shut due to flooding 😢and then reopened Monday 1pm ! Bit late now 😂bet you used a bit of fuel 😮still nice jolly for Holly 😊don't forget to leave a review of the site 😅😅.Ry&Ave 😊

Hi Keith and Michelle sorry to hear about your disaster trip, we were ment to go away in our caravan Easter Friday for three nights but got a call from the site Thursday saying the site is water logged so we got a refund, like you we had the van fridge all stocked with food ended up staying at home 😢

Hi both hope your both well. We are considering putting our swift kontiki in for a coachman caravan (we've never had a caravan before) we would like to free up some money so we could get a 4x4 and tow a caravan at the moment we tow a vw up behind our MH but when home the car is too small, as you've not long made the change I'd appreciate your thoughts 😉 xx

Sad for you, we had a similar tale a few years ago, booked a long weekend at Shear Barn at Hastings. Turned out to be the most miserable dump you could imagine. Its so deflating to just turn round and come home again. Wished we'd read the reviews first!

Omg!!! That’s awful. I can understand your anger,, I’d have been bloody blazing! Like you say though,, it wasn’t meant to happen,, there maybe a reason? Settle down now and plan another lovely stay away together in a proper establishment xxx

Hi guys, we went to look round that site the morning that we saw you at Swiss Farm in Henley. We didn’t like it much and it was dry then!! Anyway, this is the new channel… only put out one video but about to release a second!!

I'm sorry you had a ruined Easter Break, They will still take your money off you and hope you don't complain about the state of the pitch. If you had stayed just think of all the mud that would be walked into the Caravan, and after 3 nights I'm sure your van would be down to it's Axel and then you would be well and truly stuck. Just bad Management and very rude staff. They don't deserve the custom.

Hi both. Just found your channel. What a nightmare you had. I don’t know what part of the country you’re from, but when we lived in Rugby, the brown bin payment started about 5 years ago. We moved to Leicestershire a couple of years ago, and we had to pay for the green bin here too. We don’t go on sites very often as we have a motorhome, but when we do, I always get the booking in print to make sure I have in writing what I have booked - I’m sure you will be doing the same from now on. Also, we never go away at Bank Holidays - can’t be bothered with the traffic & crowds of people around. Glad you got your refund, it paid for your Chinese at least 🤣

Glad you got your money back …. but what an upset.😠 You won’t get caught out again on a Bank Holiday.

I think Keith needs some practice driving in the mud. There is little difference between the drive systems of that Freelander and the Haldex in your car. We have the same system in our Taracco and it has pulled our heavy twin axle caravan across the mud several times on low profile road tyres (to the dismay of the wardens at a CMC site this weekend).

Oh my days Keith and Michele. I would have been fuming myself at the sheer rudeness of the site owners. I may have jumped the reception desk. Lol. I take it you have received your refund? Can't believe the ignorance of some people but glad you got the help. X