Pitches between 49 and 64

The new pitches have now been dug out and the base has been laid. The back of the pitches will have chestnut fencing and at the side of the road will be gabian baskets to hold up the bank on the other side as there was a 4 ft difference in levels!!

pitches 49 - 64

The new road is taking shape

pitches 49 - 64

The right hand side of this area has now been levelled and the pitches will now be dug out

Blockwork completed

All the blockwork has now been completed and the external bricks have been delivered.

Pitches between 49 and 64

The hardcore is now being laid for the new road between 49 - 64

Digging out the road

Digging out the road between pitches 49 - 64

Blocks and Builders

Upward view of the new toilet block and a view of the new developement for pitches 49 - 64

The footings for the Toilet Block

Progress!! most of the blockwork on the foundations has now been completed

New road between pitches 49 & 64

The new road is now being created in-between these pitches

Blocks and Builders

The base is going up!

Blocks and Builders

The buiders are getting ready to lay the blocks

pitches 49 - 64

There was a water point at the front which has now been removed and this is where the new road is going to be situated

Blocks have arrived

The blocks have now arrived so work can begin!

Concreting of the base complete!

The foundations have now been laid and we just have to wait for it to dry now!!

Concrete

The weather has been really good and we should get the concreting finished today

Concrete

The concreting has begun!!

pitches 49 - 64

This is the end of this section and just show you what it was like before it is dug up as it won't be like this again!

pitches 49 - 64

We have begun to level off this area and the road is going to be dug out and is going to be re-located in-between the pitches

Pitches between 49 and 64

These pitches have a slight slope to them so we have decided while we are digging holes we might as well make these level. This middle section will now be sinlge hardstanding superpitches. We are also moving the road into the centre to create a wider space.

Upward view

A view to show the space for the new toilet block

The footings for the Toilet Block

The footings have now been dug out and we are waiting for the conrete

Footings

The beginning of the footings

Clearing the tarmac

We have now lifted the tarmac and are getting ready to dig the footings for the new toilet block

New Toilet Block Development

The temporary porta loo's have now been taken away and we are now clearing the base ready for the new toilet block

View towards the new toilet block

This is the view from pitch 70 before the toilet block takes shape

Pitches 57 - 64

This is the last time you will see these pitches like this!!

Pitches 57 - 64

This is soon going to be dug out and levelled

Pitches 57 - 64

As you can see there is a slight slop on these pitches

This is soon going to be dug up!!

Pitches 57 - 64

More of the soil has been taken off to begin levelling up this row

Pitches 57 - 64

The soil from the footings of the new toilet block is being distributed along these pitches

Pitches 57 - 64

These were slighly sloping pitches and we have decided while we are excavating we will make this section level and upgrade them to hardstanding pitches with their own water and greywaste drainage point so they will be ideal for Motorhomes

Grading the banks

The banks are also being graded to make them a more gradual slope

Footings for the new toilet block 3

Different view of the footings

Footings for the new toilet block 2

Every thing is being measured and set out

Footings for the new toilet block

The footings have been marked out and digging has begun

Creation of the New Toilet Block !!

Now the serious work begins!! Off we go again!!

The site where the porta loo's were is now being cleared of the tarmac and digging of the footings will begin!!

Bye bye porta loo's !!!!!

Bye bye !! off they go!! never to be seen again!!

We had to halt the trafffic so that he was able to go down the lane!!

Finally he made it after a few attempts!!!

Porta loo's taken offsite 5

Now the driver had to try and turn around not an easy feet!!!

Porta loo's taken offsite 4

Going out of the entrance is the tricky bit!!

Porta loo's taken offsite 3

It just manages to get over the bridge by reception!

Porta loo's taken offsite 2

Here it comes!!

Porta loo's taken offsite

It is now the end of September and the porta loo's have done their job.

It is time again to get down to some serious business and build the new toilet block!!!!!!!!

Pitch 97 on the main field

Pitch 97 has been upgraded to a super hard standing pitch and is lovely and spacious, it is also close to the amenties so it is ideal if you want to be close to the toilet block.

Meadow Bluebell taking shape

As you can see Meadow Bluebell runs along side the stream. Fish we seen recently in there (but it isn't a fishing lake) it is solely for viewing only!

Meadow Bluebell taking shape

We are really pleased with the progress of Meadow Bluebell it is really taking shape now!

The new turf has now taken and alot more guests are using these pitches. They are all commenting on the peacefullness of this area and abundance of wildlife and are loving the new ducklings!! We also have baby moor hens in the stream!

Inside the porta loo's

The showers were very modern and spacious, we were very impressed with them as they looked nothing on the outside! It was a nice surpise to go inside and find them to be very modern, as we really didn't know what to expect as they had come all the way from Birmingham and we hadn't the time to go and view them!

Inside the porta loo's

We were very pleased with the fixtures and fittings of the portloo's and they were very modern

Porta loo's are installed

They were positioned where the new toilet block is going to be built

Temporary toilet blocks arrive

Our planning for new hard standing and superpitches and a new toilet block was finally granted in 2010. During the winter we managed to develop the area for the pitches, but then the weather turned against us and we were unable to build the new toilet block, so we hired temporary units for the 2011 season.