Harrow Wood Farm and Caravan Park, New Forest - review

So, the destination of choice for our break for (a rather early) Easter holiday was Harrow Wood Farm in the New Forest, we had read a couple of good reviews and the price was right (almost as importantly), so we thought we would give it a go! Flyingpops got through to them on her second call (after muttering in my direction that "they're most likely all booked up") the lady that answered (the telephone that *exact* second) was extremely friendly, and didn't insist upon a pre-payment of any kind ("Oh you sound like nice folk, I'll trust you")...excellent... ;)

We packed up, as already documented, and zoomed off (following the handy directions of Flyingpops' new TomTom) -

- which speedily got us (under two hours) to the New Forest -

- where we whisked quickly (through the total lack of traffic) to the site-

- which was - no joke - absolutely amazing -

- we checked in and paid at the totally modern reception, were shown on a map exactly which way to go to find our pitch, headed through the (easily 10 foot hedge shielding the site proper from the rest of the farm) -

- and this is what we saw, all completely level, perfect grass, quiet drives, hard standing pitches and zero noise (apart from the singing of the black birds, the bleating of the local billy goats -

- and the flapping of the local pheasants as they hunted down missed goat grub) -

- we parked up Colin, put up the awning (breaking a pole in the act, but bodging it with gaffer tape) -

- enjoyed the perfect peace and quiet for a few hours until sunset -

- put in Colin's thermal window shields (attached with stickers to the glass), it's quilted and silver coated, plus it keeps out 99% of the sunlight in the morning, keeps out most of the ambient noise and stops anyone peeping in...this is the first time we will have ever slept in the camper, so all measures for comfort were essential(!) -

- oh and we discovered that the toilet block on site contains showers with THREE shower heads! One at the top, one to the right and left, awesome! We nicknamed them the "Triple Tornado", although I suspect the pleasure is normally withheld from the able-bodied judging by the size of the stall...(it's the one on the end, if you make it onto site, make sure you give it a go...! ;)

Then we hurried down the extremely short walk to the "Egon Ronay" recommended Gastro pub about 200 yards from the site...but more on that later... ;)

All in all? Absolutely superb...we will definitely be going back...more to follow...just a bit tired now... ;)