High Rigg Farm in North Yorkshire

If you are looking for somewhere peaceful and remote, with plenty of walks and cycle paths, and beautiful scenery - then the location of this campsite is perfect.

However, the campsite itself is less than perfect so beware and be prepared if you are planning a visit.

When booking you will not be issued any rules or terms - but once you arrive you will see nothing but tacky laminated 'rules' pasted all around the site.

You wont be told that all BBQs must be out by 9pm - and there will be a nightly patrol to ensure this - accompanied by a bucket of water for any offender - so don't be late from a day out.

You wont be told that any other form of controlled heat source (even in safe fire pits, chimeneas etc) is banned until you are sat quietly arounf one.

You wont be told that he expects no noise at all after 10pm, with all adults and children in/by their tents - and will enforce this with a 10pm patrol.

You wont be told that you must leave by 12pm on your final day, until 12.30pm on your final day - accompanied by his little black book for collecting offenders registration numbers (???).

You wont be told that if you inform he that he should have told you in advance, that he will harrass you all holiday, inform you of new rules you haven't yet been told of, stand and watch you and your children, and make sure that he can spoil your holiday for not fitting in with his rules.

This may sound like a rant, but it is designed to prewarn you before you go - he has indirectly admitted he was wrong by amending a website once we had left - but at no point did we get an apology for the way he treated and spoke to us. As experienced (none-lager-lout) campers, with professional jobs and responsibilities, we know how to respect other people - it's a shame the campsite does not know how to respect it's paying customers.