High Rigg Farm in North Yorkshire

Was very sceptical after reading the last review and prepared ourselves for the worst, having spent a week at High Rigg Farm I couldn’t sing it’s praises enough.

The location is perfect for those wishing to spend time in Dalby Forest or as a base to visit the North Yorkshire Moors. The campsite itself is on a slight slope and the small numbers of tent pitches are around the edges of the field. The site also caters for a small number of caravans and a handful of PODS.

Facilities are clean and tidy and include three shower rooms, a wash room, a drying room as well as male and female toilets with no extra charge for hot water, there is even a place to wash the mud of the bikes (or each other). For those who don’t travel with a fridge-freezer campers are permitted the use of one at the house which we found ideal for freezing the ice packs for the cool box.

The site is in the middle of Dalby Forest so there are rules about fires, which is expected in such an area, however BBQ are allowed and metal stands are provided for the disposable type. High Rigg is also a working farm and parents are asked not to let children play on farm machinery, or approach the animals, all of which should be common sense.

Was very sceptical after reading the last review and prepared ourselves for the worst, having spent a week at High Rigg Farm I couldn’t sing it’s praises enough.

The location is perfect for those wishing to spend time in Dalby Forest or as a base to visit the North Yorkshire Moors. The campsite itself is on a slight slope and the small numbers of tent pitches are around the edges of the field. The site also caters for a small number of caravans and a handful of PODS.

Facilities are clean and tidy and include three shower rooms, a wash room, a drying room as well as male and female toilets with no extra charge for hot water, there is even a place to wash the mud of the bikes (or each other). For those who don’t travel with a fridge-freezer campers are permitted the use of one at the house which we found ideal for freezing the ice packs for the cool box.

The site is in the middle of Dalby Forest so there are rules about fires, which is expected in such an area, however BBQ are allowed and metal stands are provided for the disposable type. High Rigg is also a working farm and parents are asked not to let children play on farm machinery, or approach the animals, all of which should be common sense.

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.