The Laurels Holiday Park

The Laurels Holiday Park
Whitecross
Nr. Wadebridge
Cornwall
PL27 7JQ
Tel. 01208 813341

Lyn and I wanted to cycle the Camel Trail, and the "Laurels" suited us best.

THE SITE.

All pitches on this site are level. No need for the wedges here. What little bit of tilt there was, was easily remedied by a tweak on the corner steadies.
The site was clean, tidy and freshly mown. The pitches in the centre row (where we were) did seem a bit on the tight side due to the fencing dividing the pitches, and if we had used our awning, we would have found the remaining space for our car a bit restrictive. I suppose that we could have parked in front of our caravan, but then it would have spoilt the view.

It's a quiet site, even though the A39 runs along one side, making going anywhere a lot easier. Finding it was easy too, it's right on the A39/A389 junction.
The toilet/shower block, although not brand new, was clean. There where 4 sit-downs 4 hand basins and 2 showers in the men's. The ladies had the same layout. Lyn and I only used the showers the first morning we were there.

Dogs are allowed, but there was no dog walk on site just an enclosed exercise area.
There was no shop on site, but with a brand new Somerfield's supermarket just down the road from the site, food shopping was no problem. Fuel needs could be satisfied by a petrol station just a couple of hundred yards along the A389 (but it didn't stay open all that late).

One the subject of shopping. In Wadebridge, at the top of the main shopping street there's a camping/caravanning shop that seemed to have everything. There's also a sewing shop for the ladies, on the left. Continuing the shopping theme. I couldn't believe the number of cycle hire outlets there are in Wadebridge !! I did mean to count them, but forgot :o)

If you're a cyclist, the Camel Trail, while not being that long, is well worth the effort. The whole route from Bodmin to Padstow is about 25 miles, it took us just over 3 hours. We found the Wadebridge to Padstow the better, more scenic part. It followed the Camel as it widened out to the sea and some of the views were breathtaking.

A good place for bird watching too. The stretch from Wadebridge to Bodmin was not so interesting, even though it follows the Camel and it's winding way to Bodmin. I should think that in the summer (if we are going to get one !!) it would be a lot more attractive. There's a wayside café on this part that provides snacks as well the life saving cup of tea.

We enjoyed our stay. It was a shame that we didn't have good weather.
They don't build wind farms in this part of Cornwall just for fun !!

Ian SL.

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