Comments on: Shell Island Campsite Review http://www.campr.co.uk/shell-island-campsite-review We write about cool camp sites, camping gadgets and camping news. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James http://www.campr.co.uk/shell-island-campsite-review#comment-143 James Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:49:30 +0000 http://www.campr.co.uk/?p=713#comment-143 Thanks for the recommendation Andy. Caerddaniel looks like a nice alternative. Thanks for the recommendation Andy. Caerddaniel looks like a nice alternative.

]]> By: Andy http://www.campr.co.uk/shell-island-campsite-review#comment-141 Andy Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:45:55 +0000 http://www.campr.co.uk/?p=713#comment-141 My family visited Shell Island on two occasions in 2006. The first time off-peak and the site was beautiful. The second time during the peak season, and it sounded very much like the review above. Luckily there are a few nice sites around, our favourite being Caerddaniel: http://www.caerddaniel.co.uk/camping.html, but there are many many more. My family visited Shell Island on two occasions in 2006. The first time off-peak and the site was beautiful. The second time during the peak season, and it sounded very much like the review above. Luckily there are a few nice sites around, our favourite being Caerddaniel: http://www.caerddaniel.co.uk/camping.html, but there are many many more.

]]> By: James http://www.campr.co.uk/shell-island-campsite-review#comment-92 James Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:04:25 +0000 http://www.campr.co.uk/?p=713#comment-92 @Nick Robinson Never visited personally but it is a real shame. The idea of a massive, semi-wild site is fantastic but I guess the scale of the site demands large amounts of business and unfortunately in this case it attracts campers of the lowest common denominator. @Nick Robinson Never visited personally but it is a real shame.

The idea of a massive, semi-wild site is fantastic but I guess the scale of the site demands large amounts of business and unfortunately in this case it attracts campers of the lowest common denominator.

]]> By: Nick Robinson http://www.campr.co.uk/shell-island-campsite-review#comment-90 Nick Robinson Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:55:53 +0000 http://www.campr.co.uk/?p=713#comment-90 That's a real shame, but not unexpected given the layout of the (huge & extensive) site and the type of camper that the site seems to be aiming for with its on-site pub/disco/chav-centre. I expect that all the 'nice' campers who only know about Shell Island from the rather misleading Cool Camping guide will have been disappointed this summer. Having been to Shell Island for a daytrip, there's no way we would have gone to this site for a family holiday. Let's hope the chavs all stay there and leave the decent parts of Snowdonia to people who will appreciate it. That’s a real shame, but not unexpected given the layout of the (huge & extensive) site and the type of camper that the site seems to be aiming for with its on-site pub/disco/chav-centre.

I expect that all the ‘nice’ campers who only know about Shell Island from the rather misleading Cool Camping guide will have been disappointed this summer.

Having been to Shell Island for a daytrip, there’s no way we would have gone to this site for a family holiday. Let’s hope the chavs all stay there and leave the decent parts of Snowdonia to people who will appreciate it.

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