11/06/2026
Most of our visitors, regulars and long time visiting friends get it, but not everyone does!
We receive many positive reviews for which we are always grateful, but occasionally the comment ‘facilities need updating’ pops up…. 🙄
To put you in the picture, we aim to create a 1950’s/1960’s vibe at Planet Balthangie.
Besides a pleasant view from your pitch (yes not a hedge or a main road, just rolling fields, Red Hill, and big skies), our facilities are very much 50’s/60’s based.
No… not a bucket with holes in for a shower, but big ‘old fashioned’ porcelain sinks, proper taps with spindles, and toilet roll holder like you had at school- not the modern sealed units you have to prise a reluctant sheet from, as the roll you can see through the plastic refuses to give up its prize…
Toilets with a proper flush handle, not a tiny button that refuses to give you more than a teaspoon of water, which you have to press 27 times to remove the evidence.
However, the showers are a concession to modern comforts, set in a wet room fitted with power showers, or as in the family room a modern Triton shower. Both with no time limits, or coin operations and a chair to sit on.
The kitchen, with its 50’s feel, has a few modern concessions, with two microwaves, 2 kettles and a toaster.
There’s no limiting push button showers to bypass, no blowers to ruffle the hairs on the back of your hand rather than drying them- we prefer decent water absorbing paper towels- remember those?
So, if you think we’re a little dated, great! That’s exactly what we’re aiming for!
Oh, and you might like to visit and feel the vibe of our games room, set out in our wooden World War One pavilion- over 100 years old, and our lifelong restoration project, that over recent years storm Dave, Eric and Ernie, and the rest have done their best to demolish!
If you’ve not stayed with us before, check out our reviews on Pitch Up, Google, CampsitesUK, and all the other review sites online and we’ll hopefully see you soon!
