Rowanlea Caravan

Quiet and calm and had everything we needed

Nothing to complain about

Really nice

We had a wonderful stay in the caravan and really enjoyed our time here. We stayed as two people and there was more than enough space for both of us. The caravan was very comfortable and had everything we needed for our stay, including everything necessary to prepare our own meals. We especially loved the location, surrounded by nature and close to the beautiful countryside. As we didn’t have a car and needed to get into town every day, we really appreciated that our landlady Lorna help in providing us with two bicycles. This made a huge difference and gave us the freedom and mobility we needed. We thanked Lorna for responding so quickly to all our requests and for being so helpful throughout our stay. And a special thank for the fresh eggs from her farm — they were a lovely touch! We also had a great time exploring the area and managed to visit Dunnottar Castle, walk around the town, and enjoy some beautiful walks along the coast.

This sort of holiday suits our style and what we’re looking for. Of course, it might not be to everyone’s taste. We got exactly what we wanted, so we enjoyed every bit of it.

Location, views & price. Welcome to walk around the farm & livery yard, friendly staff & lovely owner. Horses very well looked after & interesting to watch private lessons & schooling - great facilities on the yard. There was a good bar-b-que & fire pit area with lovely views over fields to the sea, behind the caravan, which I think would have been great, sadly weather not good enough to take advantage of it. Owners happy to have local family members over to the caravan to visit for lunch/ dinner, which was great. Good electric heater in main bedroom so nice & cosy in the bedroom. Good shower, old but comfortable seating in pleasant living room.

Not sure, but would think that young girls prepared the caravan, & they do not realise they do not have same attention to detail. Undersheet on our double bed did not appear clean, (lots of bits of grass, wool bobbles from socks etc so looked like had been slept in for a night) bed linen extremely poor quality, pillows as flat as biscuits, duvet far too small, so next day went to Dunelm & purchased all new bedding (which we took home with us). Then discovered the duvet was a single used horizontally in a double duvet cover on a double bed! There was another duvet in top of wardrobe though all scrunched up but discovered that far too late. Gas fire old & couldn’t get to work efficiently & a bit worriesome. Suggest remove & have a mobile electric fan heater. There was also a new oil filled radiator but it didn’t heat living room very well unless you were sitting on top of it. Kitchen equipment not that great - only just enough crockery & cutlery for 4, although loads of mugs, and utensils. Great looking set of knives but each was so blunt would not cut bacon wrapper! We had to purchase a casserole dish as nothing like that available, and scissors. The saucepans stored too high in cupboard over sink & above my head & a heavy glass lid almost hit me on my head when I lifted a saucepan out - there’s an almost empty cupboard under sink so needs a shelf & saucepans can go there with no danger! Hand wash & dish soap provided which was good, but no bottles of cleaning fluid at all, so could only wipe down surfaces with dishcloth when left, not give it a good clean. Toaster, kettle, microwave etc were fine so assumed they were new-ish as nothing had a Pat-testing label. For all that, the living room was comfortable when not cold ( weather not great).