FOREST AND WYE VALLEY. September 3rd.

Where we stayed:  Forest and Wye Valley  

This site appears newly fresh and clean...but certainly the owners don't lack experience as amenity provisions (for a small secluded camp site) couldn't be faulted. 
I would say that although there were some children present, the setting best suited adults. There are other camp sites nearby that offer equipped play areas, and a few have club house amenities too.  As these sites are better suited to families with children, we didn't go to them!

It was raining when we arrived at the site in the afternoon, and this persisted through the evening and overnight.  However, we were warm and dry within the camper and in fact enjoyed 'playing house' despite being confined to barracks. We'd ordered a take-away from the site café, and this was delivered to us promptly at 6.30pm as requested. 

Following a decent nights sleep (our first night spent in the camper) we walked across to the café for a full English breakfast.  Then, after a bit of wandering around the site, followed by half-an-hour of packing up, we left and headed for a tour of the local area, which included a wander around Simonds Yat.

After that we drove off again, before stopping later for a camper-picnic late-lunch at Tintern Abbey before returning home.

Local area:
Puzzlewood is one nearby attraction that we'd have liked to visit, but as it isn't dog friendly (due to the farm location holding sheep which have been molested by dogs in the past) we didn't get to go there on this occasion:
Puzzlewood. Coleford GL16 8QB.

Other local attractions (some dog friendly, some not):
Beechwood
Perrygrove Railway
Butterfly Zoo
Mary Rose Young

Note:
Our first overnight camper session caused us to make a list of 'sort it' notes.  Like, some velcro needed to hold a sliding cushion in place, elastic needed to secure something in a cupboard, an annoying unwanted hook in an inconvenient place, and a re-arrangement of the contents within a couple of the cupboards.  When we arrived home we immediately dealt with these things...so hopefully our next camper play day will be enjoyed without those annoyances. 
Over all our first sleepover experience went well despite the wet weather.