I had an iPad 2 for a long time. Bought it new in 2011 right when they first came out and used it happily to access this site and many others. As it aged and became bogged down with new versions of iOS, I started to have problems with more and more web sites, including some of the larger pages on CCF. I think it is just a shortage of memory on the iPad 2. I treated myself to a new iPad Pro 9.7 at Christmas this year to finally replace the iPad 2 and it's been nothing short of awesome so far.
I got almost 6 years out of that iPad 2 which is pretty impressive for any piece of technology, but it was time. I think your issues are caused by the iPad 2 and not something with the site specifically.
Edited by KenKat
02/23/2017 1:26 pm