Leaving caravan unattended for a few days
Hello all, looking for some advice. We're travelling up to the Lake District for a week, staying at a CC site. After that, we plan to visit family in Ayr, but don't want to take the caravan with us.
Our CC site won't allow the caravan to be unattended for more than 48 hours as per the rules, but we need four days. Any advice or recommendations?
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If I was away for that period I would simply tell the site that I was away for 2 days. A while ago we were away in the caravan on a 5 week tour but wanted to Join a group of friends for a long weekend. Told the site we would be away Saturday and Sunday.
Left the site early Friday morning for a 4 hour drive to a hotel we were all meeting and staying at. I came back on Monday afternoon. The wardens can't keep an eye on who is on site and who is not. I see no great problem and certainly would not have considered
moving to a site near the hotel just to tow back to my tour route.0 -
the rules are:
e. Please ask permission from the Site Staff if you need to leave your outfit unoccupied for more than 48 hours, unless you're using designated seasonal pitches.
So I assume you tried asking the site wardens in advance? Sorry if you have it is just not clear from your OP0 -
Sometimes it is perhaps best just to get on with things, pay as usual, leave everything safe, unhook electric, turn off everything inside van and just go. I doubt if it would be noticed on a busy site.
If it isn't what you want to do, why not consider a nice CL. You will still probably have to pay the pitch fees (which is only fair) but less likely to get any hassle. We regularly use a CL where other users disappear to Isles of Scilly for short breaks,
and no one has ever had any problems. Hope things work out for you.0 -
You could try ringing the warden at Englethwaite Hall to ask if you could leave it in the storage compound?
We have done this before, when we had to leave in a hurry due to a family emergency.
Assuming they have space, they may be able to accomodate you?
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Didnt know there was that rule. We were away recently and a caravan on a rear by pitch was left for days, blinds pulled, no vehicle around. Then car only there for a few hours and gone again. Could it be a problem with your insurance if just left though?
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Somewhat unfair on a CL owner to ask them to risk their certificate by allowing a member to leave the van on their site unoccupied, unless they have an "off CL" area. The club is losing enough CL's without members flouting the planning rules and regs.
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We'd had one weekend on a CL and the following weekend we were booked on another near York. We were driving home, virtually past 'next weeks' Cl and just wondered if we could leave the van. One phone call later and we detoured to the site. the van was dropped
off into one corner, steadies down and clamps/locks on. Was charged a minimal amount. Certainly far less than the petrol costs. No brainer.0 -
We are leaving our M/H on a CL while we spend a week on a canal boat with my Sister and BIL. We will spend a night in the van first then move it to H/S area that's not part of the CL the next morning. Once the week on the canal boat is over we move back
to the CL repark the M/H and spend the weekend in it. The owners are quite happy to accomodate us as we are regulars, we are paying a small parking fee, they are not losing business.0 -
I left mine on an Affilliated site while I went to the Isles of Scilly. I was offered Storage at I think £3 a night or remain hooked up for £5 a night. I would think a CL could offer parking without compromising the regs but I think it's good to ask.
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Its ok people saying "I would just leave it". What happens if someone reports to the warden that someone went out and have not come back. We witnessed this on a site a few years ago. The person reporting it was concerned for the owners safety. So were
the wardens who spent hours trying to contact these people.0 -
Its ok people saying "I would just leave it". What happens if someone reports to the warden that someone went out and have not come back. We witnessed this on a site a few years ago. The person reporting it was concerned for the owners safety. So were the wardens who spent hours trying to contact these people.
They have my mobile contact number as part of my details
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What about those who would love to use that pitch for their holiday? We hear of folk not being able to book, those causing issues when not bothering to cancel a booking and now those who plonk a van on a pitch and don't even use it for what it is intended.
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Its ok people saying "I would just leave it". What happens if someone reports to the warden that someone went out and have not come back. We witnessed this on a site a few years ago. The person reporting it was concerned for the owners safety. So were
the wardens who spent hours trying to contact these people.They have my mobile contact number as part of my details
Write your comments here...and you always have a signal wherever you go. No sorry, as I have said earlier, I have witnessed this and it caused the site staff a right headache trying to find out if anything had happened to these people.
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Its ok people saying "I would just leave it". What happens if someone reports to the warden that someone went out and have not come back. We witnessed this on a site a few years ago. The person reporting it was concerned for the owners safety. So were
the wardens who spent hours trying to contact these people.They have my mobile contact number as part of my details
Write your comments here...and you always have a signal wherever you go. No sorry, as I have said earlier, I have witnessed this and it caused the site staff a right headache trying to find out if anything had happened to these people.
I rarely am without signal. I would not be concerned as the liklehood is small. If I say that I am missing for two nights and go a day early it is unlikely to cause a problem.
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What about those who would love to use that pitch for their holiday? We hear of folk not being able to book, those causing issues when not bothering to cancel a booking and now those who plonk a van on a pitch and don't even use it for what it is intended.
If I am touring for 35 nights in a role I have paid for the pitch and two people. A couple of years ago we joined friends at a hotel for a few nights. I was not about to tow the van 150 miles each way. Wih packing, hitching up, unhitching, setting up etc
twice and the drive It would have cost me 13 hours as opposed to 6 hours. I think not.0 -
What about those who would love to use that pitch for their holiday? We hear of folk not being able to book, those causing issues when not bothering to cancel a booking and now those who plonk a van on a pitch and don't even use it for what it is intended.
If I am touring for 35 nights in a role I have paid for the pitch and two people. A couple of years ago we joined friends at a hotel for a few nights. I was not about to tow the van 150 miles each way. Wih packing, hitching up, unhitching, setting up etc
twice and the drive It would have cost me 13 hours as opposed to 6 hours. I think not.I absolutely agree, that's the beauty of warden's discretion! when the site was quiet or there was a place for it or circumstances allowed then that would be fine once the wardens have sanctioned this request.
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Its ok people saying "I would just leave it". What happens if someone reports to the warden that someone went out and have not come back. We witnessed this on a site a few years ago. The person reporting it was concerned for the owners safety. So were
the wardens who spent hours trying to contact these people....Unless it's changed ,on sites in walking and hill walking areas there used to be a request to members ,to advise the site staff and fill in a form,,I think it was yellow? to advise of estimated route and return time with a contact number in case they
became overdue0
