Filling my Fresh water tank.
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Thank you David, I now understand what you mean.......
Everything you describe is my very worst nightmare, I vastly prefer the relatively deserted mountains, lochs and beaches of North West Scotland.
Give me a pair of boots and a rucksack and I am in my element.
Clearly a case of each to their own.......
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Not really a fair comparison David. I thought what was being debated was the cost to young families. When we went at the beginning of May there were also hundreds queuing. However, apart from a very few with very young children, all were our sort of age. I don't think anyone is suggesting there are not plenty of pensioners with good pensions, who can afford expensive equipment and also to take it to the continent. To test your theory you would have to compare the numbers at peak. Just my opinion, but I would expect these to be down. A combination of poor exchange rates and the high cost per night, when you can only go for two weeks, make even the UK's high rates look good.
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I do not think anyone has said a "pay for system" will not work over here ,but it is not what we are "used to" ,people just wanting to use facilities and stay "free" elsewhere when they have spent thousands of pounds on their leisure vehicles then not want the "security"of a licenced overnight stopping place,
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Yes agree with you. We are all different but I don’t think the two ‘holidays’ are mutually exclusive.
We have had caravan (summer) holidays over here (and with 18 years of visiting caravan sites in peak I’ve never noticed the site full of pensioners, in summer it’s mainly families with children) and package holidays abroad. The common denominator is the word family. Whether we were climbing in the lakes, visiting places in England/abroad, or having fun in the swimming pool/beach in Spain, it was the family being together rather than the place.
I remember one year when we did a package holiday and a caravan summer holiday. I remember asking the kids which they preferred, hotel or caravan, here or there. The eldest said Spain and the youngest said caravan sites. I then asked for more details and I expected some ‘we love swimming pools v activities in England’ or weather, but it was the toast machine in the Hotel at breakfast for the oldest and the youngest was allowed to go to the toilet on site by herself!
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There is no need HD, water is readily available without asking for it although as I pointed out on page 1 of this thread their is usually a charge of a couple of Euros for about 10 minutes of water.
Going off track to "staycations," according to statistics Brit spending on trips abroad was up 11.7 percent in the first 3 months of this year. Doesn't sound as though the value of the pound is having a great deal of effect as yet? My perception of Club site bookings for the summer peak is in fact that they are down?
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of course youre right, a bit of fun in a dabate makes the effort more worthwhile, doesnt it? goodness me, this forum would be a pretty boring place without the odd leg pull....
again, the CM reference wasnt specifically to you, as you realise
im glad that some (your good self) can chew the cud, and have some lighter moments as part of a debate without 'taking umbrage where none was intended' (as my old boss used to say....).
enjoy your day.
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