Thinking about joining Camping and Caravan Club
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One of the reasons we joined was to try some of these.
Enjoyed our stays we've just had no difference on quality of facilities both come up trumps on that.
Being escorted to your pitch was nothing new to us as it can happen overseas at times.
The chat with the 'escort' has to be had to get you a pitch that you are happy with, we were shown a pitch on our first site that we probably wouldn't have chosen by ourselves but the 'escort' thought it best for our purposes.
As we were only staying one night it mattered not really, however I would in nicer warmer weather prefer a wider pitch opposed to a long narrow pitch. We like to sit out in good weather and some of the pitches were neat to be honest, you could of course sit on the grass but this then encroaches on your neighbours.
Not having to 'pitch' to the peg was relaxing, however it appears more and more we see on this clubs sites' members not bothering to do so.
When we were at Southport site a rally came on for the weekend. Part of the site had been coned off prior to this and we were asked not to pitch on any of the coned off pitches. As we walked round the site on Friday evening we noticed a number of the ralliers had ignored the rule and just put their vans anywhere on the pitch.
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We have been members of the C&CC for 35 years the membership subscription is cheaper, the club sites are cheaper and in our opinion as good as the C & MH sites ,the cs sites are the same as the cl`s and theTHS [temporary holiday sites] are exelent value for money,the week end rallies you can just turn up you don't have to book in advance.we have also found that the caravan insurance is a lot cheaper with the same cover.We stay with the C&MHC as we have been members for 47 years and with the two clubs it give us a vast range of sites to pick from. We also find that the membership of the C&CC appears to be much younger.
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Thanks BB will pass it on to his nibs.
The one thing I noticed with the C&CC is that they don't seem to have site plans, or do they and I haven't noticed? I usually look at unfamiliar sites to get and idea of where about we might like to choose a pitch. With the option of a choice of pitches and types it would be good to 'see' before arriving so you can book in the area of choice.
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We have booked a few CCC sites for this year, all hardstanding. Do they have different sizes of hardstandings, or can you use an awning on all of them? And do all hardstandings cost the same?
Our Fiamma is broken, so for our first trip we had said "no awning" , but now we have ordered a new lightweight porch type awning and would like to try it out.
Will we be able to try it out or do we need to ring them to change our bookings?
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Camping Club HS pitches are normally 5m wide by 6+m front to back, often cars are parked on the grass along side your aquaroll. Sizes do vary.
When you book CCC online it asks > awning ? yes or no, and total width of your outfit, caravan & awning or MH and awning.. Don't know about phone bookings, I always do it online but I expect its similar.
I think they reserve pitches to suit the outfits that they are expecting.
In the summer therefore I state a 5.0m width as we have a canopy and a small utility tent, and in the winter a 2.5m as we just have the van.
I would ring them just to confirm your new awning and increased width overall.
If you qualify for the age related discount, I think over 60 now, the first time you go to a site take proof of age and they amend your details on the system so it can be applied. Its not available in peak season or B.Hols I believe.
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Almost every C&CC site I have been on the hardstanding pitches have been smaller than the average CMC hardstanding but that has never been a problem things like awning just spill over onto the grass. I did notice on the Cambridge site they were a bit larger but that was the exception rather than the rule. (There could be other sites where this is the case which I have not visited) I suppose CMC hardstandings have to be of a certain size to allow you to pitch to the peg whereas on a C&CC site the site manage advises how you can pitch which might include the suggestion that you go in nose first in order to get the sunny side of the pitch. I don't think you need do anything in advance, just discuss your requirements when you arrive.
David
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Thanks to both of you, I will get OH to ring our first site (Moffat) and see what they say, then only ring the others if they advise it is necessary.
We used Cambridge and St Neotts last year, which do have large gravel HSs, and Salisbury which had much smaller reinforced grass type HSs, and I think at least one of the 5 that we have booked for this year also has reinforced grass. It was fine, the only problem we had was that the steps tended to slide on the plastic if it was wet. Easily sorted with a couple of pegs.
We sorted the over 60s discount at Salisbury, so we now have it on our cards. It certainly results in a worthwhile reduction.
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Moffat was revamped and has plenty of good pitches, there used to be a lot more grass there but things have changed. If you've stated you'll be using an awning you should be ok and have a reasonable amount of choice when you arrive. I think you're going to Derwentwater where there are plenty of good new pitches so you'll find that's ok too. If you prefer to be near the facilities you'll need to request this as with the CAMC.
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Here's a pic from Sept 2016, very good facilities block too, you'll be pleased to hear.
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We have booked Moffat, Dunbar, and Scone for the school Easter break, not a peak time in Scotland with CCC so we still get the over 60s discount.
These are the sites where we did not think we would have an awning to use ( the Fiamma Zip being on its last legs, but now we have decided not to try to get a new roof for it but to ditch it instead and get something else ) so we ticked "awning....no".
Then, a few days back, OH was looking at sun canopies and came across the Sunncamp Swift 390 which it a canopy with fixed sides but no front, and seems ideal for us as last year we used only the Fiamma roof plus one side.
We should have it by the end of this month, so if the weather is reasonable over Easter it would be good to try it out, hence my question.
For our summer trip we have said "awning....yes" as we reckoned we would have the decision on what to do sorted by then, so those sites will be fine.
Still finding our way with the CCC booking system!
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KjellNN, they do have different sizes of HS, so you will need to contact the booking line at the C&CC to check whether the HS you have booked at your chosen site can accommodate an awning. I know this because we booked a non awning pitch at Moffat then rang to extend our length of stay and said we would now be using an awning. That's when we found out they had different sized pitches. Best when you make a booking to say you have an awning, even if you don't then use one.
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Thanks for confirming this, we booked a non awning pitch at Moffat and Keswick as it was winter and knew we wouldn't we putting the canopy out.
We did see some caravans way over the other side of the Moffat site that did have awnings up and in each case the car was parked across the front of the pitch. Same at Keswick, in the good weather if the car was parked on the grass then this would reduce the safety margin between vans so would need to be 'managed' by the site.
Keswick were/are busy changing some of the pitches to service jumbo pitches so there must on some sites be a different size.
Quite happy by all the choices you get but a little more information on pitch size or where about's these pitches are wouldn't go amiss IMO.
WTG explained that grass pitches can move, quiet rightly so to maintain the surface but the H/S don't so no reason not to have a site map. The CMC have grass pitches and just shows on the map the general area rather than individual marked out pitches.
None of my comments are criticisms of either club just pointing out the differences we have noticed as new members to the C&CC.
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We have booked Moffat, Dunbar, and Scone for the school Easter break, not a peak time in Scotland with CCC so we still get the over 60s discount.
Kj, We will be at home over the Easter break and Scone is just over the river from us if you fancy a catch up.
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They've never had site maps TG, quite often it's hard to spot any pitch numbers, but the site managers obviously know the site layouts, it seems to work. As WTG said they adapt the sites for all the different types of units, groups and single users, you get used to it after a few goes!
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We have been members of both clubs for many years now, mainly to give us a choice of CL or CS sites. I must admit that CLs are our first choice as sometimes any on site facilities can get muddied up by the tenting fraternity. Tinhatonemojithingy.
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That's very kind, we would enjoy that, long time since our paths last crossed.
We arrive at Scone on the 9th April and are there for 6 nights.
If you drop us an e mail on Kturnedit@gmail.com I will get OH to reply with a "real e mail" and you 2 girls can arrange things between you.
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I'm sure we will brue, bit like abroad.