Less fussy members
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...and I though all CC sites were full all year round?
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only if you feel like it.....
without EHU the pitches are considerably cheaper and are a popular option in summer when it's not needed...(by those who don't plug in,obviously.....)
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well but from my limited time on a CCC site and by what others have said on here, most if not all vans go for EHU even in our hot summer nights?
Got to power that awning heater somehow?
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I'm fairly sure it's been mentioned on CT, usually every time a midly critical thread comes up......?
doesnt it go something like......'well, CC must be doing something right as you can't get on their sites'.......or some other similar phrase...
...however, I don't expect you toe remember M despite being one who might just post thus......
along with the regulars.....
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I don't think I've ever claimed that CAMC sites are permanently full, BB. Perhaps you could dig a bit further into the archives and find any post where I've ever said, or implied that. Still, why let the facts get in the way of a good soundbite?
PS - to help you out a bit, don't bother looking because you won't find anything.
PS - to help you further, what I have said is that CAMC sites, when we use them (which is less than 50% of the time) suit us just right for location, facilities and cost. What I don't do is constantly complain about how inferior and expensive they are compared to "vastly superior" sites and then pay to use them in high season (£33 a night, was it? Strewth, you were well and truly done, mate!)
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doesnt it go something like......'well, CC must be doing something right as you can't get on their sites'.......or some other similar phrase
M, I also recall such phrases, usually made by CS.
While I am sure the Club is well aware of the C&CC's tariffs and it's profitability, I see nothing wrong in pointing out ones real life experinces rather than conjecture.
peedee
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Well maybe BB should address his "witticisms" to the relevant quarter rather than putting words into my mouth then, PD.
Not quite sure what your last sentence means since, as I said earlier, we have used many C&CC sites and been impressed with them (that's our real life experience, not conjecture!)
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perhaps he should, M...
, I'm sure he'll make an extra effort in future..however, rightly or wrongly, I have you right up there in the vanguard of those who 'sing from the same CC hymn sheet.....'
dont worry about it though, it's only a forum, but in real life we, like your good selves, use the sites that are convenient for our needs.......
however, I (as a paying customer) am perfectly entitled to suggest the price of a CC site is too high....
£33 is a lot for a club site, but we used it as it was convenient and I can comfortably afford to pay.....this has nothing to do with my view that the price is high...
the issue is that, despite those (possibly not you, it seems) who repeatedly tell us club sites are full, despite high prices, there are long standing members also reporting that the limit has been reached and they are, effectively, being priced out of club sites.....
yes, I understand this is today's hard nosed economics and (as the same poster (your mate, apparently) continues to tell us) the club is not a charity, but prices are high and the periods in which the club feel it's right to charge those peak prices has been extended further each year......
hence I like the CCC model where costs can be tempered slightly by choosing a cheaper grass pitch or by foregoing EHU.....options at all their sites, i believe, rather than the very small number of economy pitches across the CC.
So, I'm happy to continue suggesting CC site prices are high and lacking flexibility, which has nothing to do with my ability to pay, merely my (very humble) opinion.....
sorry if you got upset yet again, you do seem very techy lately...
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Not upset at all and certainly not techy (sic). And definitely not surprised that rather than genuinely apologising for an error you attempt to deflect it back onto whoever you are trying to pick fault with.
So let me make it absolutely clear since you don't seem to have understood what I said. When we use CAMC sites (remember, less than 50% of the time) we do so because they suit us for location, facilities and price. Still following? We also use C&CC sites, CLs, CSs and private sites, depending on where and when we were going. So you're not the only one who has experience of "other" sites despite your rather frequent claims!
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PD, you're normally better than this - jumping onto, or joining the, bandwagon boys
What I have said is that as other people have stated that they cannot get a pitch at certain times the club must be doing something right, however how that translates to club sites being full all the time I really can't fathom.
BB see above
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come on, you want BB to apologise? That would imply BB is wrong, when does that happen
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sorry.....
for the typo.....yes, you're a touch tetchy (sic
)....and I guess you're not techy at all?i thought I did apologise, for upsetting you...couldn't make that much clearer could I?
yes, I often mention my 'experience' of other types of sites mainly as 'certain posters' don't think I'm 'qualified' to make a comment about cc sites....
then, when I do use them, I'm some sort of hypocrite for doing so.....
my point has always been, club sites are expensive.....I sometimes choose to use them, but this doesn't affect my view, but for some, it's beyond a view and is actually starting to affect touring habits....
Corners, did you miss my apology?....it started with the word 'sorry' and was the last line of my previous post and again in the first word of this one
......keep up at the back....I'm sure M spotted it
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"...sorry if you got upset again... "
Don't wish to appear churlish, BB, but instead of you implying it was my interpretation which was at fault I was thinking more along the lines of "sorry, I might have been wrong about that" as appropriate!
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sorry, I think you might have been wrong about that
read it quickly and it might pass muster.....
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obviously, I'd never swap you for I.....I'm having far too much fun...
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Just to go back to the OP for a second I don't actually see my strongly held preference for HS as fussy.
It's part of my assessment of whether a site offers value for money. In my view grass is worth no more than £15 a night, occasionally a bit more if the location warrants it.
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Indeed it is and that's why this club tends not to get my business during the period when grass is likely to be in use. I won't take the risk of paying £30 a night to find when I get there I'll be on grass.
The C&CC has it right. Choosing what you want at the point of booking is much better.
Edit - I have no idea of the average price of a grass pitch with the other club as I've never considered booking one
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The weather is such that it has reached the stage where I am very reluctant to pitch on grass. There are undoubtedly sites where grass pitches are OK in very wet weather but the vast majority of hard standing does cope well - a few puddle.
I would prefer to be able to ask for hard standing rather than a non awning pitch. Running a trial for a year whereby members could book hard standing pitches would give the club useful data at HO as to demand.
I look at sites and determine whether to take the risk of being on grass. Over the last 18 months, I've only been put on grass and not hard standing on one occasion. We sunk in before we even reached the pitch [Bladon Chains site]. Embarrassing to be pushed out by other motorhome owners before we pitched - we went to another site.
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