Tents and electrics

Eonbkuk
Eonbkuk Forum Participant Posts: 8
edited July 2018 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

Hi All

While not new to caravanning, motor homing my daughter and fiancee are they have a tent not a small one but not overly large and we stayed on a club site a couple of weekends ago.

When booking there is no facility to include electrics for tents and wondered why the pitch they were on was on grass and they had a caravan next to them on electrics we were across from them with electrics and had to look after the food for them in our van. They have a fridge which runs from 240 and the relevant cables etc so why will the club not allow them to use electrics personally i cannot see any difference.

When speaking to the warden about tents onsite he said that the club wants them so when they move up to a motorhome or caravan they will stay with the club, well i think they need to start letting them use electrics or they will go elsewhere 

any views or comment welcomed 

 

thanks

 

eon

 

 

 

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  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,149 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2018 #2

    I think you need to speak to the club about your issue to see what the official line is. 

  • mickysf
    mickysf Forum Participant Posts: 6,474 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2018 #3

    I guess the historical layout of sites, pitches and the services provided will dictate to a degree. A few sites do have tents and a few have electric on tent pitches. We live in changing times, always have been though so what's around the corner may be interesting.

  • brue
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    edited July 2018 #4

    You will probably need to look up which club sites provide electrics for camping pitches, they vary from site to site. Hillhead has EHU for tent pitches but some are more basic.

  • EasyT
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    edited July 2018 #5

    I think that the arrangements vary on sites as Micky suggests

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited July 2018 #6

    I think it is  ongoing as far as tents are concerned,  i know at Hillhead the majority if not all the tent pitches have EHU and at Ferry Meadows there are  tent pitches with and without EHU,a call to Head office sites department may be more informative 

  • brue
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    edited July 2018 #7

    The sites are listed HERE but you would need to look at the price lists to see which ones include electrics. 

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  • richardandros
    richardandros Club Member Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2018 #9

    I agree - they will go elsewhere.  The C&CC accommodate tents requiring electrics - as do many of the commercial sites my DIL uses.  On the lovely CS we use regularly, near Malton, the owner even provides  50m hook-up cables so that tents can be pitched virtually anywhere on the site.

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2018 #10

    Which came first on ccc sitesundecided

  • brue
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    edited July 2018 #11

    I've just had a look and there doesn't appear to be an EHU search regarding tenting, this would be helpful for potential users, this function is provided by the other club.

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