Pitching
Can someone explain why on club sites we have to pitch the way we do. Now I am well aware of the requirements for units to be sited a certain distance appart for safety reasons, but why the particular order.
At present looking towards the pitch it is van a the peg car to the left and awning to the right. The problem that we have with this layout it your car seems to be encroaching on your neighbour's space, by having it parked the way the club insists. Im sure that on site my neighbour's dont want me pearing into their awning and disturbing them every time we want to go to the car, or drive off.
Why cant it be van at the peg then awning, and then car. Vans will be spaced exactly the same distance apart, with the only difference being you are looking at your own car from your awning not your neighbour's.
On the Tewksbury site we could barely get our car between our neighbour's awning and our van.
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Lunarcpl, you can pitch either way around. Car, van awning or awning van, car.
Perhaps the thinking is that people don’t want their cars immediately outside their awnings but prefer to have that gap of a minimum 3m beside the awning.
Whatever, it’s a question you’d need to ask the club.
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Lunarcpl, in your scenario the van would be on the extreme left of the pitch. This would severely restrict pitching options. If the van is of British design it could only go back to the peg, where as a continental style could only go nose in. A significant problem without a mover. With our MH we would have to go nose in, where as currently we can pick what is best for levelling or view.
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the only difference being you are looking at your own car from your awning
. . . and that you will have an uninterupted view from your windows of the neighbour outfit without your car blocking your gaze.
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Our preferred pitch up with a van has always been van, awning, car. It’s the most logical if you think about it.....you step out of your van, into your awning, open the awning and into your car. Reverse procedure is also the easiest if unloading shopping, dogs, children.... Usually not a problem on CL Sites. But where pitches are arranged to ensure maximum income but still adhere to safety parameters, the van has to go in the middle. Outfits have got much larger nowadays.🙂
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Possibly ET but he does say how you like.
I agree but only insofar as you can have the car and awning on either side. The OP wants them on the same side. To do this with the normal peg position, would place the car on the grass divide between pitches.
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Just to throw a spanner into the works, our awning fits onto the back of the caravan.
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😁 I suspect you will find most awning pitches quite roomy.
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They do indeed. At Yellowcraig, some pitches you can pitch lengthways. Back before all parts of Marazion became Ehu, you could pitch lengthways in the Paddock area. Not anymore though.
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Always used to be the general view that the towcar should be parked on the O/S of the caravan (ie.opposite side to the entrance door) this applied to all types of site inc.c.l.s This was before we started importing units from abroad with the door on the "incorrect "side.!
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How long back, Sweetman? For some years now it’s been acceptable to park either way but, until very recently, it’s not been publicised. On CLs it’s surely always been down to the site owner?
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The peg is there to guide us. If you pitch to the peg you will not generally get it wrong, however, with smaller, differently configured units and their awnings it may be possible to pitch off the peg and maintain the 6&3s. As the rule says about pitching to the diagram and associated instructions "if you wish to pitch differently then have a word with the staff".
Trouble can ensue mind if you don't consult and get it wrong! Expect to be asked to move then. It's good to talk!
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Until recently, it was common for there to be an awning rail on both sides of a caravan which allowed for other permutations. Only once have I seen a caravan with an awning on BOTH sides, though.
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As far back as I can recall...early 1950,s (with my parents) and early 1970,s (me and my young family) it was the way things were done when it was The Caravan Club with rules as to who was allowed to join and how they were expected to behave.This is in the days before every sentence contained the "f" word,sheath knives were accepted as part of the Boy Scouts uniform,we were allowed to play out doors until bedtime,we had respect for teachers and policemen etc.You have set me off on one !!!!!
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You're harking back to the dark ages, Sweetman.😁 We now live in more enlightened times but, truly, the bad things you mention have always been a fact of life to varying degrees although they have nothing to do with pitching arrangements. 😋
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I would prefer the van - awning - car arrangement. It make more sense to me to have your own car next to your awning.
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when we tour, we don't have an awning or a car....so no pitching issues for us wherever we tour...our van always has loads of room, even on the smallest of pitches, compared to some larger outfits.
if you must travel with more 'components' you must expect more compromises when it comes to pitching...
despite the description, some pitches really stuggle to accommodate three elements of car, caravan and awning.
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agreed, we like to site our van to make the best use of the sun, even for a short stay...flexible pitching makes this easier than at some other sites.
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As I said, as long as the 6&3s are maintained all should be fine. When I say maintained I mean for current neighbours and those that may arrive tomorrow. It is not fine to pitch as described with car and awning on same side as this will more than likely have a knock on effect for neghbours, for that unit pitching on the adjacent side to the caravan wall. Just look after your pitching and help others get it right too, all according to the 'rules'!
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You bought a Tardis Moho BB, nice👍🏻. Will you be holidaying in a Galaxy far far away🤔
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"when we tour, we don't have an awning or a car....so no pitching issues for us wherever we tour...our van always has loads of room, even on the smallest of pitches, compared to some larger outfits."
Presumably including all those occasions when you use club sites, BB. Good to know that the club is always able to accommodate you suitably!
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At Cirencester last week, we were on one of the narrower pitches so had to pitch with the car in front of the van. Not ideal, but, hey, we're there as a base to get out and about so what's the problem? The car is really only in front of the van first thing in the morning and overnight!
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