Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches
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perhaps someone who is more familiar than I with the habits of those on club service pitches, could ask around next time and bring the answer back?
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+1, I certainly do not want to know, nor am I remotely interested is people's holiday choices.
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If you’re that keen to know, you can be the one to ask the question. Better take a clipboard so you can record the answers. 😋
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The problem here as in many other occasions in life, people judge by their own standards, believing what they do to be good enough for others, or worse "THE" way of doing a particular thing.
As far as service pitches, we choose them because we use our caravan the same as a house. I wouldn't dream of limiting water consumption, or compromising on other day to day run of the mill ways of living.
So I would suggest those MH people are using their onboard facilities rather than the sites, hence more water and waste.
As a side note, a site we used had a special waste modification for MH's on several hs pitches, that being a hose direct from the drain with a bucket type item plumbed on the end, I presume to put under the waste outlet of a MH tank. A thing the cMc could copy.
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"The problem here as in many other occasions in life, people judge by their own standards, believing what they do to be good enough for others, or worse "THE" way of doing a particular thing."
Yes, I agree - let everyone get on and do things their own way - which is why I'm not really exercised by why folk choose a particular sort of pitch!
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Nope, I couldn’t care less why people use serviced pitches. I thought it was you who was desperate to know😛
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sorry, you didn't post this then......?
" I counted 11 trips with a bucket to the waste disposal point and then return with watering can of fresh water"
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I posted we were eating breakfast at the time so it was probably more as he had to pass our van each time and thats what we counted when we were aware ,the grooves in the the grass are still evident
Off to clubhouse now for some £2,70 Doombar
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You thought you’d find out but you don't really want to know🤔
Why do you think your posts might attract quick fire responses any more than those from other people? It ain’t all about you and your two mates, you know😋
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Well, assuming you're referring to me as the "mate" (not sure why you find the need to be so rude ) I certainly can't be one of "the three" as I made clear that I didn't know or, to be honest, want to know why folk use the sort of pitch they do. Was I wrong to suggest that not everyone uses their MH the way you do, BB? I thought it'd be self evident. Still I do love a good conspiracy theory!
BTW - hope you've noticed "your mate" stirring things up on the other SP thread!
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On a service pitch I once saw a ..........
....dog!
🐈 amongst🕊
Yes Ok I know it's a Dove, couldn't find a pigeon.
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Not all, but politely asking if it is ok usually gets a result. It’s like anything else, common sense really. Lots of folks have water butts attached to their bathroom down pipes for watering garden. What’s not nice is just to dump it onto a pitch that will be used by others. Or to dump greasy smelly water around. But as I said above, our waste tank water is just shower and hand wash.
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Not at all. I am usually sat outside in the sunshine and can't help noticing those M/H antics. We do also have our curtains open till just prior to bed time unlike many M/H's who's first job after pitching up is to attach the silver screen regardless of the time of day.
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add silver screens to my list of don't haves.....
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In hot sunny weather it does help keep the cab area a lot cooler. It's more effective than the inside blinds. As this is where our seating is, it seems the sensible thing to do. We get plenty of light through the roof and side windows, which Hymer have thoughtfully provided with net curtains.😂
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We never use the s/screens by day as it makes the cab area dark and I do like to see the big world outside. They also prevent easy opening of the cab windows for ventilation.
In fact, we don’t even take them with us other than early/late season as we don’t find them necessary in moderate to warm temps and life is simpler without them.
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On our van we find it works quite well, as there is a large roof lite above the cab seats which provides plenty of light and lets any heat build up out. We didn't bother so much in normal British weather, just using the internal blind. If we took it out we would have to find somewhere at home to store it,😂 so it stays in the rear garage.
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Silver screens do tend to generate a slight claustrophobic effect so I only use them in the cooler weather. The trouble with this country is that you never know when that will be.
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Hi BoleroBoy and all. It's just a question of personal choice. If it helps, I will give you my perspective, which could be completely different to others.....
Having recently had an axle replacement on the caravan (which may or may not be due to overloading - another story completely), by using a serviced pitch, it means I dont have to take my aquaroll or wastemaster. As I now carry these in the car, this saves weight in the caravan and room in the car if I don't have to take them.1 Admittedly, it's a relatively small saving, but this together all the other small savings soon adds up. By using a direct water feed, I no longer need to worry about water use and can comfortably use the caravan for showering. Also, after having two shoulder replacements and two knee replacements, it does help not having to do the daily water and waste trips - it gives me a little extra time to do other things.
If you are a Motorhome, as you point out, it is different. Interestingly, there are a handful of sites who offer water hook up mut no drain-away- but not on the CAMC main site network as far as I'm aware. We experienced this at Ross Park in Devon. There is also a site somewhere in Cambridgeshire we stayed at many years ago. As a caravanner, I found this a little odd, but might be good for a Motorhome who wants their own water supply.
If, however, you book a Serviced pitch in order to obtain a hardstanding pitch on a CAMC site, it does become an expensive work around. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner the Club allow booking of pitch surface types, the better.
This summer I've managed to book all serviced pitches for 5 weeks (although only one Club site), and I'm happy with that. Many would choose not to. As the saying goes... 'Ya pays the money and makes the choice...'
David
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Mine does, but it still blocks the side windows.
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On our last motor caravan we normally fitted the screens sometime on our first day of arrival,but the front portion was folded down during the day, and when fitted allowed the side windows to be openfor added ventilation without it being "advertised"
Ps more thread drift
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Back on track. I can well understand those with physical difficulties wanting fully serviced pitches. Having moved to a motorhome from a caravan some years ago to make touring easier, if finally infirmity should take its toll, I think I would find being confined to using just service pitches too restrictive and I would in all probablity give up and enjoy being at home a little more and occasionally getting away by other means .
peedee.
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Same here Peedee. I wonder if CAMC does go down the pitch booking route whether the number of service pitch bookings will go down as they are, at present, frequently booked by those who want a hardstanding. I haven't noticed how many serviced pitches are on C&CC sites (very limited on the ones we've used.)
I've booked a serviced pitch on a CAMC site later in the year as I think the muddy grass pitches might still be in operation!
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again a bit of a myth I think, this booking a SP for a HS. On the 6 perhaps 7 seven sites that I have used recently they have been all HS yet SP have been fully used (by both types of outfit equally - and actually even a trailer tent once) and actually booked up first so your hypothesis doesn't stand up there?
Post edit - just counted actually 10 sites
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