Offside Doors
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What David says is absolutely correct. The screening shrubs are generally evergreen varieties of slow growing shrubs, maybe a hair cut once or twice a year and that’s it, and there isn’t acres of grass to delimit areas and pitches so not much to cut. The type of site featured is generally situated in areas with a more favourable climate suppressing grass growth. Constant grass cutting and strimming in CMC sites can be intrusive and annoying.
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Ah, so unfortunately UK it appears is in the wrong climatic zone for non intrusive caravanning you enjoy! So what’s to do? Go to where the climes are more in tune with your peaceful stay? I like the UK, it’s verdant look and the smell of newly cut grass! Ground maintenance obviously goes hand in hand with this green and pleasant land of ours.👍
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Like many people I can enjoy both, not wedded to a single format and shunning diversity.
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I am with SB on this one. Back when we used Marazion Club Site in the early 2000’s, grass mowing was obsessional at times. We love breakfast outside when away, but not when you are mown round almost every morning. 🤬 And yes, I did have words. We found a nice CL that suited us better for the next 15 years, quarter of a mile away. Glad to say it wasn’t as bad last year when we stayed at Marazion.
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Here’s another one MSF. I’m not a fan of grounds maintenance to the extreme either. The sound of a mower doesn’t jar at all as I’m an early riser & my circadian rhythms are strong. I’m rarely up later than daybreak. More wilder environments are for me, any sites that are like a fussy garden I’d swerve so-C&MC save some brass & let your site wildness reign👍🏻
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Quite agree on most of that, it’s just that in all my years it has never bothered me that much at all and I’ve never, ever witnessed anything like constant synchronised mowing for the whole of my stay on CaMC sites that some claim. It appears that some unfortunate souls may have had that unlucky coincidence but others, I think, choose to go out only when the weather permits, or after previous months weather which forbid groundwork. Sometimes I think, like UK farmers, staff have to take advantage of windows on the weather, particularly on western flanks of our green and pleasant land. Or is it that they firmly believe that groundwork should only take place when they themselves are at their home address or should only happen on the pitches at the other side of that site they are on. But I’ve never heard machinery used on sites that early, ever!
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I don't think that it matters what side your doors are situated on, as long as the people/children/dogs in the next van are not too noisy. I have been very lucky so far as I have not had the misfortune to have had any problem directly opposite me to any great degree. I like grass, trees, hedges and flowers on a site, but I too, don't see any necessity to cut the grass, use a strimmer, or elecrical hedge clippers on an almost daily basis (on the same areas), as some sites do!
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That appears to be the nub of it👍🏻. If folk stay in their LV or rise late then it may impact them more readily🤷🏻♂️. You can’t please all the folk all the time.
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Last year? the club as part of the "no mow May"initiative to encourage wild flowers to seed, cut back on mowing, ,and then I understand got many complaints about scruffy sites and long grass
Ps when speaking to one of the managers at this CCC site he said we have to mow the whole site at times twice a week as the grass on the flood plain this site is on grows so fast
PPS he stopped to thank me for moving our EHU lead so he could cut up to the hardstands boundary
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Agonising over which side the door on your LV is situated is, IMHO, a bit OTT. Whichever side it is on, if you travel abroad as well, there will be a situation when you are "offside". Frankly my dear.....
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Can we dry our towels on the hedge as per European convention?
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There were quite a few caravans with two doors, Cheltenham, Carlite, Abbey Warwick, Lynton Sabre, Eccles Sapphire, Royale, Fairholme & Thompson Glenmore. I'm not sure but I also think that there was a Safari with two doors too.
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