Power Plays (Dec 22 Mag, Page 56)
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I didn't take too much notice of it. As you say it is just lip service and they are not tackling member usage on sites which must be the lions share of costs. Just asking members to be more careful just isn't going to work when the cost is all inclusive. That is just water on a ducks back and pitch prices will continue to rise, as they have done already, until energy prices reduce. Even if energy costs reduce, I think metering would still be a good investment.
On the subject of an average user, of which I am not one, your energy supplier does publish average consumption figures for your area. My bill is still horrendous even though we have cut back on electricity consumption and continue to try and do so.
peedee
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We have got to the stage with the Club that we don’t actually care what they do frankly. It’s unlikely we will use any Club Sites unless we absolutely have to, and once we get back,out and touring again, we intend doing more via Britstops. It’s very much only the CL access that has us staying Members.
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I doubt CAMC will ever come knocking to tell folk physically to turn the heater off or the air con which is also power hungry unit-either of these options would be a negative game changer re membership🤷🏻♂️
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The Club seem not to have a coherent energy saving policy for Club sites beyond a polite request? They will turn off LED lights in a toilet block automatically and probably cause some inconvenience in doing so, saving the odd pence here and there but won't ban heaters in awnings? They could reduce the ampage available but modern outfits are pretty power hungry so you would be driving members to use gas to supplement. That might be fine if everyone had refillable tanks but there are supply difficulties there and not all Club sites seem to be selling exchange gas bottles? The most straightforward answer is the charge for electricity in addition to the pitch price, this would mean installing meters which whilst the Club agree would be the fairer option they are obviously concerned both from the cost point of view and acceptance point of view. The introduction of deposits caused outrage in some quarters but at least one could point to the fact that they were fairly industry wide. We are nowhere near that in terms of charging separately for electricity as metering is still far less common in the commercial sector and of course the other Club does not do it. I don't think the Club have an easy decision to make but they do need to be thinking about some action rather than requests?
David
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Whilst C&CC don't have metering, they do have the option of EHU or non EHU. With CAMC, it's pay through the nose or push off.
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It may well be they are not on offer as there is not that much call for them on CAMC sites YT. It could be different in May and June, but when we were at Altnaharra in mid September they were only minimally used. All the EHU pitches were in use on each night of our 4 night stay but only 2 / 3 of the non EHU.
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Yes, it is good to debate😁
I have promised myself if we find ourselves on a Club Site in the Summer, I might just ask politely if it is possible to have a no hook up opportunity. It’s only a few posters who seem to think that the majority will steal power, but I don’t subscribe to this. But if no one asks, no one will get. So a polite question, hoping for an out of the box thinking member of staff might just get a response. Even if it’s a negative, it might explain if it’s a blanket HQ policy. We won’t book a pitch, would roll in on the day. Pre booking excludes any form of asking, you have to adhere to progress onwards, options are excluded. But a polite request often gets the unexpected we have found. Certainly on small private sites we have used in the past, and some CLs. Just not sure the Club do anything beyond herding the masses into pre determined boxes.
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I agree, Steve. I also think the grassier non-EHU pitches are on lower lying ground very close to the loch.
You can just make out the tops of some vans on the low lying ground in the centre of my pic below the trees.
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yes TW this is confirmed by the site plan.
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