There's always at least one!!
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i think the rule is about access when two caravan meet in a narrow lane . ie Ramslade,fairlight wood , treamble valley and daleacres. all of these site wood be hell to past another caravan or motorhome on the way in or out. dave
That may be the idea, but as motorhomes go in and out all day, and wardens use their discretion to let people stay beyond 12, or people pay for the extra night at the end of their stay so they can leave late, they may well meet another outfit on the lane
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Because some people are so selfish, childish and arrogant that they need to get there first so they can have the best pitch.
We were allowed on site yesterday at 9.30am but we had phoned first and because we wanted to be here the day before but they were full, they let us get here early so we could go on a pitch that had been vacated by an early leaver heading for the channel
tunnel.On the first page of this thread there is a very sexist post, is it still there because it was aimed at men or is sexism allowed on here?
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I'm still not convinced about this "grab the best pitch" argument. We'd like to be on site earlier to get pitched up and than off out for the day. We'd accept that arriving early means less choice of pitch anyway.
It's the 12 o'clock deadline which leads to the mad scramble for pitches.
But there we are, we know what the rules are, so at the moment we go along with them ( or head to a CL where the problem rarely exists!
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or even head abroad where it definitely rarely exists - we arrived on site this morning at 10.30am to another friendly greeting
For the record the last 100m is very narrow but still arrivals at any time
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Because some people are so selfish, childish and arrogant that they need to get there first so they can have the best pitch. ...........We were allowed on site yesterday at 9.30am
Sorry but no! We would like to have arrived at 9.30 on the last site - its only an hour from home so we could easily have set off to arrive at 9.30. We would have happily paid to do this but its not allowed. So IMO you shouldnt have been allowed to either
- any more than other members who post on here they 'have' to arrive early so they can go off an deliver pizzas so they just ring the site and get special dispensation. Unless it is a genuine one off - eg a funeral - then the rule should be for everyone, and
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or even head abroad where it definitely rarely exists - we arrived on site this morning at 10.30am to another friendly greeting
For the record the last 100m is very narrow but still arrivals at any time
But this is about CC sites in the UK 'Alan'. As if you didn't know.
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I've come to this thread rather late but generally agree with Moulesy. We're abroad at the moment and different rules apply. We've arrived early and left late and not a hair has been turned BUT we belong to a Club that has rules and the last time I looked
the rules applied to ONE and ALL. No ifs no buts!So when in the Uk we arrive after 12.00. Would we like to arrive earlier. Yes, we probably would and I see no reason why it can't be accomodated on some sites and in some seasons. Not much point having a 12.00 rule if the site is half empty.
However until this rule is changeed then I would ask all wardens to turn early leavers away (within reason) and have advocated a yellow card type warning for persistent offenders in the past.
Perhaps somebody who actually works in the Sites dept could instigate a review of which sites could easily accomodate early arrivals and which definitely couldn't. I presume that would be part of their remit!
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Because some people are so selfish, childish and arrogant that they need to get there first so they can have the best pitch.
We were allowed on site yesterday at 9.30am but we had phoned first and because we wanted to be here the day before but they were full, they let us get here early so we could go on a pitch that had been vacated by an early leaver heading for the channel
tunnel.On the first page of this thread there is a very sexist post, is it still there because it was aimed at men or is sexism allowed on here?
No it is probably because statistically it is correct.
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Dont see how those arrivig early "get the best pitches" as many pitches will in any case be occupied by those leaving as late as possible. I laugh at what goes on in this thread as I am laid back and enjoy my caravaning and dont suffer high blood pressure
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If posters want the CC to change their arrival time rules, they should write to the CC head office with their request. Thats the correct method of suggesting rule change.
K
Just what I was trying to say in my previous post, K. Thanks.
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The point being that you don't arrive early, what's an extra hour here or there?
An hour makes a lot of difference to whether you have time to do anything in the afternoon - in the same way that people like to stay later on a Sunday to 'maximise the day' and have lunch etc we would like to arrive at 9 to do the same, but we dont/cant
because the arrival time is 12. This is why its annoying to see people turning up at 11, setting up then having the rest of the day when fools like us stick to the 12 and havent time to go out anywhere - eg for lunch - because we have stuck to the rules.Write your comments here...it should be in large letters across the membership card no arrivals before 1200 hrs
might help if it used brail as well,
There still would be those who'd want in early, even if it was stamped on their foreheads.
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When we join up as club members we agree in principle to adhere to the club rules. However some members obviously think that the rules do not apply to them. If they do not agree to the rules then they should not have joined in the first instance. If they
think that the rules should be different they are completely with their rights to partician for the rules to be altered, but until they are they should stick to them, however much they disagree with them.Can't argue with any of that, Nellie!
Some people can, and do.
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Write your comments here...it should be in large letters across the membership card no arrivals before 1200 hrs
But its not that cut and dried - Chatsworth is 1pm, Whitewater used to be 10.00 (not been for a while so not sure if it still is) and there are probably many more. Makes no real odds as so many ignore it and wardens are complict by letting them in.
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I have heard a whisper/rumour that the Club will follow in the footsteps of the C&CC next year and fix departure times at before noon and arrival times not before 1p.m. for all sites and not just those with difficult access.
peedee
Well, that would be a shame and, coupled with the withdrawal of site night vouchers from the credit card, would probably leave us looking at CL/CS sites even more next year!
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But the Club site loyalists will put up with anything.
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I have heard a whisper/rumour that the Club will follow in the footsteps of the C&CC next year and fix departure times at before noon and arrival times not before 1p.m. for all sites and not just those with difficult access.
peedee
Well, that would be a shame and, coupled with the withdrawal of site night vouchers from the credit card, would probably leave us looking at CL/CS sites even more next year!
Same here.
Can't see this happening though.......C&CC have taken a real battering from their members for introducing this change. In all proabablity, they will be reversing the decision next year. Rumour has it that they will change to 11am departures and 12 noon arrivals.
That would suit me just fine.
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I have heard a whisper/rumour that the Club will follow in the footsteps of the C&CC next year and fix departure times at before noon and arrival times not before 1p.m. for all sites and not just those with difficult access.
peedee
Well, that would be a shame and, coupled with the withdrawal of site night vouchers from the credit card, would probably leave us looking at CL/CS sites even more next year!
Same here.
Can't see this happening though.......C&CC have taken a real battering from their members for introducing this change. In all proabablity, they will be reversing the decision next year. Rumour has it that they will change to 11am departures and 12
noon arrivals.That would suit me just fine.
Write your comments here...That is a most sensible idea. Get the departing vanners well away from the site and it's approach roads long before the arriving Vanners arrive at the site.
It would have to be universal across the network and Enforced properly --- None of that Warden's discretion malarky.
K
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I have heard a whisper/rumour that the Club will follow in the footsteps of the C&CC next year and fix departure times at before noon and arrival times not before 1p.m. for all sites and not just those with difficult access.
peedee
Well, that would be a shame and, coupled with the withdrawal of site night vouchers from the credit card, would probably leave us looking at CL/CS sites even more next year!
Same here.
Can't see this happening though.......C&CC have taken a real battering from their members for introducing this change. In all proabablity, they will be reversing the decision next year. Rumour has it that they will change to 11am departures and 12
noon arrivals.That would suit me just fine.
Write your comments here...That is a most sensible idea. Get the departing vanners well away from the site and it's approach roads long before the arriving Vanners arrive at the site.
It would have to be universal across the network and Enforced properly --- None of that Warden's discretion malarky.
K
Not trying to re-open the Sunday Departures thread are you, K?
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Good to see you agreeing that club sites are getting busier every year, Ian. Such a pleasant contrast to some of the negatives expressed so often on CT!
I was agreeing with the fact that there isn't any room for warden's discretion.......as well you know, sir!
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Theoretically, unless one encountered exceptional traffic conditions throughout the journey, the longer the journey the more accurate it should be to calculate its duration.
I would guess that for a four hour journey the variance could be plus or minus half an hour and, if early it, is possible to ease off and reduce the variance to say fifteen minutes. Anyone arriving two hours early must have crossed from a different time
zone.You clearly have never driven Newcastle to Dover, via A1M and/or M1 rounded off with totally unpredictable M25
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Good to see you agreeing that club sites are getting busier every year, Ian. Such a pleasant contrast to some of the negatives expressed so often on CT!
I was agreeing with the fact that there isn't any room for warden's discretion.......as well you know, sir!
Yes, I know, but it was just too good an opportunity to miss!
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