Parking by the peg
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Example.....on a CC site recently, two caravans arrive together and manage to find two adjacent pitches.
One pitches correctly on the peg but appears to be having a problem with his jockey wheel or something.
His mate pitches on completely the wrong side of the peg, right on the edge of his pitch, near to his mate. He then parks his car on the opposite edge of the pitch and proceeds to put up his awning in the gap in the middle.
Warden comes along, may or may not have said something (if he did, it was ignored) but then chats to the other bloke about his jockey wheel.
Now clearly the 'safe spacing' thing must be compromised here. I did wonder whether they had said that jockey-wheel man wasn't using an awning, so there wasn't a spacing issue. But the next day, up goes his awning -
with only the grass strip (2 metres maybe) separating his awning from his mate's caravan.So why didn't the warden just tell the guy on the wrong side of the peg to position his caravan like he was told when he booked in?
Is there a warden on here who could offer an explanation?
The situation above happened on the Broadway site......think about it alongside the thread about a motorhome fire there yesterday.....
Somebody might be looking for another job this morning.
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Motorhomers will continue to park side by side and close together on Aires, car parks and Motorway service stations.
...That just shows how negligent some are if on an Aire ,and carparks and service areas the Flamables should be Off
Write your comments here...I agree, in light of the 6 metre rule WORKING and stopping the fire from spreading at the recent fire at Broadway site, i think folk complaining about CClub rules sounds a bit hollow. I have seen pictures of the result of a fire
on an Aire, in total 5 motorhomes were lost, no-one injured though, and why some of the owners didnt simply drive them away, is a mystery.?0 -
I understand the rule at Sandringham was a condition of the lease, although it is anybodies guess why they would want to stipulate this.
Write your comments here...when i questioned this, the last time i was there, I was told it was so units could be removed from the pitches quickly in case of Fire ? No mention of awnings ? Or the fact that mororhomes have reverse gear, so not really logical,
just another historical rule...that meant well when it was made, but could do with revisiting.0 -
Example.....on a CC site recently, two caravans arrive together and manage to find two adjacent pitches.
One pitches correctly on the peg but appears to be having a problem with his jockey wheel or something.
His mate pitches on completely the wrong side of the peg, right on the edge of his pitch, near to his mate. He then parks his car on the opposite edge of the pitch and proceeds to put up his awning in the gap in the middle.
Warden comes along, may or may not have said something (if he did, it was ignored) but then chats to the other bloke about his jockey wheel.
Now clearly the 'safe spacing' thing must be compromised here. I did wonder whether they had said that jockey-wheel man wasn't using an awning, so there wasn't a spacing issue. But the next day, up goes his awning -
with only the grass strip (2 metres maybe) separating his awning from his mate's caravan.So why didn't the warden just tell the guy on the wrong side of the peg to position his caravan like he was told when he booked in?
Is there a warden on here who could offer an explanation?
The situation above happened on the Broadway site......think about it alongside the thread about a motorhome fire there yesterday.....
Somebody might be looking for another job this morning.
...Do not understand that Jill?
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I understand the rule at Sandringham was a condition of the lease, although it is anybodies guess why they would want to stipulate this.
Write your comments here...when i questioned this, the last time i was there, I was told it was so units could be removed from the pitches quickly in case of Fire ? No mention of awnings ? Or the fact that mororhomes have reverse gear, so not really logical,
just another historical rule...that meant well when it was made, but could do with revisiting...See earlier posts it will save repeating it
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why do 'units' need to be 6m from each other, yet an awning or car can be as close as 3m to a 'unit', cant they?
are awnings less flammable than caravans, are cars less flammable than MH?
...The six mtr I understand is for emergency vehicle access
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so, how does an emergency vehicle get between a car and a neighbours awning, if only 3m spacing is required?
...How wide is an fire engine
you said the six mtr spacing was for emergency vehicles, didnt you?
if it should be 6m, why is it 3m in some cases?
im not convinced that a spreading fire is that particular in which direction it travels, nor which type of units (or cars or awnings) it will consume.
how is it the right thing in one direction yet in another, it half the safe distance?
...I do not make the rules but it proved it works this morning,what ever
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On the last CC site I was on, we were on a row of just 2. There was no one to our right (as stood facing from the road) and a unit miles away to our left. The unit behind us on the other side of a hedge though was only feet away
Write your comments here...3mtr at least
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On the last CC site I was on, we were on a row of just 2. There was no one to our right (as stood facing from the road) and a unit miles away to our left. The unit behind us on the other side of a hedge though was only feet away
Write your comments here...3mtr at least
...so, why not 6m, which would be the side-to-side minimum?
...Why not
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One site I was on was in woodland, no grass just soil and leaves. Try as I might I couldn't get the caravan next to the peg (due to trees, no motor mover and my lack of reversing skills). Pitches were random, not in lines, and distance between caravans was way more than the fire safety rules required. I finally got the caravan within two feet of the peg. Then I moved the peg. Naughty? Nobody noticed and when we departed I moved the peg back to its original position.
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One site I was on was in woodland, no grass just soil and leaves. Try as I might I couldn't get the caravan next to the peg (due to trees, no motor mover and my lack of reversing skills). Pitches were random, not in lines, and distance between caravans
was way more than the fire safety rules required. I finally got the caravan within two feet of the peg. Then I moved the peg. Naughty? Nobody noticed and when we departed I moved the peg back to its original position...And why not , if there is as you say space ,I very much that dought that many cannot hold their hand up to that
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On the last CC site I was on, we were on a row of just 2. There was no one to our right (as stood facing from the road) and a unit miles away to our left. The unit behind us on the other side of a hedge though was only feet away
Write your comments here...3mtr at least
Might have been .... just ... but doubt it
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its silly because side to side they have to be 6m but end to end the rows are really close, often less than a metre away and a lot of vans have end kitchens so gas to the very end part. i like a big pitch but i like to be able to put up my awning where
i want and a windbreak. if we go with friends we like to join the two vans with the windbreaks so there is a kids and dogs play area in the middle. on commerical sites we can do this - and book two pitches next to each other - wish club sites were as user
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so, how does an emergency vehicle get between a car and a neighbours awning, if only 3m spacing is required?
...How wide is an fire engine
It won't be to get a fire engine through. Fire Engine will be quite a way away, perhaps dozens, hundred metres. They lay hose to get to fire, wouldn't risk parking unit anywhere close to fire.
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its silly because side to side they have to be 6m but end to end the rows are really close, often less than a metre away and a lot of vans have end kitchens so gas to the very end part. i like a big pitch but i like to be able to put up my awning where
i want and a windbreak. if we go with friends we like to join the two vans with the windbreaks so there is a kids and dogs play area in the middle. on commerical sites we can do this - and book two pitches next to each other - wish club sites were as user
friendluy..I think you are a bit unsure of pitching because unless you can enlighton us there will not be a cc site that you will be 1mtr appart are you sure it was in the UK
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its silly because side to side they have to be 6m but end to end the rows are really close, often less than a metre away and a lot of vans have end kitchens so gas to the very end part. i like a big pitch but i like to be able to put up my awning where
i want and a windbreak. if we go with friends we like to join the two vans with the windbreaks so there is a kids and dogs play area in the middle. on commerical sites we can do this - and book two pitches next to each other - wish club sites were as user
friendluyIt is for where your point of exit from your caravans/motorhome would be, as there are very few caravans/motorhomes left with the door at the rear it means your less likely have to jump out of your unit into a blazing inferno if the unit next to you is on
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so, how does an emergency vehicle get between a car and a neighbours awning, if only 3m spacing is required?
...How wide is an fire engine
It won't be to get a fire engine through. Fire Engine will be quite a way away, perhaps dozens, hundred metres. They lay hose to get to fire, wouldn't risk parking unit anywhere close to fire.
..The shortest route to a destination is a straight line rather than the site roads
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so, how does an emergency vehicle get between a car and a neighbours awning, if only 3m spacing is required?
A very good friend of mine drives a fire engine in Glasgow.
He tells me if there someone's life was in danger he would have no problem at all getting through a 3 metre gap between a car and an awning.
Same technique he uses when cars are double parked down narrow roads for those wondering.
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I think you are a bit unsure of pitching because unless you can enlighton us there will not be a cc site that you will be 1mtr appart are you sure it was in the UK
It is a valid point thought, that the back of a van and the back of the van on the pitch behind may well be very much closer than 6m.
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