Parking by the peg

We found Stanmore to be expensive and not as clean in the facilities as club sites, plus you couldnt have two cars on pitch. The pitches were well spaced out but we were on the adults only area which was all grass so you did pitch to a peg. Havent been for
a few years though  (as they would only let RV's on certain pitches which were right on the busiest part in the middle) so it might have changed.

When it comes to firebreaks, it depends on the wind direction and strength. Consider some of the wildfire that are afflicting various parts of the world. Even if vans have a dry powder extinguisher/fire blanket, they would be pretty ineffective. Perhaps
the reintroduction of the 'firebucket' might help. Half a dozen adjacent vans contributions of a couple of gallons of water might give a fighting chance of containing the conflagration.

I use a motor mover and as we no longer use an awning I often site the van 15'' to 18'' to awning side (unless a big pitch) to give me room to open car door wide without hitting caravan should the wind gust. Make sure that I have maintained fire break distances
though as I don't doubt you would have done

We have used CC sites for over thirty years. We have never had any problems abiding by 'pitching on the peg' rule. The only problems we have arise from those who want to do their own thing and pitch how they want ending up too close to the   nearest outfit.The
'I'm all right Jack' attitude is becoming far too common these days.

I cannot understand why you wouldn't ever use a CC site because of the 'peg' rule. We use some great CLs too.

.Good post and so true

 

I cannot understand why you wouldn't ever use a CC site because of the 'peg' rule.

 You may not understand, Pat, but  couple that with awning or no awning, only face the caravan forwards or back, necessity of booking, arrival and departure times, the twelve o clock rush, and remembering  which side the car must be placed... And you might
be getting close to understanding why I don't use Club sites. 

Write your comments here...Drama out of a crisis springs to mind  , it's a club with rules not a free for all because someone doesn't think it's applicable to them.

Perhaps people with such a view to the CC rules shouldn't be members , but there again there other aspects of the CC that are beneficial to all members Cl 's insurance, red pennant , you have to remember the rules are for the majority of members , regardless
of what some think

I have seen caravans / motorhomes parked the wrong side of the peg. I have to say that I did wonder how anyone could make that mistake. I assumed that they must have done it deliberately for some strange reason.

Of course, the warden staff don't tell them to move.

Write your comments here...Ian H,

deliberate yes maybe  in our case HE  has total control of the mover zapper,  it's my van, I drive, I reverse it but HE  has to control it all on the pitch. Rules he ignores and despite all my  advice he puts it where HE wants to and to prevent a major row
on site I give in, if I get the chance I will move it into the correct position when he is not looking or has gone to the Loo.He got caaught out this year at Broadway when the morning after the  motorhome fire the Wardens did the rounds and came and made him
move it... Maybe now he will listen when I  tell him. All he says "Rules, rules and more silly rules". Silly maybe but life saving  is important...I hide the  damned mover zapper but he still manages to find it before I have  even unhitched the van off the
car....I think I have a control freak as my OH.......sg2....

I have seen caravans / motorhomes parked the wrong side of the peg. I have to say that I did wonder how anyone could make that mistake. I assumed that they must have done it deliberately for some strange reason.

Of course, the warden staff don't tell them to move.

Write your comments here...Ian H,

deliberate yes maybe  in our case HE  has total control of the mover zapper,  it's my van, I drive, I reverse it but HE  has to control it all on the pitch. Rules he ignores and despite all my  advice he puts it where HE wants to and to prevent a major row
on site I give in, if I get the chance I will move it into the correct position when he is not looking or has gone to the Loo.He got caaught out this year at Broadway when the morning after the  motorhome fire the Wardens did the rounds and came and made him
move it... Maybe now he will listen when I  tell him. All he says "Rules, rules and more silly rules". Silly maybe but life saving  is important...I hide the  damned mover zapper but he still manages to find it before I have  even unhitched the van off the
car....I think I have a control freak as my OH.......sg2....

Sounds like OH and me to some extent. I usually (on tight pitches, park about 15'' or so to right of peg so that I can open the car door wide. OH has trouble with one leg and I am not as manouverable as I once was. As we don't have an awning I make sure
that we don't impinge on the clearances - we don't.

We have only had one over officous warder at Battle recently where we parked nose in and about 2ft to the left of the peg as you look at the pitch so we had some room on the habitaion door side to sit out.  The next pitch was empty and well over 6m away.  Not sure what his problem with this was and said I would move the van the next day when we leave which seemd to satisfy him.

Abroad and at CL's, private/commercial sites we dont have all this peg business so personally I think common sense should prevail in some circumstances such as Easy T's example etc.  Indeed abroad it seems to be the closer you can get the better and they dont seem to have any mass outbreaks of fires even with their antiquainted electrical systems that seem massively overlaoded.  Also most CC pitches are a lot less than 6m apart when measured front to back where the pitches are in rows so how does that work?

Rules are rules and like all good rules are there to be broken arn't they?

So it's a good rule then!

I'll ignore the rest of your post which is clearly a wind up.

Write your comments here...no more a wind up than people wanting to arrive before 12, stay after 12, speeding round a site, parking on the grass, not look after kids, not picking up after their dogs etc. etc. they are all rules that members want to break....

Firstly let me say that I accept without question that rules are rules and apply to all.

But that in addition to the site fees which IMHO have risen far to far in recent years is another reason why I rarely use Club sites today.

I believe that it all stems back to a Policy change a few years ago that resulted in more and more Pitches being crammed onto sites.  It also resulted in that "Awning or no awning" question being asked on check in, - again so that more vans were crammed
into the available area.  With that came the realisation that the more crowded conditions required strict rules to address the fire risk etc.

Gone was the ability to pitch the continental way, with the awning facing out, - not the towing hitch.

So it was with great regret at first that I moved to CL's with a far greater freedom to park any which way. Today most CL's are of such size that the fire - distance rule rarely needs to be considered although it always is considered!

But it soon became evident that not only a greater freedom existed on CL's but they were far cheaper too.  Most now have EHU's and some have Toilets and washing facilities but still manage to keep prices down.

Pitching by the Peg? - Whats that all about?

TF

Rules are rules and like all good rules are there to be broken arn't they?

So it's a good rule then!

I'll ignore the rest of your post which is clearly a wind up.

Write your comments here...no more a wind up than people wanting to arrive before 12, stay after 12, speeding round a site, parking on the grass, not look after kids, not picking up after their dogs etc. etc. they are all rules that members want to break....

There's a difference between some people breaking some rules and the anarchic school of thought that says "rules are there to be broken". 

Write your comments here...why is that?  If rules are broken they are broken not anarchic at all just some popele want to pick and choose which ones they want to obey i.e. I will pitch to the peg when I arrave at 11:00 so whats the diffference in arriving
at 12 and pitching to suit your personal preference?  Both scenarios break rules....

No I  have not....