Size of pitches - worried
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Pitch 3 ( see my initial post )
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Ian, pitch numbers 2 and 3 are very short. They were two of three empty pitches when we were there and we wouldn't have got our two berth on them. They were used during our stay by vw campers and were ok for them but anything bigger would struggle
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BlueVanMAn, I suspect that is more to do with Rowantree than anything else, its always full and well packed in as a consequence. Have you come accross this at other sites?
But your comments aside, please can I congratulate you and thank you for booking a non awning pitch when you did not need an awning pitch.
I for one appreciate that kind of honerable action and sincerely commend you Sir, Thank you!
Good show!
Write your comments here...Sorry, I do not agree. I always book an awning pitch, it gurantees a pitch Fit for purpose! Which the Ops non-awning pitch clearly Wasnt, for the Op.
I have a motorhome, and like the option of deploying the wind out canopy......if i want to, without somone coming along and measuring how far out I have wound it ! So, If I booked first, I will get the awning pitch.
If I had been the op, i would have asked the warden for a change of pitch, when the next person left the site.
I have never stayed on Rowntree Park site, but if I do, this thread ensures that i wont ever get put in the ops posistion.....Awning pitch only for me.Nothing Honorable in being inconvenienced on a holiday where we all are members and pay the same pitch fees.
Write your comments here...
I also assume that the OP hasn't written to the appropriate department in the club?
Write your comments here...I did write to the Club and have today received a reply. The reply is constructive and by no means unhelpful.
Interestingly whilst systems might change in the future it would seem that right now wardens rely on the vehicle profile information provided by the member and "have no way of ascertaining further specific needs" (I paraphrase slightly). I have replied that nearly all PVC users will need to be able to have access to rear doors and that additional length is needed to put van onto levelling blocks so that a pitch for a PVC would need to be a minimum of about 1.5 metres longer than the vehicle on it (longer in some cases e.g. top hinged rear door). Meantime Mr Monkman states "If a member has a particular setup that needs additional space to the front or rear of the outfit all they can do at the moment is to increase the length of the outfit on the system exactly as you have done to facilitate this" In other words an official endorsement for my actions and a cue to others to consider whether they need to revisit their own vehicle profiles.
The Reply might be considered an interim one because Phil Monkman the Regional Manager Northern England has also undertaken to visit the site and will "(do) anything locally to alleviate (my) problems".
In fairness and for the information of members I will post more fully in light of any further response.
Write your comments here...Further to my above post I have now received a further response from Mr Phil Monkman Regional Manager Northern England following a visit by him to Rowntree Park.
In that helpful response he advises that he has issued instructions to the wardens concerning Pitch 3 and its non allocation to PVCs etc. He has also indicated taht the Clubs Estate Team have been asked to look at the possibility of re-configuring sites 1-6. I am encouraged by this response and am hopeful that it will forestall problems for others in the future.
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Under "Important Information" for Rowntree it says: Sometimes pitch sizes vary on this site and we may need to allocate outfits above 7.8 metres or below 6 meters on arrival. This helps us to accommodate all visitors comfortably.
However, the important point is that units should be able to pitch safely away from the access road and still have full access to their accommodation, including rear doors. We have a pvc and a bike carrier which swings out from a pivot on the offside so
that we can access the rear doors and the bikes. This adds a further several feet to the lenght of the van. It sounds to me that Rowntree is a "pile 'em in site". By contrast we were recently at Glentrool where the pitch we were on was massive and could
easily have accommodated 2 vans. The owners wanted it to be spacious, rather than cram as many in as possible.--------------------------------------------------
Dont know how I got my reply here, but anyway:
stayed at Glentrool with wife and her sister, two motorhomes. Thought our pitch was for both of us. Only after searching ages for a second hookup did we realise it was just one pitch.
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