How does this Club compare with the ‘Other’?
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One night bookings are very useful when you are travelling long distances and just need a rest for the night. We used both clubs for one night stays last year but the C & CC is more limited due to their minimum stay restrictions on some sites.
Write your comments here...That's because you have a motorhome, brue. One night stays are much more hassle with a caravan especially with a full sized awning plus side annexes!
...but as Brue says, of travelling a long way, even folk with caravans need to pull in for the night, dont they?
either way, i cant imagine anyone would mess about with an awning (and side annexes!) if just stopping for the night......even you M
of course, many folk travel much further than Brighton to Littlehampton...
Id put your 'travelling patterns' at the rarer end of members' typical itineraries
Write your comments here...That's right, BB. If it's just one or two nights, we don't bother with the awning but it does mean managing in a more cramped space. It's not just the job of putting up the awning, you also have to lay the awning carpet and assemble all the awning furniture including our larder with shelves, plus two ring electric hob that sits on top of it, the folding coffee table, the picnic table with built in seats, the two relaxers, folding chairs, inner tents etc. It's like setting up an entire home. You need to spend a minimum of three nights in one place to make all that worthwhile.
Malcolm...If it is a problem doing an overnight stop with all you the bits you mention, maybe you have an overloaded caravan or you need to go down the route of changing your tow vehicle, to something on the lines of a transit to suit your lifestile
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Thanks for your replies husky and brue, I looked earlier but couldn't find anyting either
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Malc....Have you thought about buying a mobile pizza van complete with towing bracket?
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One night bookings are very useful when you are travelling long distances and just need a rest for the night. We used both clubs for one night stays last year but the C & CC is more limited due to their minimum stay restrictions on some sites.
Write your comments here...That's because you have a motorhome, brue. One night stays are much more hassle with a caravan especially with a full sized awning plus side annexes!
...but as Brue says, of travelling a long way, even folk with caravans need to pull in for the night, dont they?
either way, i cant imagine anyone would mess about with an awning (and side annexes!) if just stopping for the night......even you M
of course, many folk travel much further than Brighton to Littlehampton...
Id put your 'travelling patterns' at the rarer end of members' typical itineraries
Write your comments here...That's right, BB. If it's just one or two nights, we don't bother with the awning but it does mean managing in a more cramped space. It's not just the job of putting up the awning, you also have to lay the awning carpet and assemble all the awning furniture including our larder with shelves, plus two ring electric hob that sits on top of it, the folding coffee table, the picnic table with built in seats, the two relaxers, folding chairs, inner tents etc. It's like setting up an entire home. You need to spend a minimum of three nights in one place to make all that worthwhile.
...If it is a problem doing an overnight stop with all you the bits you mention, maybe you have an overloaded caravan or you need to go down the route of changing your tow vehicle, to something on the lines of a transit to suit your lifestile
Write your comments here...The Shogun with the largest size roof box on top seems big enough to accommodate everything. It is a seven seater but as there's only the two of us, the other five seats go down making a massive amount of boot space. The awning plus poles, awning furniture etc. all fit into the car when we're travelling between sites. Aquaroll, wastemaster etc. all fit into the car. This keeps the caravan free from clutter. Otherwise we would be falling over everything, everytime we stepped into the caravan.
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One night bookings are very useful when you are travelling long distances and just need a rest for the night. We used both clubs for one night stays last year but the C & CC is more limited due to their minimum stay restrictions on some sites.
Write your comments here...That's because you have a motorhome, brue. One night stays are much more hassle with a caravan especially with a full sized awning plus side annexes!
...but as Brue says, of travelling a long way, even folk with caravans need to pull in for the night, dont they?
either way, i cant imagine anyone would mess about with an awning (and side annexes!) if just stopping for the night......even you M
of course, many folk travel much further than Brighton to Littlehampton...
Id put your 'travelling patterns' at the rarer end of members' typical itineraries
Write your comments here...That's right, BB. If it's just one or two nights, we don't bother with the awning but it does mean managing in a more cramped space. It's not just the job of putting up the awning, you also have to lay the awning carpet and assemble
all the awning furniture including our larder with shelves, plus two ring electric hob that sits on top of it, the folding coffee table, the picnic table with built in seats, the two relaxers, folding chairs, inner tents etc. It's like setting up an entire
home. You need to spend a minimum of three nights in one place to make all that worthwhile....If it is a problem doing an overnight stop with all you the bits you mention, maybe you have an overloaded caravan or you need to go down the route of changing your tow vehicle, to something on the lines of a transit to suit your lifestile
Write your comments here...The Shogun with the largest size roof box on top seems big enough to accommodate everything. It is a seven seater but as there's only the two of us, the other five seats go down making a massive amount of boot space. The awning
plus poles, awning furniture etc. all fit into the car when we're travelling between sites. Aquaroll, wastemaster etc. all fit into the car. This keeps the caravan free from clutter. Otherwise we would be falling over everything, everytime we stepped into
the caravan....So if you stop overnight and there is just the two of you why would you need to put everything out ?
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Our bookings through this winter and into Spring and Summer are all with the Caravan Club. Our winter bookings alternate between Gatwick and Brighton and the Spring and summer bookings between Worthing and Littlehampton. Most of our bookings are 21 nights.
We prefer long term stays so that we don't have to put up and take down the awning every few days. It's also a lot less work of packing and unpacking, hitching up and unhitching etc. Our work commitments mean having to stay in or near the Worthing area, so
we've booked our sites accordingly.One or two night bookings usually mean that you don't have much time to do anything else other than towing between sites and carrying out all the necessary tasks of setting up your outfit followed by packing it once again ready for travel.
We still retain membership of both clubs as we may need to use the other club for tent camping whilst our caravan is being serviced.
Malc just out of interest what do you do with all your stuff while it is in for service. Ours has to be totally emptied and it is currently filling part of the garage and a bedroom.
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Hello, is anyone there?
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We do not have the privacy problem with C&CC sites but do find them a bit less scenic somehow. Frankly we use whichever we find most conveniant or cheaper.
What annoys me about the C&CC though is the booking system as you cannot compare the price by just looking at the site details. You actualy have to get one step short of booking to get the fees which is unnecessarily time consuming.
...the other annoying thing about their booking system is that you have to book a minimum of 2 nights on a site. That makes touring difficult sometimes.
Write your comments here...Then some people moan because they can't book a full week or fortnight because of a 1 night booking.
...Again, that is an issue that has been covered at length in previous posts ADP1963. We are all members with equal rights but different needs. We have a motorhome and enjoy touring from one site to another. I don't see why we should be penalised for that because others want a fortnight in the same place.
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Malc just out of interest what do you do with all your stuff while it is in for service. Ours has to be totally emptied and it is currently filling part of the garage and a bedroom.
Write your comments here...We can't empty ours. There'd be nowhere to store it.
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...So if you stop overnight and there is just the two of you why would you need to put everything out ?
Write your comments here...Because we need some boot space for the pizza deliveries.
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Since you have quite a large caravan and there's only two of you, why do you need all that extraneous stuff anyway, particularly awning annexes?
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We do not have the privacy problem with C&CC sites but do find them a bit less scenic somehow. Frankly we use whichever we find most conveniant or cheaper.
What annoys me about the C&CC though is the booking system as you cannot compare the price by just looking at the site details. You actualy have to get one step short of booking to get the fees which is unnecessarily time consuming.
...the other annoying thing about their booking system is that you have to book a minimum of 2 nights on a site. That makes touring difficult sometimes.
Write your comments here...Then some people moan because they can't book a full week or fortnight because of a 1 night booking.
...Again, that is an issue that has been covered at length in previous posts ADP1963. We are all members with equal rights but different needs. We have a motorhome and enjoy touring from one site to another. I don't see why we should be penalised for that because others want a fortnight in the same place.
...Its seem that according to wardens, one nighters are only a real problem at W/ends,as quoted on here at times, when there are "empty" pitches that either fri or sat would have been filled for whole time
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Malc just out of interest what do you do with all your stuff while it is in for service. Ours has to be totally emptied and it is currently filling part of the garage and a bedroom.
Write your comments here...We can't empty ours. There'd be nowhere to store it.
...I would think the "service" would not be able to be completed, there for compromising the warranty
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Can people please edit posts, its making my little index pinky sore wiith all this scrolling. It's only a matter of using the delete button, do you need half a page of past threads to endorse your reply......
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Thank you Brian for raising this issue. I have edited several posts with unnecessary long quotes. If you need to quote please restrict it immediate post you are replying to.
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...Again, that is an issue that has been covered at length in previous posts ADP1963. We are all members with equal rights but different needs. We have a motorhome and enjoy touring from one site to another. I don't see why we should be penalised for that because others want a fortnight in the same place.
Write your comments here...I did not say or suggest you should be penalised or the other parties should be because of 1 night bookings. It does not bother us in any way as we are retired and source our sites and holiday periods according to the availability. However we have heard of many people not being able to stop a whole week because of a 1 night booking and moving off site and then coming back when the 1 night booking has left. As I said this does not apply to us,but I can't say we do not sypathise with them.
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..So if you stop overnight and there is just the two of you why would you need to put everything out ?
.Because we need some boot space for the pizza deliveries.
Malc..are you expecting to deliver pizzas all over the country?
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Does anybody know if CCC have a new launch date for their new forum ?.......
See
>this thread<peedee
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Can people please edit posts, its making my little index pinky sore wiith all this scrolling. It's only a matter of using the delete button, do you need half a page of past threads to endorse your reply......
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While i agree with what you say, deleting stuff isnt quite as easy on a tablet as on a device with a proper mouse....
despite this, ill try to keep the quoted section shorter...
however, the most relevent bit is 'who' someone is quoting/replying to....this forum gives no indication of this and, perhaps, leaving the quote a little longer goes some way to assisitng with this....
perhaps, when editing out the previous 'stuff' it could be replaced with ....'xxxxx said.....' and then add the reply....
it might be even easier just to copy the intended quote into the new reply, add the 'xxxx said' and then theres no growing posts...
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Since you have quite a large caravan and there's only two of you, why do you need all that extraneous stuff anyway, particularly awning annexes?
Write your comments here...I think most people only use their caravan occasionally for perhaps a weekend or couple of weeks holiday once a year. In that situation, they can store most things at home and don't need much in their caravan. However, as we caravan all the year round, 365 days a year, we need as much in the caravan as others would need in a normal home. We do store some stuff at the house e.g. the tent is not needed and so kept at our address. We don't always put the side annexes up either but we like to keep them with us in case we need to use them.
The awning is very big and so needs furniture to fill it. Otherwise it would look empty and not very homely.
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..So if you stop overnight and there is just the two of you why would you need to put everything out ?
.Because we need some boot space for the pizza deliveries.
Malc..are you expecting to deliver pizzas all over the country?
Write your comments here...No, just the local area but we have to have space to store the thermal boxes that keep the pizzas hot and they are quite large and take up a lot of boot space. Sometimes we have more than one delivery at a time and so may have to carry three or more large thermal boxes.
Some deliveries are in remote areas where it can take 20 minutes to reach the address. The food needs to stay piping hot for that time. After all, you wouldn't like your pizza delivered to you cold, would you?
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Does anybody know if CCC have a new launch date for their new forum ?.......
See
>this thread<peedee
Write your comments here...Thanks Peedee, when I looked for the info yesterday and I couldn't find anything to answer Bt's question.
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Malcom said......
"The awning is very big and so needs furniture to fill it. Otherwise it would look empty and not very homely."
.....forgive me, M, but should this be the other way round.....
ie, one might have a lot of necessary stuff, so therefore one might need a bigger space to put it in.....
...but this is the first time ive seen someone specifically carrying loads of 'stuff' to fill a large space, which itself might not be needed if you didnt bring the 'stuff' in the first place?
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Does anybody know if CCC have a new launch date for their new forum ?.......
See
>this thread<peedee
Thanks peedee.....
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Malcom said......
"The awning is very big and so needs furniture to fill it. Otherwise it would look empty and not very homely."
.....forgive me, M, but should this be the other way round.....
ie, one might have a lot of necessary stuff, so therefore one might need a bigger space to put it in.....
...but this is the first time ive seen someone specifically carrying loads of 'stuff' to fill a large space, which itself might not be needed if you didnt bring the 'stuff' in the first place?
Write your comments here...We use all of the stuff we have in the awning. The two ring electric hob and picnic table in the awning means there is more space for cooking than if it had to be done in the caravan. Having more space means a bigger vegetable
preparation area etc. The relaxers provide comfortable seating with plenty of back support and the folding coffee table is also useful for drinks etc. The other five folding chairs can seat guests. The larder in the kitchen area of the awning provides extra
storage space for tinned foods, jars, pickles etc. We can also have extra fridge space by having a cool box in the awning too. So yes the awning is full of stuff but it's all useful.0 -
Malcolm what makes your Pizza's different? and did you enjoy Bromyard Downs site,was it good for sales?.( my neck of the woods ,we live10 miles away), 365 days a year Caravaning thats what we call using your van. Getting much colder from now,hope you are
both snug and warm.0
