Caravanner of the Year on BBC this April!
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Phew, some passionate posts....
CC brand: Although the show may not enhance the brand I struggle to see what the real impact would be. Will membership fall, will CC sites become empty, will CLs take themself off the network?
Personal brand: Well my friends, etc do not really pass any comment on my lifestyle / hobby and most probably - like when my footie team loses - may give me 5 mins ribbing in the pub.
The general public view: Well I think they have far more important things to be worrying about.
IMHO, it's a TV programme and tomorrow's chip paper that most will not dwell on; or take too seriously.
As always, I do respect the passionate responses from those with differing views.
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Well said Mickx. My views entirely.
Agree with all that's been said but this was also an opportunity to positively promote both caravanning and the Club and it has potentially turned to ridicule.
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I seem to be lucky in that my friends prefered to watch the supervet and so far have had no comments. I think the whole concept was very amaturish, very similar to the old films on Parthe pages on you tube. If they wanted to do this they should have looked
into in a proffessional way and asked for feedback. There is more to being a caravanner than putting up a straight awning.0 -
The programme was a total farce - I would like to know how, out of all our members the participants were selected.
A splendid opportunity to promote the Club gone to waste and yet another opportunity for Jeremy Clarkson to ridicule us.
How did a contestant manage not to even make a passable attempt at reversing AT ALL!
I am joining the C & CC next year as they are more in touch with the real world.
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OCSID.................my thoughts exactly!!
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As others have stated this was an opportunity to show the Club ( caravanners & motorhomers ) in a positive light rather than reinforcing the negative view put forward by the likes of Clarkson. I thought the show was amusing in places but bore no similarity
to anything occurring on a CC site. Others have said that it was akin to rallying - if so then thank goodness I don't take part. People will watch this and assume this is just how CC members behave. When were the heats held prior to this final?0 -
Although I haven't read this entire thread, I ahve read enough comments to agree that this progamme should never have been aired as a "serious" look at caravanning! I don't recall seeing anything asking for people to apply for this "competition", (not that
I would have entered anyway-wouldn't want to show everyone else up-lol!!), so where did they come from? It has certainly not done our hobby or the industry any favours, and IMO should have been pulled when the previews were seen. Presumably the Club had some
input over the final show content and must have realised this was not a favourable showing for it's members. Has the Club received payment for this debacle?0 -
If this was intended as serious promotion of caravanning then it has missed by a mile. As far as I am concerned it was set up as 'entertaining' TV at the expense of those taking part and the Club itself. Were there any heats? If so then God help those who
failed to get through those given the dire skills of most of the semi-finalists. IF this was a supposedly serious attempt at a competition why weren't contestants required to demonstrate attendance on a CC towing/driving course as an absolute basic requirement?!
This forum represents the Club that most of us on this forum pay to be a member of and therefore it is a legitimate platform to air critical views. If the Club cannot be bothered to respond with a statement on here explaining the logic behind the show then
I will not be renewing my membership.0 -
I too have emailled Nick Lomas. I cannot begin to comprehend how and why this programmer was ever thought to be a 'good idea'
The Caravan Club used to be an organization to be proud of. Sadly It has now been reduced to a laughing stock
Or the righteous indignation of some members posting here is the laughing stock?
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Seems to be a split vote at the moment, 50/50, only 6 days to go for part 2
Is it?
I am not left with the impression the stance of the reviews are balanced or anything like, here or elsewhere.
Oh dear, seems sarcasm and a winking eye is lost with you
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it is bad enough when caravaners are put upon by the motoring press and almost every roaduser without the club adding to the ridiculing with a totaly ill judged piece of banal programing , a very sad day!
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I emailed the club last night and requested a response before taking any furyher action myself. If I had asked for insurance, ferries etc. I would have received a response by now but on this subject the silence I'd deafening. I'm seriously considering leaving
the club after 31 years despite potentially having to seek new insurances ferry bookings etc. Come on club say something.0 -
This is what the Radio Times said before it was aired.
If your opinion of caravan owners is not something that could be printed in a family magazine, this may change your mind. At the very least it will make you chuckle. It follows the Caravan Club’s first-ever two-day competition to find the country’s top
caravanning enthusiast, an event they hope will introduce sceptics to the joys of caravanning.Not sure it achieved anything apart from the chuckle.
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It was like Top Gear for caravans organised by the Caravqan Club. They must all be mortally embarassed by the extremely poor and amateurish presentation.
And please tell me the DG or whatever did not literally drive up that slope without checking in any way?? It was staged for TV with a factory hack van I hope
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I do not think the club will comment . i just hope the club did not have to pay any expenses to the "expert" judges
if the 6 couples taking part are the best in the club then gawd help us all
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I emailed the club last night and requested a response before taking any furyher action myself. If I had asked for insurance, ferries etc. I would have received a response by now but on this subject the silence I'd deafening. I'm seriously considering leaving
the club after 31 years despite potentially having to seek new insurances ferry bookings etc. Come on club say something.Of course they are busy removing e-mails, ask Kennine, my last one only lasted 37 minutes. Not rude, just happened to mention the company the Chairman is the General Manager of; I give this one a bit less as they are now monitoring permanenty I would guess
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Our chairman has been well pilloried in this thread, and justifiably so! I'm prepared to accept that originally this was entered into with the best of intentions, however, as filming progressed and the programme makers requests became more unlikely, he
should have pulled the club's involvement, not to have done so shows extreme naievity. The question arises: was he under pressure from the DG and the paid management of the club (or company) to continue?Will he resign? - Unlikely
Will anyone do anything about him come the AGM? We'll have to wait and see, but probably unlikely. So we, as members, will get what we deserve.
Write your comments here...Some of us might not be members come the AGM I'm sorry to say ... after 31 years. Such a pity.
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Cancelled this weekends bookings as a point of principle, have gone elsewhere. Have also written to Nick Lomas as well as Chair, no replies I am sure. We need to remind all to vote at teh next AGM - timed 13.07, let's see hpw long this one stays.
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I too have sent an E Mail to Nick Lomas. Am I expecting a reply....not really because that is how this "club" now seems to work. Given that input on CT from the CC was quite intense prior to the programme, comments from the CC seem now to be non existant.
Come on guys, someone somewhere has dropped an almighty clanger. Why not own up to it and let the members know why the CC sanctioned the release of this show.0 -
I dont know who authorised this nonsense,but the programme makes caravanners look stupid..just the effect the media would like..?
Embarrassing.............sterotypes all trotted out...
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Nearly spilt my cider, best laugh in a long time. It's not a sad day, the sun is shining, blue sky, my caravan is being prepared for an adventure, we are not at war. Just a programme making fun at our pastime, I'll watch it again next week and then move
on. I'm more worried about the sanity of the Clubs members, giving up membership, never using a Club site again, jumping off the Humber bridge, does it really affect you so deeply? Exactly what difference will it make to your planning, pitching, erecting,
sitting out and enjoying your chosen hobby.0 -
Youve cancelled a weekend booking cos of a tongue in cheek program on the BBC which most people found laughable at best, it beggers belief how many posters are on the verge of slashing there wrist's over a holliday busness which some people still think is
a cosy club...Cancelled this weekends bookings as a point of principle, have gone elsewhere. Have also written to Nick Lomas as well as Chair, no replies I am sure. We need to remind all to vote at teh next AGM - timed 13.07, let's see hpw long this one st
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also the chairan didnt do himself any favours..pulling a van up an incline with a 2 wheel drive tug? we all know how motorcaravans..can go "anywhwre"..as suggested by the judge...anywhere that doesnt involve mud or wet grass...i have pulled several such
gin palaces off their grass pitches..0
