An Experience at Seacroft - Sequal & Policy!
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The thing that I don't get with all this is......we regularly get posters on here complaining that they cannot get a pitch immediately adjacent to their friend / relative as finding two pitches together is apparently very difficult.
I wouldn't know, because we never go on holiday with others and in the unlikely event that we did, being in the same field as them would be close enough.
But how on earth does a rally with maybe 40 units manage to all get together?
(Given that the word from Grimstead Towers (see op) is that areas should not be cordoned off for a rally).
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As I put earlier Ian, the only time we have been on site before a rally, we were told where they would try and congregate and we kept away from it. I assume most others did the same. So it would have left a big empty space. However, I assume there was still not enough room, or some ralliers preferred to not be in the thick of it, as we noticed several folk wandering with food and drink towards the gathering. Although there were no problems, unless we had been told, plus perhaps the flags gave it away, we would not have known there was a rally.
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Harry
Are you saying that impromptu rallies are never set up at relatively short notice? That was what I had in mind. I don't doubt that rally planning is akin to a military operation but if a rally was set up at short notice (if such a thing happens?) it could be missed.
What no one has mentioned is that all the planned rallies are listed under Local Centres on this website so anyone is free to look to see if their stay on a Club site is likely to be affected by a rally taking place during their stay. So there is no need to change anything?
David
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We went to Whitehouse beach a few years ago and like the OP a whole lot of pitches were cordoned off for a Rally leaving a lot less choice for the rest of us. From what I can read on here the Rally should not have allocated pitches but just choose a pitch on arrival like the rest of us.
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Has no one on this forum ever joined their local center?
No why would I?
Anyway I thought rallies were all about siting in a muddy field dancing round a flag pole being ordered about by bossy marshals and making sure you adhere to the published timetable for the events taking place. Why have then on club sites?
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What no one has mentioned is that all the planned rallies are listed under Local Centres on this website so anyone is free to look to see if their stay on a Club site is likely to be affected by a rally taking place during their stay. So there is no need to change anything?
David, do you really believe that members when booking a club site are going to trawl all the way through the rally section to see if there's going to be one on the site when they intend to visit? It doesn't happen!! The club, whatever it's name, should indicate on the site's web page when a rally has been booked on that particular site. It would take a lot less effort than all that's been put into the changes we've just experienced.
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Yes I think I am suggesting that, if people are so desperate to know!!! After all these are not aliens from outer space attending these rallies, they are Club members and as such as entitled to be there as much as anyone else. What is the next thing, people wanting to be informed when the site is full!!!
David
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Michael, rallies are nothing like that although (surprise surprise) Caravan Club rallies are a tad more formal than Camping Club rallies but neither require you to join in any activities if that's not your scene.
They are a great way to pitch in interesting areas than would not normally be accessible for camping. Personally I would not be interested in a rally on an organised site because we could stay there anyway.
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Good heavens such a long time for the club to reply , not a reply I personally would have been happy about regarding the upset you had to go through, did they offer any form of compensation 🤔 Maybe one or two free nights , or even return your late cancellation fee 🤔
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What is to follow when a flagpole is erected?.....tell me more David!
I can't say I've been on a rally yet or alongside one that has ever spoilt a holiday.
I think the OP got a good response from the club re his original complaint. We've been to the site in question and even without a rally did not have a particularly good choice of pitch, I expect that has happened to a lot of people on such a busy site. If all pitches were "good" things would be different no doubt. The OP was offered one of the very good service pitches without charge. I feel the club have dealt with this quite well and have said there is a "learning" to be gained from the OP's experience.
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Ah I see, I must avoid going abroad in future.
The thing with holidays is you never quite know what's going to happen!
But to be serious I do feel for people when their expectations have been spoilt and it's a pity that the OP had such a bad start to his holiday.
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All the flagpole (if there is one) denotes is where the stewards are to book in. If there are any organised activities, then its an obvious meeting place. That's all.
I believe that some gather there on the last day for a coffee and to say thanks to the stewards but after perhaps 40 years of rallying (half a dozen times a year) I have to say that I am usually still in my pit and miss it.
Try one and find out. We quite like them on occasions as we get to camp in unusual places.
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