Dedicated area for Motorhomes on club sites..
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We are all equal and pitches dedicated to either caravans or motorhomes is not right. We all take what is there although I do accept that on occasions when pitches are wet it might be necessary for wardens to put large motorhomes on hard standings to save damage to grass pitches.
The only site I have come across with any segregation was Plymouth Sound where motorhomes get the flat pitches at the top of the site as the rest slopes too much for them lower down and I can understand that. They do lose the best views though. Unless like that there is reason for segregation I see no point.
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I don't see any point in segregation, I don't see the Club introducing site annexes/areas dedicated for motorhomes either but I do see that there could be a point, especially with the increasing numbers of members owning motorhomes, in providing more smaller pitches. A site with all large awning pitches could be wasting space.
Have you looked at pitch pricing details on the site pages recently? I don't think the Club has changed the layout for nothing!
peedee
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While it does not look great at the moment, being a building site, I think that is a bit unfair as none of the aires we have seen in France, Belgium or Germany have had pitches that size.
Mainly they have bays marked out for each MH, with minimal spacing between, just about enough to put out a table and a couple of chairs.
Where there has been grass, you might get as much as 2-3 metres between units.
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We only have a small MH, just over 5.5 metres, with a roll out canopy. Given the choice, we always book an awning pitch for more space. One of the things we dislike most about Club Sites is how close other outfits seem to be. Last thing I like is looking into another outfit, or being like a goldfish while all and sundry peer in as they walk past. Don't care what is pitched next door, so long as it is as far away as possible.
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I am sure we all have a bit of a look at other outfits, it's the older ones that are more interesting to us, we saw a beautiful Austin Morris ambulance conversion at Rosedale last year, Absolutely stunning vehicle, so interesting. We spent an afternoon with a lovely couple who had a very old Cheltenham last year as well. Delightful pair, in their 80's, on a basic grass CL alongside us. caravan was so interesting, full of memorabilia as well, as they had been at a Cheltenham club meet.
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A campsite which I know well charges 21.50 for a full size spacious pitch and 14.50 for a cramped, close together Motorhome pitch in a separate area, both prices include electricity and access to toilets and showers.
Motorhome owners can choose the full size spacious pitch if they wish but they rarely do. The site finds this profitable because they get two or three motorhomes paying for the area taken up by one full sized pitch. So the site owner is happy, the Motorhome owners are happy.
Yes, I confess the prices are in euros but you get the idea and the way it can be done.
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Kiko Park operate similarly Eurotraveller but a motorhome pitch there is 18.50 euros while the other pitches which are serviced are 23.50 euros. They also have a few ACSI pitches which are not serviced.
I would not call them cramped in fact I have earmarked them for a stop over on my next trip down that way.
peedee
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It is the older ones that interest me as well - both caravans and motorhones - also like to see the demountables and unusual conversions. We rarely see trailer tents on site but I like to see them as I had one for 12 months before the first caravan.
I talked to a couple last year. The lady was in a wheelchair part of the time but had an electric scooter. They slept in a camper van butlived out of the caravan that they towed. I forget the model but it had an entrance door on both sides and must have been over 30 years old.
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We have stayed there several times and not noticed any difference in size of the pitches. They might not be the as big as some sites but are similar to many.
David
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Yes it does state in the site overview that they are all non awning. Although there does not seem to be a limit on nights. I assume you could book one for 3 / 4 nights if you wanted. I suppose you would have to if the ferry at the end of your stay was in the middle of the night. Either that or move pitches.
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Steve
At Black Horse Farm you don't always get put on the ferry pitches. Although only staying one night we have sometimes been put on the main site almost as much as the ferry pitches. Where you go might depend on arrival and departure times? If you were staying more than one night I don't think anyone would want to be on the ferry pitches because of the possible early morning disturbance from early leavers. Another downside of the ferry pitches for a longer stay is that they are nearer the road which is quite busy at times.
David
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So do folk without dogs. I don't know what difference having a canine companion should make to using an awning of not.
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Yes, after our first experience of a ferry pitch, back in 1999, we avoid them, some people are amazingly inconsiderate!
We usually take a 12 noon ferry, so did not appreciate being woken by loud voices, door slamming and engines running at 4am.
Used to be if you only booked 1 night you were automatically sent to a ferry pitch, now, more sensibly, you have to select one if you do want one.
Are they still insisting on up-front payment for all 1 night bookings?
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I think over the years they have extended the ferry area by moving the barrier further into the site, so more or less doubling the ferry pitches. Yes you do still have to pay in advance. I don't see that as a problem. Funnily enough on the question of being disturbed by early leavers. One year we were there surrounded the night before by fellow campers. When we got up in the morning they had all gone except for us and we heard nothing!!!
David
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