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  • Unknown
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    edited August 2017 #32
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  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176
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    edited August 2017 #33

    Why does a 10am arrival time appear to work at somewhere like Coniston but not elsewhere? Just interested on the decision making.smile

  • eurortraveller
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    edited August 2017 #34

    Or even 9am.arrivals which are allowed at Edinburgh club site? 

  • Longtimecaravanner
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    edited August 2017 #35

    In our case arriving bang on the dot of opening time is nothing to do with wanting to 'steal a march' on anyone else but purely not seeing the point of sitting around at home waiting to go off on the first day of our holiday, or hanging around at a site waiting to go on to the next. I think it depends on whether you are the sort of person who likes to get up and get on in the morning or take it easy for the first couple of hours.

    Combined with liking getting up and on in the morning we like a nap after lunch. It is much more relaxing if we have done everything needed to set up rather than leave some of it for later in the afternoon.

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  • Metheven
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    edited August 2017 #37

    I must be different, I don't care where I end up on a site be it to the front, to the back or either side.

    I'm out most of the day and I have no interest in gazing out of the windows when I'm in.

    I arrive when I get there and take what's on offer, it's simple, stress free and works every time. laughing

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2017 #38

    12:30 is generally as quick as 12:00 for getting to your pitch at a popular busy site. When we arrived at Hawes recently the warden said they had only just cleared the 12 o'clock rush. We checked straight in.😀

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  • SteveL
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    edited August 2017 #40

    Sometimes even the security of knowing where you will spend the night does not solve the problem.  I only put this as someone will probably suggest booking a specific pitch, as a way to solve the mass arrival syndrome. However, the health club we belong to is part of a large hotel chain. Rooms are available from a certain time and are pre assigned. Even on nice sunny days when folk could be visiting somewhere on the way, there are still long queues at check in time. I find it difficult to understand. Talking with some of them, they are repeat visitors, so must know it happens. I can only put it down to a Lemming like instinct.

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2017 #41

    If folk were confused by the pitch surface booking thing. Just think what would happen by having some restricted, due to access and others anytime after 9:30. 😉

    The pitch booking thing was just a CC excuse😱 Variable times I think not so much so.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited August 2017 #42

    We are never in a rush to reach a site, in fact during Summer months, arriving before 8pm and being vanquished to the dreaded LTA area is irritating. Small MH, 10 minutes max time to set up on pitch, we are out and about doing all day, including travel days. Who cares which pitch we get, on a Club Site it is more than likely square, covered in nasty chippings and too close for real comfort between a pair of other white boxes. 

    We roll up at all times, by pre arranged agreement with Site owners. A lot less stressful. laughing

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  • SteveL
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    edited August 2017 #44

    the arrival time would be 'come anytime'....for all sites.....

    There are a few sites that I would rather not meet another caravan when leaving, as someone is going to have to reverse. Yes I know you could meet other traffic but that would not generally be another 12 / 13 metre articulated rig. A MH may be a bit easier to reverse, I don't have any experience. Although if it is towing a car I would not think it very easy.

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2017 #45

    I can just imagine Chatsworth 3 vans arrive and follow each other down the road as 3 do the same in the other direction. The passing places take one. Never going to happen.🤔 Of course it is, on a fairly regular basis.😖

  • brue
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    edited August 2017 #46

    As you've just written a review "with a lovely view" I'll take that with a pinch if salt. wink I think many would like the same. smile

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  • Metheven
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    edited August 2017 #48

    Exactly Brue, that's why my reviews are to help others more stressed than me  laughing

  • KjellNN
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    edited August 2017 #49

    BB....have you been to Chatsworth?

    The road to the site is not short, and it is narrow, with fences either side, on the last stretch there is no place to go if you meet another vehicle other than the one passing place.

    You cannot compare it with manoeuvring past a parked lorry in a town, something we frequently have to do.

  • compass362
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    edited August 2017 #50

    Arrival Time ......now there's a couple of words that can mean a vast difference to so many people .

    Over the years in the CC , sorry the CMC I've seen members arrive & depart at all times around the clock , unfortunately some don't feel obligated to understand that certain procedures are there for ALL members benefits & enjoyment .

     So please if you ever arrive early on site & are refused entry until the allotted time , that person passing you outside the barrier  wearing a broad grin 😸.......is probably me 😇.......have a nice day

  • GTP
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    edited August 2017 #51

    Last week we were at Trewethett Farm site in Cornwall, we were there for a special "landmark" birthday for my Wife. With this site the main attraction is the fantastic sea views you get from some of the pitches..

    Perhaps the 'club' should make these pitches fully serviced with an extra premium for the location..market forces etc etc...

  • compass362
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    edited August 2017 #52

    +1😎

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  • RJLJ
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    edited August 2017 #54

    That surprised us last year.  We had booked a pitch  but waited in a layby during the morning, until i had another look at the booking and then it was whoo hoo!!!!  I can't remember why they are able to do it.  The warden did tell me but memory isn't what it was!

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  • mike132
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    edited August 2017 #56

    Arrival times for sites which have difficult approaches make sense but it does not stop you meeting a large delivery van or, in the case of Trewethet Farm for example, meeting the local service bus which runs along the approach road.

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2017 #57

    Kjell, never been there....as i dont do Frenzy Day, no chanch of getting decent stay there in decent weather at short notice....wink

    One available for this weekend BB wink

  • KjellNN
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    edited August 2017 #58

    Depends how short you want the notice to be BB, when booking for September on a different site recently, OH remarked that there were several free slots at Chatsworth for August.

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  • SteveL
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    edited August 2017 #60

    Often some very reasonable weather in early March, and when these come on stream shortly, it is fairly easy to get a week if you want that long.

    On the early arrivals front, I don't think it is fair to compare primarily holiday sites on the other side, with those in this country close to major population centres, that are often used for long weekends. Chatsworth is only one such popular site, and it also happens to have an access issue. However, access issue or not if you made arrivals from say 9:30, that is when you would move a large number of arrivals to. Almost certainly at busy times, more than you have spaces for. Many of those who visit sites such as Chatsworth,  York and Cambridge, to name but a few, live less than an hour away and are extremely likely to maximise their short stay.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2017 #61

    As we were leaving a site in the Cotswolds this morning at 10 47(checked time for time to home) foul weather,( a day early as van has developed a leak surprised,there was a motor caravan and toad cut corner into siteundecided good job our brakes are goodwink