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  • JayEss
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    edited September 2017 #92

    Yes bird mess is preferable to a grass pitch and yes I'd cancel before spending up to £30 per night on a squalid muddy patch of land that's not worth a tenner

    My nose and my face  

    Personally I don't understand the love for grass pitches. After all nobody seems to choose to pitch on them. Grass pitches are usually the last ones to be picked 

     

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #93

    So how do you get on at festivals JayEss? wink

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2017 #94

    If the wardens are aware of the ground conditions, and they should be, and they know a MH is due then a HS pitch should be saved.

     

    If the pitch is not suitable for a motorhome then it damn well is not suitable for me. Cancel one of us before we arrive. I have no fear of getting stuck but have no desire to stomp around on soft ground.

  • JayEss
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    edited September 2017 #95

    Perfectly well brue as I'm not paying £30 a night for a squalid pitch while everyone else is pitched on HS (whilst still moaning about how unsightly and car park like it all is wink)

    Grass pitches on camp sites have a top whack value of £15 for me and even then the location of the site has to be perfect. At £30 a night I'm happy to avoid club sites when grass is in use (and I have done for years)

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2017 #96

    I ham happy to be on grass at the likes of dunnet bay but many grass pitches on mixed hard/grass pitches on CC sites are unsuitable after prolonged rain and certainly not fit for MY purpose

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #97

    We're on a £30 grass pitch just now, as I've posted elsewhere and just like a festival there are no hard standings but the fee has been worth it because of the place. Nothing squalid JayEss, it's well maintained and has good draining. 

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2017 #98

    There is grass and there again there is soft ground. Many mixed CC sites have grass pitches that are not free draining and firm with deep rooted grass. It is impossible to walk on many of them without muddy water pumping up

  • JayEss
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    edited September 2017 #99

    I suspect we look for different things brue wink

    I'd not pay £30 for any grass pitch anywhere

     

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #100

    Possibly I would occasionally pay a premium price for a pitch in a special place other times I pay less if I can. So far we have never got bogged down anywhere but have watched others attempt the impossible. We have seen pitches being spoilt at St Agnes which can be susceptible in poor weather, same can can happen on a rally field. How to get off or on can be a problem in bad weather.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited September 2017 #101

    The last CL were were on had fairly soft springy turf. With rain forecast for the day of our departure, I positioned the car a few feet in front of the caravan so that when I hooked up in the morning, the car had protected the ground and I had a relatively dry patch for the initial movement. When I left there was no wheelspin at all. It's just a case of being sensible and planning ahead a bit.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited September 2017 #102

    When I left there was no wheelspin at all.

    Would that be due to your car's traction control/ESP innocent

  • cyberyacht
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    edited September 2017 #103

    Extra Sensory Perception? It didn't have fancy gizmos like that.

  • Fisherman
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    edited September 2017 #104

    What came first The chicken or the Egg? Should the club have made sites more M/H friendly and have pitches suitable for M/H, bearing in mind the prediction for wetter summers, before spending our dosh on the name change?

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2017 #105

    As said before Fisherman 'If the pitch is not suitable for a motorhome it is cetrtainly not suited to me'. 

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    edited September 2017 #106
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  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited September 2017 #107

    Is the £1.4million fact DD, or speculation?. That is a lot of brasssurprised

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited September 2017 #108

    Weather down in South Wales has been ahem, interesting these last few days. Lots and lots of rain. We erred on the side of caution last night and moved onto a HS pitch. There was some interesting awning taking down going on at around 2am by our closest neighbours. Not sure how much of the awning was left to rescue, they haven't emerged yet! 

  • neveramsure
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    edited September 2017 #109

    Lets hope the weather improves for you soon TDA.

    I feel sorry for your neighbours but wonder why they waited so long to take it down. Maybe they thought it would withstand the weather.

  • Fisherman
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    edited September 2017 #110

    EasyT  Its what Haven did. Made proper pitches which we now use until they close but did not waste the monies on rebranding " as  tourist outfit"

  • Navigateur
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    edited September 2017 #111

    I think I had better mention that there is "grass" and there is "not hard standing" and that they are not the same, as anyone who has been at New England Bay for example will remember.

    Created by nature, the ground is very firm and quick draining.  Rock pergs required indeed.

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  • Merve
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    edited September 2017 #113

    Yes, the weather in Wales this September has not been the best. It's raining hard  now as I type this! We are coming home on Saturday and will move tomorrow to a pitch especially meant for leavers so as not to disturb others if you leave early which we do. The ground is sodden so the mover will come in handy to turn the van around with the tyres not moving quickly. My 4x4 should cope with the rest Here's hoping 🤞 .  

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited September 2017 #114

    Thankssmile

  • Cornersteady
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    edited September 2017 #115

    similar sized company

    so you are saying you know the size of the club ? please share?

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