Glamping Pods
So what are these things about ?
Where do they sit in the Caravan and Motor Home format ?
Clearly the few at the top, well protected as they are, have decided its all about tourism rather than camping. It was bad enough to change the established CARAVAN name but now to be flogging Glamping makes one wonder where it is all going and more importantly how has member approval been given to this new exspansion ?
Frankly the club is going to pot. Most important is how authority to expand is given ? This has for years been a camping club, first the motorhomes came, now it is Glamping, how long before club sites look so commercial with all the noise and anti-scial events which make us use club sites. Well we used to !!!
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Its about diversity and giving members more choice ,or non members even . If you don't like hustle and bustle sites ,pick a different one . Maybe the club has to move with the times . Imagine if we stopped with the wanderer and horse drawn and didn't allow those new fangled motor vehicles : )
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I think we should encourage everyone to enjoy and holiday in the great outdoors however they are able to. Caravans, motor homes, tents. We have had them all over many years and enjoyed them all. At the moment we have a caravan, our daughter and family have a tent and our eldest son and his family have neither but enjoy joining us all on site in a camping pod. Well done CAMC for welcoming us all. If you don't like these all inclusive sites there are other sites out there who don't have tents or camping pods but you might have to put up with the motor homes!!😁
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Yes but where will it stop. Do we really want weekenders like the airlines are suffering from.(Hen and Stag parties) Do we expect Wardens to be about 24/7 to shut up these non members who simply wont' care.
It' the short straw, see how it is in 5 years
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Clamping pods? Nice one!
It's good to see some folks outlook never changes, W&J. Where would we be without your cheery selves?
Millie and Brian have said it all.
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Nice to note that Cornwall is still conncted, Hi Tinwheeler, must meet up.
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Let me know if you’re coming this way.
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well for me, it was always about tourism. Modern caravaning and motor homing is exactly the same as staying in a hotel, except that you bring your room with you, and it's probably better furnished . It is nothing to do with camping, camping is mostly freezing and living in a tent!
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Will do xxx
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Sorry, will do
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Looking forward to it already.
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Don't knock it unless you have tried it is our motto. Imagine if caravans had never moved on from being towed behind a horse! Progress happens, best just go with the flow......
Those glamping pods look very nice. Not pooch welcoming though. But at least no one will be moaning about someone's dog barking!
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Even traffic wardens need holidays.
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Oh dear , I see the old fuddy-duddy attitude to young people and families on CMC sites is still alive and kicking. How are the young to be introduced to the joys of camping if they cannot get access to campsites. Yurts and Camping pods are an excellent way to encourage those who are new to campsites------ Camping organisations must move into the 21st century and realize that the old attitude of "pull up the drawbridge we don't want to recognize that the world has moved on" has been superseded. . An all inclusive attitude is what is required.
K
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Imagine if we stopped with the wanderer and horse drawn and didn't allow those new fangled
Seems a good way foward with bans on petrol and diesel engined cars on the horizon. And what happened to Sedan Chairs?
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Reading the posts and threads as I do some people “expect the wardens to be about 24/7 already so no difference there.
This will allow more people to experience the great outdoors with the camc, it might whet their whistle to wanting to own a motorhome or caravan which in turn will give our club more revenue to invest.
If a business stands stil it it will eventually die as others will take the lead, I say well done camc for trying something different.
Talking to other wardens the Camping pods and yerts have been very successful
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My daughter innocently asked if Glamping on Club sites included outdoor wood fired hot tubs, collecting fallen wood for campfires and for the indoor stove, children toasting marshmallows on long sticks, sleeping in tree houses, collecting fresh eggs where the chickens have nested, breakfast on order for delivery on the morning ....and the like. She saw me smile, so said she would continue to work her way round the Featherdown Farms sites where things like that come naturally.
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Ha ha EuroT! This is the CMC, so it will all still be terribly squeaky clean and sanitised. But the illusion is there!
If you're lucky, the Wardens might sell eggs!
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We did all those things as children. My Uncle and Aunt had a tiny caravan which they used to tow to Filey - and eventually left it on the farm on one occasion when it became too old to tow home. How we all fitted in I've no idea, but I remember walking to the farm door with my cousin for milk, finding eggs in hedges, and collecting wood for the wood burner (yes, tiny as it was, the caravan had a wood burning stove!). It was on the cliff top somewhere, near what became Primrose Valley. Eventually they got a bigger van on a bigger site but I still remember those times as some of the best holidays we'd ever had.
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In the better weather I can't really see the attraction. Even the very basic pod, which does not seem to have much in the way of facilities other than beds, chairs, heating and light, costs £343 for 7 nights at Brighton in June.
A tent pitch, even with electric, costs £176 for two. Leaving £167 to put towards camping equipment at Go Outdoors. Of course unless you have a reason, like my two sons meeting up with us, other sites much more suited to tents are available. Many at much reduced costs.
However, the fact both types of accommodation are available is a good thing. As it allows family groups, including those who do not have access to a caravan, trailer tent or Motorhome to meet up on the same site.
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They are an interesting addition to sites, as you say, allow none members or those who just don't like caravans etc... to holiday with family and friends. The Club's examples are on the expensive side, but then the pods are quite swish.
I am just looking at alternative accommodation for us and dogs at the moment. There are some lovely ideas out there. Found some 1930's railway carriages, lovingly restored and stunningly furnished, and in a private garden. Sadly no pets allowed in this one.
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We were shown one of the rather smart cabins, for want of a better word, when we were at the NEC. Both our children would be happy to hire one for a weekend if we were there in our motorhome. Providing the numbers of units are kept within sensible bounds I can't see what the objection is.
David
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Daughter and SIL of our friends, (who don't tow) have used basic pods at Coniston, and are going back shortly. They were bought a couple of nights in one of the Glamping Pods as well, so a great idea for folks to get together. If they allowed pets in the Glampers, we might have been tempted, but I can understand why they don't.
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I don't believe it 🙋 history said all the Dinosaurs were dead years ago , there appears to still be some in Lincolnshire .😘
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I didn’t think it had ever been a 'camping club'. Isn’t that the other organisation?
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