Club site misinformation
Looking for somewhere to stay reasonably locally I took a look at Treamble Valley, Cornwall. The erroneous information is what bothered me enough to comment here.
"Treamble Valley Club Site in Truro...". It isn't. The postal address may be correct, but it's actually an 18-mile round trip to Truro, whilst only 10 for the larger town of Newquay (which most people have heard of).
"...arguably the closest club site to the beautiful Eden Project (one of the UK's top gardens and conservation tourist attractions) and The Lost Gardens of Heligan." It isn't. Merrose, Carnon Downs, Looe and Camelford are all nearer.
None of that bothers me personally as I know Cornwall pretty well, but it makes me doubt entries for other sites in areas I do not know. Who writes this stuff without checking facts?
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Surely not Camelford as that’s way off the radar for Eden and Heligan. It does say "arguably" for Treamble so that's the get out clause.
It's been said before and it is misleading and the issue is country wide, not just in Cornwall. I think most people are savvy enough to check on a map before booking, though.
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Not sure if it true now, but at one time if you looked at nearest site to Minehead, it gave you one in South Wales! Entirely ignored the bloody great big estuary in between!
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I seem to recall it was one heck of a detour to get across the estuary!
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Not the C&MC this time DD?😱. . . .Nice👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😱
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think those geography teachers must have taught you English as well
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I've long held the view that the CMC defines "local" or "nearby" as anywhere you can drive within an hour or so. This may not be so bad for a car , but not so convenient for those with a motorhome.
If I don't know a site, I view it on "Streetview" or "Google maps" to see where it actually is before deciding whether or not to book it.
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Without wishing to continue the thread drift and with apologies to the OP. May I help you to understand abbreviations.
" A typographical error (often shortened to type o or typo ), also called misprint, is a mistake made in the typing process (such as a spelling mistake) of printed material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual type-setting (typography). --- Always happy to help
and yes, we are all guilty of the odd typing mistake 
. ----- The secret is not to be nitpicking and pedantic over other people's typing mistakes. Back to the thread subject.---- It has long been known that the CC ( CMC ) is not entirely accurate when it comes to describing the attractions and places nearby each particular site. Nobody at head office seems to be prepared to correct those anomalies
K
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Ignoring the first paragraphs K, I do agree with the last. Some of the photos used have been dodgy as well. It's usually funny, but wrongly given information about CL locations, both on the paper map, and elsewhere is a pain in the bum! Costly for the CL owner as well. I recall it happened to a newly opened CL a few years back. Took me ages to find it.........
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" A typographical error (often shortened to type o or typo ), also called misprint, is a mistake made in the typing process (such as a spelling mistake) of printed material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual type-setting (typography). --- Always happy to help smile and yes, we are all guilty of the odd typing mistake innocent. ----- The secret is not to be nitpicking and pedantic over other people's typing mistakes.
You've taken this from wikipedia and added 'type o' to it K.
You should probably have amended wikipedia instead. It's the easiest way to alter facts
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M, take a look at Corners humorous end of term report comments, so appropriate at times for here!
Wikipedia, and altering it to suit? That's bargain basement if ever I saw it!
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I think perhaps K does not understand difference between type o (if that word exists?) and type O ?
Also using the wrong word entirely is not a typo or a spelling mistake imho of course, it's just not using enough care
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With all the stuff out there on the 'interweb' all schools have a statement that students (and exam board have students signing) to warn them that such actions usually end up by being labelled plarigism, ie cheating!
They even have a picture that could be used in K's post
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anyway after DD's amusing try at getting off topic
When we go to an unknown area we look at the location of the site and see if it gives us access to what we want to see in that area. We don't assume anything from the site name. Surely everyone does the same?
But this has been going on for years in other leisure and tourist activities? How many times is the airport actually close to it's name? It's been happening since they built 'Windermere' railway station.
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glad you enjoyed it
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