New to rallies
we have never been on a rally in the U.K. .
i have been looking on here to find one in a location that interests us .
Can I go to any centre that I want ?
do I need to book?
should I phone for information ?
What can I expect are they the same as continental rally’s .?
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You can go with any Centre
You generally need to book. This might be a phone call the day before you go. Or you might need to book early to avoid disappointment.
It’s generaly fine to phonethe organisers for information. But bare in mind they are amateurs and could have Day job.
What to expect depends on the Rally. I can predict a rally held in England in December is likely to have different weather conditions to a rally held in July somewhere in the South of France
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Yes a CMC member can rally with any Rally Centre.( No need to join any Centre) ----... With the CMC you have to book in advance.---- You're not obliged to take part in any of the organised functions. ---- They are not the same as a rally on the continent.
Try one and make up your own mind. ( what have you got to lose )
K
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Ragley Hall - home patch of the Marquess of Hertford.
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Tell the stewards it’s your first rally. Most rallies have an initial meeting with coffee usually on the first evening. This will be on the programme you will be given. It is usual to take your own mugs. On the last day is “flag” again take mugs. They will go through future rallies and announce the raffle winner. If you are going to miss flag mention to the stewards to be polite. Any queries ask your neighbours. Enjoy.
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Many rallies do not have a first evening coffee, some have no get-togethers at all except last day Flagpole. All rallies are run by centre members - volunteers who pay the same as everyone else attending and they set the programme for the event. Some will like themes some will prefer 'quiet weekends' some are now experimenting with longer rallies, ie a long weekend or even - a five day anytime rally (any longer they have a whole different set of rules to adhere to).
Rallies abroad tend to be much longer, holiday rallies and are
different again. It depends what you are looking for in a rally, would you like to make new friends, possibly to get together with regularly? Are you restricted to weekends and holidays or free to roam - retired.You can try any rally without joining up to a centre, you just have to be a member of the CMC, try a few - they are all different and even in one centre you get different groups of people, so it is pot luck really.
Have a go, you might be surprised...
Alison
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Now over twenty years since being on a CC/CMC rally, and knowing then there was almost an obsession on placing the van to a pre set peg, we are concerned how these days using a continental van we might be treated.
What tends to be the current practice with pitching, in particular with continental caravans and motorhomes, including where an awning is to be used, thanks?0 -
With the exception of one English National I can say we have ever had many problems with pitching and an offside door. Apparently at the National the offside door represented a major elf & safety hazard. On normal rallies we typical pitch with the aframe in the same direction as everyone else’s. Rarely if asked to pitch in any other way we comply as it no big deal to us. The one exception to this is if we are running the rally, then people pitch the way I tell them to. Which is as far as I am concerned as long as the spacing requirements a met, they can pitch on their roofs with the wheels in the air.
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Hi
New this year to the CMC - and lots of questions if anyone can help? Looking at the Whats on page seems to be the big national events rather than the small local ones?
How do we find out what our local centre is planning for this year/ next year?
How do we find out about rally's elsewhere with other centres - is there a central calendar/diary somewhere?
I have read a bit in the magazine about holiday meets? again, how do we find out about these please?
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Hi
New this year to the CMC - and lots of questions if anyone can help?
How do we find out what our local centre is planning for this year/ next year?
How do we find out about rally's elsewhere with other centres - is there a central calendar/diary somewhere?
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Hi Catandbones, your local centre should have a website and they should have a list of rallies that they are running and booking details as well as other details. What area of the county are you in?
A list of rallies is published 2018 Rallies it is well hidden and a bit of a data dump in my opinion. This time of year is when a lot of centres are putting their 2019 programmes together so the information may not be finalised until October.
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Click membership at the top of this page - contact details and websites for all the local centres are there .
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We’ve only been to a couple of local centre rallies and won’t be going again. In fairness, I don’t think they were CAMC rallies.
At one the stewards were taking backhanders from people who thought it was a campsite and giving them pitches on the car park. On another we went into the tent in the evening and someone brought round a tin of sweets and ignored us and walked straight past us twice. Very unfriendly.
Nora
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“In fairness I don’t think that they were CAMC rallies”
Then we did you bring this up then? what relevance does your comment have to CAMC rallies ?
All CAMC rallies are run by volunteers in their own time and bring there own experience and personality. But you can’t expect it to be as slick as the main club.
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One actually was a CAMC rally. I realised after I posted.
Nora
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This unfortunately only works if you are the lead member in a family. I am not. If you know the name of the centre try putting it into google or you favourite search engine, they normally, in my experience come out near the top of the page.
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The Rally search was so much easier when you could search area rather than date - new webpage, new ideas - bit they aren't all good!!
Personally I like to search and area and see if I can fit in with the dates, it takes a long time searching through 12 months of rallies.
With Less rallies, less rallies and less volunteers (mainly due to work and family commitments) we need to try and work together and make things easier to get more out.
Feel for the chap that wasn't offered a sweet - but sometimes you need to push yourself in as well, its not a one sided relationship.
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Vans have to be placed at the recommended distance apart which seems to surprise some ralliers who are not aware of the number of fires that insurance companies cover each year. The other problem is where doors are on different sides and even more space is needed if the ralliers want their doors facing as the fire risk is even greater awning to awning compared with van to van.
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believe it or not I'm not the lead member either but I log in here ok as we use the same log in details, will your OH not tell you his password ?
Alison
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Your assumptions of the gender balance involved is interesting and reveals a larger point which is that the system of having a second class membership class, is archaic and a form of indirect discrimination as it disproportionately affects one gender. Yes I do know my partners login details but why should I have to use her login details?
@Bill, I am not sure why you think that whichside the door is on a caravan makes any difference to the spacing. I always think in terms of a car, caravan and awning being 3m units. Therefore a minimum of 9m between pegs for non awnings and a minimum of 12m for a car and awning. Therefore which order the car and awning go makes no difference. I do admit that some of the new air awnings seem to be wider than than 3m.
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