Motorhomes and the white peg rule

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited October 2018 #182

    Also edit not working

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2018 #183

    Knot two worey. We wont nowtice. 👍🏻😀😀😀

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #184

    I had thought better of you than that Rufs

  • Cornersteady
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    edited October 2018 #185

    As they said in Hull

     

    Thanking you ta

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2018 #186

    Ay-up.  (So I’m told) cool

  • JVB66
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    edited October 2018 #187

    I think the actual wording is by applying  to 6mtr fire break will help to mitigate the spread of fire to other units,,and if you note the damage at Broadway it has proved effective

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    edited October 2018 #188
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  • JVB66
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    edited October 2018 #189

    If you were a member, instead of suggesting ,you could check for your self,and did i say it was a club"rule" i quoted?

  • mickysf
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    edited October 2018 #190

    In Ull? Durnt nur about that!wink

  • Hakinbush
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    edited October 2018 #191

    It sounds more like ay oop from us darn souff

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  • SteveL
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    edited October 2018 #194

    It might not totally avoid, probably better than car park spacing though.

    car park fire

    However, it's a very silly argument anyway. Hands up who wants to be closer than 6 metres (main unit) 3 metres (peripherals) to there neighbour on a CC site. The OP is about white pegs after all, not other providers.

     

  • JVB66
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    edited October 2018 #195

    It states in the documents issued by the Professional organisations (i would not class the cc as professional in this area)that the 6mtr gap will  mitigate the spread of fire not stop it as noted by the latest known fire at Broadwaywink 

  • Rufs
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    edited October 2018 #196

    couldnt agree more, in fact I am going to refrain from getting into these totally useless debates, puts my blood pressure up.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited October 2018 #197

    I agree with you AD, space has always been a key issue for us in terms of where we pitch up, hence why we use a lot of CLs. Sadly, the genie is out of the bottle now in terms of Club Sites, and whilst they are still very much on the nicer side of  pitch provision, profits and the drive for ever increasing take up have taken preference to providing what it did some years ago.

    We had a look at a satellite picture of our idea of camping hell a few days ago, finding ourselves on a decent but for us, poorly chosen Club Site. We had arrived in the dark, somewhere totally new to us. The Club Site was surrounded on all sides by other holiday parks. The Club Site stood out on the satellite image for having better spacing between units, but it still felt to us, too close together.

  • DSB
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    edited October 2018 #198

    In the end of the day,  the site staff should always have the final word with regards to pitching units - they are 'in charge, on the ground', so to speak, and know the details of the site.  If I were a motirhomer, I would always ask if there are any pitches where there is flexibility, before pitching up my unit.

    David

  • JVB66
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    edited October 2018 #199

    You actually think,  in the UK at least,that doing away with pitch markers would help?when on sites (cl/cs) that do not have,the herding effect kicks in and the need to be close takes overwink

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #200

    From some of the posts above this thread seems to have drawn fire from the odd keyboard warrior. Count me out of that part of the action.

    I have not experienced sub standard clearances except possibly for one site, Harrogate Caravan Park, where I was aware that pitches seemed closer together in the area that we were using than on other parts of the site. I would say that there would have been at least 5 metres clearance however but I do not carry a tape measure and was not troubled as there were none parked adjacent.

  • huskydog
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    edited October 2018 #201

    the easy way to sort this ,is to make the pitches 6m apart , yes it might mean a few less pitches per site ,but no need for pegs and you could park how you like on the pitch 

    customer satisfaction before profit surprised

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  • Takethedogalong
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    edited October 2018 #203

    It depends on your definition of space and clearance. Married to the Fire Service, someone who has seen, walked into and dealt with caravan fires as part of whatever comes up, you realise you are at the mercy of whatever spacing is deemed sufficient by the Site owners/ managers, and to a greater extent by who or what pitches up next to you. A degree of trust is required, namely that the Site owners have done their bit, and a wary eye on who ever arrives and chooses that pitch next to you. It’s a risk assessment based on probability v severity. 

    The Club has laid out its policy, and it’s possibly the most strictly applied rule the Club polices most of the time. Hence the site plans, the little models, the “park to the peg” instructions from almost every check in. 

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2018 #205

    Bigger/more spaced out pitches = less of them = more people complaining they can’t get a pitch. Also, fewer pitches = less income to refurbish or purchase sites. Remedy = increase the pitch fees = more complaints and dissatisfied customers. 😁

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #206

    Not normally like that David laughing

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2018 #207

    Nice big pitch, David. Is it the camera angle because it looks as if there’s not a lot of space between the two vans as they’re parked at adjacent edges of the pitches?

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited October 2018 #208

    Have to agree, there doesn’t look a lot of space between those caravan windows, other than some pretty greenery for a fire to leap into and across. Surely on such a pitch van would be further towards middle, with a smaller space either side? 

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  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #210

    Obviously incorrectly pitched. No idea how long it has been parked but car still has tow mirrors on

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