Late Arrivals Area
I'm looking at next week's trip, the problem if you can call it such, is the wife is working Sunday, finish time unknown.
So if I paid for Sunday night, would it be the done thing to "Plan" to arrive very late, 23:00 possibly, or are these areas for unplanned late arrivals.
I'm not asking to book a space, if there is one at all, I'm left wondering if there's rules around them.
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Not all sites have LNA so that could be a problem. Then some are small so could be all taken (unlikely) and some are used as overflow car parks so what would happen then?
They are there for unforeseen circumstances when arriving later than 8pm but having said that you could check with the wardens direct?
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Is the site you are going to far from home,?would it be possible for you to go to the site and OH to come on later or you set the van Up and go back and fetch her after work,?then treat her to a meal after you collect her on your way back to the site there is usually no restriction on getting on to sites once booked in
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then treat her to a meal after you collect her on your way back to the site
steady on there JVB, this sort of idea could spread
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Hi
When you book a pitch on a club site you are asked for an approximate arrival time slot, either 12-2, 2-4, 4-6, or 6-8. The site staff are off duty after 8pm. The LNA if there is one is for anyone with a booking that day that has an unforeseen issue that delays their arrival until after 8pm. As a warden I'd appreciate a courtesy call to advise of a delay.
If your planning on travelling before the busy summer season, I'd say give the warden a call and see if they might be able to help you out.
JK
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As there are not going to be any more check-ins, what is to stop pulling up at the check-in parking spot for the night? All set to check in when the warden starts work.
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Stopping at the check in spot is not allowed as it would probably breach the licence rules and fire regulations and in some cases could block access.
Basically they are first come first served and so it would be pot luck as to whether you got one. If there is a large car park the wardens might allow you to stop on that if the late night arrivals were full. It would probably mean not using any gas, so breakfast would have to wait.
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Thanks everyone.
I was trying to gain an extra day walking rather than travelling.
Worth a try 😀
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Hi
My only question on this subject is that the club don't mind off-roaders at any time of the day but not after 8pm which doesn't make sense and at this time of year you get a lot of off-roaders specially Motorhomes travelling to and from the ports on the south coast.
Phil
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Hi Phil
What's an off-roader?
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Somebody who arrives at a site without a booking?
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It would be interesting to know what time you would want speculative arrivals catered for?
Whilst there might be a few sites where it could be viable. Personally all I can see is it putting up prices, as you would have to have a warden on duty able to take payment etc, especially if they were leaving to catch a ferry before the office opened.
Now pre payment and a unique barrier code would be a different matter and would be a useful addition to sites close to the ferry ports. We had to pay before arrival for our ferry pitch in any event, a code would have allowed access after 8pm and exit in the morning. The codes could be given on the day by the warden, after you phoned to say you would be arriving after 8pm, thus allowing them to give any relevant arrival instructions.
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I know it is in these days open to "abuse"but in the past it was quite common ( according to those we know)that off roaders would leave a cheque through the office letter box if arriving and or leaving out of hours (
When Folkstone racecourse was on the network the warden left a list of prices in the office window, and would then have the job in the morning of trying to work out who had paid in the currency of the numerous countries, coming off the Tunnel and Ferries,
but it was very rare that people did not put some money through the letterbox,it was easy with the uk cheques and cash0 -
And me, we “off road”.
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So is a speculative arrival in a Land Rover an off-roader-off-roader?
I heard recently of a woman being described as having a "4x4". This was four children by four different fathers. So we could have a "4x4-off-roader-off-roader". Now that might just get curtains twitching.
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I heard recently of a woman being described as having a "4x4". This was four children by four different fathers.
This has happened to me - 4 gkids with differing fathers from one daughter.
Am sure that this is not appropriate for discussion by a caravan club.
Thank you
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Hi
Ferry pitches etc aside, the club deem 8pm to be the cut off point. As a summer warden the days are long enough as it is, unless staff levels rise so we can roster to a later hour. Working time directive and all that
JK
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Late night arrivals are for emergency use only for people with bookings who due to unseen circumstances have not been able to arrive be for 8pm. If they are used on an addhock basis then they may not be available when required. Also access from late night arrivals to site is at the was sent discression and may not be until normal arrival time if the site is busy.
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Hi Phil
Sorry must have misread your post, I thought you meant accepting arrivals after 8pm. We go off site when on duty after 8pm, that's what the company phone is for?
JK
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I thought that was wot I wrote.
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