So what did the Club ever do for Motorcaravanners?

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  • Unknown
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    edited March 2019 #1022
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  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1023

    Not on this busy sitesmile nearly threequarters full today and full next w/endsurprised

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1024

    But then over here you are one of the minority wink but may not be on your journey to your reserved pitch elswheresurprised

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  • young thomas
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    edited March 2019 #1026

    So what did the Club ever do for Motorcaravanners?

    ...booted all those caravanners onto grass pitches and saved all the HS for the MHs according to another thread....wink

    of course, I dont believe a word of itundecided

    good site management according to JK and that's good enough for mewink

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1027

    I would suggest that it more a reserved parking spotwink

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  • cyberyacht
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    edited March 2019 #1029

    Currently at Warwick where MH outnumber caravans by a ratio of about 3 to 1. The MHSP still has a manhole cover rather than a "proper" waste drain. Given the apparent antipathy on this thread to any attempt to 'think outside the box", it does tend to reinforce the view among a significant number of motorhomers that the name change was a mere sop and to quote a certain politician 'nothing has changed' notwithstanding the ongoing change in the demographic.

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1030

    Hope you have the recommended fire breaks and tested potted water with the correct annualtested ehuwink

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  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1033

    Warwick is a race course site managed on their behalf by the cc  has the dishwash area been improved?when the racecourse built  the facilities they "forgot" to put one in so it was a sink top stuck on the wall of the building , so the chance of an "upgrade"to MCservice point is down the list!!     and as with a lot of easy access to transport and towns sites there does tend to be more motor caravans so there is not a need to "upsticks" to go out for the day ,we are also on a similar sitewink

  • EasyT
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    edited March 2019 #1034

    The MHSP still has a manhole cover rather than a "proper" waste drain. 

    The site is owned by the racecourse. Such sites of that type that I have been on often have substandard facilities in many ways when compared to 'proper' club sites rather than club managed sites

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1035

    So it is a parking spotsurprised

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited March 2019 #1037

    see above as to why the club cannot change the waste arrangements. Perhaps you should choose a 'real'  club site to make your point?

    Yet even so MH accounts for around three quarters of the visitors, the club must be doing something right to attract them in such good proportions? And perhaps that the name change was a mere sop doesn't hold true in this case? 

  • brue
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    edited March 2019 #1038

    No it's not owned by the race course, everything is leased to Warwick Town Council including the race course and the golf club. It's all on common land. It's probably one of the most awkward motorhome drain points on the network! Not pleasant when water runs all over the adjoining roadway. 

     

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1039

    But the race course must then sub lease the site to the club as it is them who have any say in what the club can do as far as any upgrade is concerned 

  • brue
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    edited March 2019 #1040

    I believe it's all been happening for a long time JVB, the set ups are all intertwined. I expect the club originally leased a part of the field there. I remember Warwick Common when things were much more rural, no golf club either. The council no doubt makes a lot of money from the leases etc which is fair enough as the people of Warwick have rights on the land.

    Bit of a diversion from this lengthy thread. wink

    edit       I suppose it shows the wheels within wheels of planning, how things are not always as straight forward and easy to do as some would hope. 

  • ABM
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    edited March 2019 #1041

    Brue,  according  to  Warwick  racecourse's  own  website  The  Jockey  Club  bought  the  racecourse  in  1967.

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2019 #1042

    I understand the race course built the reception/facilities block at the site back in the 1990s

  • brue
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    edited March 2019 #1043

    Yes but it's all connected up with the fact that it's on Common Land. 

  • brue
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    edited March 2019 #1044

    I haven't posted on this thread before, I think I'll have my tea now and hand over to OH who is a Warwick lad....except he'll be having his tea too. laughingwink

  • EasyT
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    edited March 2019 #1045

    All too complicated. As a caravaner it is the worst grey water and black water disposal for caravanners in the club! IMO of course (no pun)

  • young thomas
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    edited March 2019 #1046

    perhaps they don't have these in Hertfordshire, Davidwink but I'd say with EHU, fresh water and waste adjacent, it was a Serviced Pitchsmile

    we have one just like it at homewink

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited March 2019 #1047

    Warwick Racecourse is as far as we are concerned one of the best little sites going! Agree the MH dump point is possibly one of the most awkward we have seen, but it’s not difficult unless you cannot manoeuvre and cannot lift. It wouldn’t be half as difficult if those with MHs carried some form of dump pipe, forward planning does help. We love Racecourse Sites, ok they aren’t typical Club Sites, but they are still very nice, and usually a great price. Just looked at Fakenham coincidentally, guess what......you can book a specific pitch on there!😂 

     

  • mickysf
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    edited March 2019 #1048

    Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can book specific pitches as a tourer at Fakenham.  

    What I think you can do is book grass or hard standing types but not a specific pitch. 

    I'm all for this but would be very much against booking specific pitches on Club sites.

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2019 #1049

    Looks like you can, Micky. Fancy that! 

  • mickysf
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    edited March 2019 #1050

    Thanks Tinny, I stand corrected. Thankfully as this is Affiliated Site they can do as they which but this abhorrent practice must not creep into proper Club Sites!wink

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2019 #1051

    Whatever next😱.  Standards must be maintained!