Service stopover

Indeed BB. And the majority of CCC site users and local residents must benefit in some peculiar way Juliette and Ray reckon. Can't see how personally

Most camp sites offer this service, and it would be nice to be able to get it from a club that I pay to be a member with.

Well if most campsites offer this service you are covered and must be well sorted without a couple of hundred club sites.

I also pay to be a member of the club in order to access there sites and CLs. 

If you would rather pay £8 a night then stay on a site every third day. There are doubtless some areas where such a service could be in demand - principally areas where there are more wild campers. Would the local population consider it a service to them if the club provided the service in such areas or would they see it as supporting and attracting more to wild camp? I have no idea. 

I suspect that the CC do not see it as a possible income stream worth spending money on and have little doubt that they have considered it as the C&CC has done. 

The only way it could make sense for the club was if they did an analysis and thought that it would,indeed, be a viable and profitable income stream and would not upset locals. Certainly, of itself, such a provision would only benefit a relatively small group of 'responsible' wild campers 

The Camping Club do offer this service for £7 for 3 hours, however, there are no CC&C club sites in the north of Scotland so are of little use in practice for the NC500. For me I have no strong feelings either way, but there are practical problems with non site users wanting to use a MHSP. i.e. There are times when reception isn't staffed as wardens carry out other duties on site. Use of barrier codes prevent access to those who are not already on site plus there are times when receptions ( and MHSPs ) are already quite busy with those arriving and leaving the site as it is. 

It seems clear to me that, notwithstanding the 'new inclusive name', there is no appetite to accommodate MH's needs in the provision of either aire type facility or 'dump and fill'. Whilst the former may well be impractical, the refusal of the latter is just perverse.

Protestations that it 'may spoil the local area' are spurious as, having replenished, there is no way of knowing what destination is planned for the aforesaid MH which may be many miles away.

there is no appetite to accommodate MH's needs

Would that be the needs of the general existing motorhome community or the few that routinely wild camp CY?

Whilst the former may well be impractical, the refusal of the latter is just perverse.

Or simply a business decision 

I wonder if they don't foresee a great enough uptake compared to installing coffee machine and extending spar type sales and using land for other uses including parking whilst folk stock up on a little shopping? 

It’s the club you need to convince, Juliette, and they have already said they don’t intend to do it. Increased traffic on site, congestion at MHSPs, and being seen to support wild camping were, I think, a few of the reasons. 

I can’t honestly say I’ve noticed the improvements in roads, shops etc that you describe in the last 25+ years. Nor have I noticed most campsites providing the stop off facilities. 

Maybe that's why the authorities in other countries are now clamping down on "unauthorised camping"in  some places,it will not be long before the Scots parliament or the local councils arround  the 500 route will be putting in restrictions,as "wild camping"not in a tent as the name implies will be regulated as in Loch Lommond national park

That’s rather a divisive comment, Juliette. I very much doubt that caravanners are in a worse position to judge the issue under discussion here. 

People like myself have been stating pros and cons and telling you what the clubs’ stance is. Why do you then have a dig at caravanners and bring money/the cost of your MH into it? 

Maybe this is like other weekend threads and just a big wind up. 😖

Because Holidaymakers bring much needed income into rural areas (I know this because i live in one)  providing them with facilities that make their stay pleasant encourages them to come back, and tell their friends to do the same. Giving them places to Fill up with water and empty their cassettes encourages them NOT to despoil the area. Ok we moan about our local shops being busy with 'visitors' and the parking spots being full, but they supply the 'life blood' that keeps businesses going through the Winter months. A Smile and a greeting helps too.

Thanks, nice to be appreciated 

If the site gets £7 as opposed to nothing, that's a benefit

Not necessarily a benefit at all if it means that wild campers are able to arrive any time between say 9 and 6. There is the issues of arrivals between 12 and 1pm already wishing to fill, staff having to check credentials of those wishing to dump, if there were (say) 4 a day it would not be worth the faff for site staff admitting and releasing those folk. If it was 40 a day then I certainly would not want a stream of motorhomes passing my pitch. So it is not a simple issue in that regard.

despite not having 'waste facilities' in any of them I didn't see anybody abusing their surroundings as some suggest...in fact I've never seen such behaviour...

Then the CC providing such facilities is not needed to help the community since all wild campers are lily white. However you were perhaps talking about the Algarve and are there pre-existing dump facilities there?