“What it means to be part of our Club”

Your revamped CL looks good Ted! 

 Don't you sell those Doggy Goggles, then ??

Hi David. Thanks for your reply.  Already done mate. Email went off yesterday. If the CMHC can’t see what they have in the enthusiasm of their members then someone else will. I’m not trying to ‘convert’ anyone but if the knowledge is not there in the first place how can people make educated choices? It amazes me, the people I meet and talk to. I don’t wish to be derogatory here but the level of ignorance about their hobby is amazing! The folk on the forums are far more knowledgeable than the average Joe. They are the ones that seek out knowledge through others and offer knowledge to others- long live the forums! 

Thanks Rocky- I find it so frustrating at times that the very instruments that are there for the very reason of imparting knowledge, like the Mag , are not utilised to the full. I do hope they don’t title this excuse of an article’Back to Basics’ - that would be the final insult! 

Thank you for your feedback. Certificated Locations (CLs) are very important to both members and the Club alike. We give regular coverage to these small gems of sites in the magazine each month, not least in the 9-page main UK touring article where three CLs are featured along with four Club sites. You may also have noticed that we regularly recommend CLs as places to stay in the 'Activity Breaks’ articles. We also hope to publish a special article on CLs in a forthcoming issue of the magazine – so watch this space!

"and apart from someone having a cuppa, I've never seen a MH overnighting in a layby....why would they?"

Sorry to have to disagree with you BB (well I did agree about something the other day so just to restore the natural order of things! )  We travel frequently from home down to Cornwall, leaving home at 6 to arrive down here at 9. Several of the lay bys on the A30 have more than 1 MH parked up on them and clearly not just stopped  for a cuppa because they have those silver windscreen covers on!

Good to hear this is proposed, but I hope the article includes some basic long established CLs, as well as those with lots of facilities. By basic I mean the hook up and one tap variety, or even those without hook ups. There are still an awful lot of folks out there using such sites and happily enjoying caravanning as it used to be. We know because we meet lots of folks like us, of all ages, and it’s a regular conversation about how fancy (and expensive) CLs are becoming.

You're asking the wrong person that question. For many years now we've used CLs to break our long journeys - that's towing obviously. I was just pointing out that there are clearly many MHers who choose to park up in those lay-bys; just an observation - there are also a few vans doing likewise. Can't think of anything worse,  personally!

We have used one or two cherry picked lay-bys in the last thirty years of touring, the sort set well back off road in an ox bow. But never fully overnighted, just done a few hours shut eye. Horrendous now, full of huge HGVs who frankly have little respect for anything other than fellow HGVs, it no longer something we would do. There is however quite a nice pull in just off the A30 heading South, at a place called Temple. It’s a proper pull in, not a drive through, so rarely gets big HGVs. It used to be our last break heading to Marazion with van, but never a sleeping place. Good little stop for giving dogs a leg stretch and having a cuppa. It used to have a resident Greasy Spoon that was ok, but we haven’t used this route for last five years or so, so not sure if it is still open.