CL of the year - 2019

CLMaddie
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edited November 2019 in Certificated Locations #1

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday we announced the winners of this years CL of the Year Award, the winners joined Grenville Chamberlain and some of the Club staff in London to recieve their awards.

Our National Winners are Brunette Cottage in Wrexham

2nd Place is Cherry Cottage CL in Dorset

3rd Place went to Marylands in Pembrokeshire

Best Newcomer was awarded to Barn Owl Meadow in Suffolk

Congratulations to all winners and thank you to everyone who nominated this year, an official press release will be published in the next few days (I will provide a link once it is live.)

*** EDIT - press release can be found here

Thanks

Maddie

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  • EmilysDad
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    edited November 2019 #2

    Congrats but too much gravel on the whole for me to consider using ..... mini me club sites 

  • ADD46
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    edited November 2019 #3

    Congratulations to all the CL’s nominated across the county and especially to the winner. We can vouch for Maryland’s in Pembrokeshire. We’ve not tried the others........yet. 🙂

  • mummypig1
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    edited November 2019 #4

     

    Thank you from Cherry Cottage CL we are delighted that our guests have enjoyed staying with us and thrilled to receive the 2nd place CL of the year award having only opened in June.

    We had an amazing day in London, thank you to the club for organising and congratulations to the other winning CLs, it was lovely to meet you all.

    MM - Please take another look at Cherry Cottage CL we have 4  large grass pitches used in rotation and  2 hard standing, so we can stay open all year for our visitors.  Max 5 units at any time.  Having a green site is very important to us, but you do need to be able to access it.   There are more photos on our own website.

    https://www.cherrycottagecl.com/

    We are definitely not a mini club site, but a peaceful rural CL, with EHU and free WiFi that works! 

     

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited November 2019 #5

    Well done MP. Looks a lovely site, our sort of place.😁

  • EmilysDad
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    edited November 2019 #6

     I did say 'on the whole' 😉 My comment was not aimed at any one site in particular, though I think my mini me comment was in part when I saw a red/white club type barrier ..... 

    We stayed at a CL earlier this year with a similar set up ie 3 hard standings & 2 very generously sized grass pitches .... large enough to not have to pitch exactly where previous visitors had pitched.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited November 2019 #7

    Makes a real difference that if you are on a grass pitch, being able to Site caravan slightly different. You can avoid any worn patches then. 

    All winners look nice CLs, I think most are quite new as well, so good luck to them.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2019 #8

    Congratulations to all the winners from me too. Hopefully we'll get to at least visit you MP next year, as we didn't manage it this year, if not the others.

  • mummypig1
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    edited November 2019 #9

    Look forward to meeting you next year.

  • Extugger
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    edited November 2019 #10

    Congratulations to all winners, however, I would like to point out that Brunette Cottage is not in Wrexham, it is nearer to Whitchurch, Shropshire and only a few miles from Malpas, in Cheshire! 😀

  • CLMaddie
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    edited November 2019 #11

    Hi Jonray57,

    Thank you for your message, Brunette Cottage is listed under Wrexham in the Sites Directory and Handbook which I have provided if any members were looking for their sites. 

    Thanks

    Maddie

  • EmilysDad
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    edited November 2019 #12

    It's been commented on here before that sites can be listed in the site directory miles away from where they actually are.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #13

    Despite having a Shropshire postcode it is actually situated in Wales so I can understand it being listed under Wrexham, The nearest connurbation to it is actually Whitchurch so it should be listed under that town. I have no idea how the guide editors choose where to place these Cls in the guide.

    Maybe Maddie can find out if she has nothing else to do.winksmile

  • Extugger
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    edited November 2019 #14

    It's probably because some archaic system was used when inputting the address. It's possibly the same one used on a social media site, Faceache I think it's called, because that's the only system which lists Whitchurch under Wrexham. Seriously!??? Different county AND a different country!!! It's a bit like West Sussex being in Scotland 😉😀

  • davetommo
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    edited November 2019 #15

    At £20 it’s out of my price range

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #16

    I think Ryanair must sponsor the guide.smile

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