Arrival Times
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Like Meth we are not that bothered what pitch. Now we are only generally staying 2 / 3 nights rather than a week or more. For preference though it would be a levelish hardstanding with a close by EHU, then I can use my short cable.😀 Our arrival time varies, depending on length of run and how long it takes to do some shopping. Although we would try and arrive as close to 12 / 1 if the site had a fair number of grass pitches and it had been wet. Roll on surface type booking.👍
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Good heavens. Is there a 9 am. rush as well.
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Normally we very rarely visit sites that we have not been to before in England, if we do we run a site plan off before .the visit, . when booking in we ask if they know what pitches are not taken , then look at the site plan and head to an area that looks suitable
Most sites in England we have an idea of where we like so check if there are pitches there, fit just for a couple of days enroute then most pitches are suitable for us
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"I'm a genius. I think twice a year" GK Chesterton
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Looking back at my OP the bit that peed me off the most was the rudeness and attitude that I read as " I've spent all this money on an expensive MH ( big enough to garage a 125cc scooter) so I deserve to have the best pitch now move along."
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So were you on the best pitch?!
We went to Trewethett Farm early in our caravanning days, our front view pitch flooded and we had to move it quickly with the awning attached to another pitch (helpful wardens) then the electricity failed on the site.
Happy Days....
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I understand we are all busy in these difficult times but the long standing issue about site arrival times irritates me. Arriving at Rowntree park with the difficult access has always been an issue but what is the point of sticking to the times when other members turn up over an hour early and then allowed onto the site?
Earliest time for this site is now 13:00hrs but today 1 unit was at the barrier at 11:35, then. 2 more before midday, to which point there is a risk of the approach road being blocked, so all 3 of these units plus the one that was going to block the road were allowed on site over an hour early.
In the patch these units would have been instructed to drive around the site and leave.
If I’ve been early in the past I’ve parked in a lay-by until the correct time. Can you not issue warnings to those members who are unable to either read or just chose to ignore the rules......0 -
I share your irritation. I have always conformed to the rules for arrival but I too have seen many who do not, especially at Poolsbrook where one Sunday morning I took the dogs for a walk at 10.15 and when I came back at 10.40, a different outfit was on the pitch next to me. The arrival rules are there for a reason. Perhaps early arrivals should be charged a tenner for each half hour that they arrive early.
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Don’t jump to conclusions. The new 'arrival' pitched next to you may simply have moved pitches.
We did that with the warden's permission a couple of years ago and got some very strange looks from the folk near our new pitch.
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I agree.
Could maybe, as happened to us a few years ago, arrived late after being stuck on the M6 roadworks for hours.
We phoned the site, stayed overnight in the late arrival area, checked in the next morning when the office opened, then pitched up.
Filthy looks from fellow campers.
Things aren’t always as people might assume.
🙂
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Some, well quite a few actually years ago, ,we were staying at Black Knowl a couple we know arrived ,but did not know we were also on the site, when the couple next to us left , the couple we knew and us (After consulting site staff)moved them with awning still attached to the empty pitch at about 10.30
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You have a valid point as they could have been moving pitches, but as there were people already booking in as I walked past reception and 3 vans waiting behind them as I walked off the site and more vans waiting to book in, as I walked back onto the site, it was rather obvious that many people were arrrving well before noon. I've been on sites where a few people arrive a little early, but never on a site where there are queues forming so long before the stated arrival time.
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The big question is what to do about it. Charging, as you suggested, will not work as they will about turn and leave without taking up their bookings.
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The answer to this conundrum is in the hands of the CAMC.
They send out confirmation emails of bookings. It should be stated in capital letters and as a warning on those emails that early arrival will not be tolerated. You will be instructed to go and find somewhere to while away your time until your allotted arrival time. if you refuse then you will be refused entry altogether.
These instructions should be on the clubs website and printed in the magazine for all to see.
Personally, I don't care one way or another. I tend to arrive within 1 hour of official opening times as I don't want to waste any more of the day than I have to but I try hard not to arrive before the allotted time. I just find the inconsistencies of the application of rules by the "wardens" to be perplexing and wish there was some uniformity to it all.
Another one of the reasons we prefer to use CLs or Independent sites. They can afford to be flexible whereas the CAMC can't if they want a compliant membership.
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We are at Hillhead we went out at 11am there were 2 motorhomes waiting. The day before we came back at 1pm there must have been around 20 waiting to book in. How does 1pm arrival time work. On another note there are imostly motor homes on site.
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When Hillhead is really busy from early July through August many from Scotland early July q,and the North of England mid July to the end of August. Travel overnight to they hope miss the M5 and South of, congestion eased a bit now the new road has been opened from Newton Abbot and then stop on the LNA at Hillhead we counted 22 one morning and they block the entrance to the site,,
Which makes for quite a headache for the site staff as at the time of year when the site is near on full, and as most are there for their two week or more holiday, all pitches need attention before they can be used again, and if grass could well be severely damaged by inconsiderate use of ground sheets,
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