White peg position

ChrissieR
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edited August 2021 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

Does anyone know why the position of the pitch peg has been changed?  (Is it on all sites?) I don’t really want to look out onto my car from my awning and would much prefer it was behind my caravan with the caravan in the middle of the pitch.  It also means the grassed area to the side of the pitch remains unused or a s that the intention?

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited August 2021 #2

    I don't believe anything's changed. It'll likely be something to do with the pitch/site you're on.

    Your best bet is to ask the warden on site as he/she is the person who'll know.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2021 #3

    What site as on the 8site this year we have been on nothing has changed,? It may well be a locals anomaly

  • ChrissieR
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    edited August 2021 #4

    Hawes in Wensleydale, and yes I will ask a warden when I see one.

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited August 2021 #5

    As far as I know nothing has changed.  The site staff at Southport tried to change the arrangement to caravan > awning > car stating that 'the other way doesn't work here'.  I begged to differ as it had been working perfectly well for some time.  I contacted Head Office who investigated and the next time we visited Southport all was back to normal car > caravan > awning.  I'd much rather have a three metre gap between my awning and my neighbour's vehicle rather than have my own car within a foot of my awning.  

    If you're not happy with the response I'd suggest you do as I did and contact Head Office Sites Team.

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2021 #6

    We recently had a week at Hawes. It certainly didn’t apply to the service pitches. Some of the standard ones I passed were car/caravan/awning. However I can’t say I paid that much attention, perhaps the other side of the site was different.

     

  • brue
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    edited August 2021 #7

    Same here Steve and there are a lot of pitches at Hawes,  some much more roomy than others, hardly any grass in some places so it's quite varied.

  • KeefySher
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    edited August 2021 #8

    At Gowerton we went in forwards, inflatable windbreak and sun canopy on the left as you looked onto the pitch from the access way, caravan in the middle then car on the right.

    Next occupied pitch left was car / caravan / awning.

    Next occupied pitch right was car / caravan / awning / car.

    Other side of pitch pocket we were in was car / caravan / awning on the right pitch, then awning / caravan / van (tug). on the left. Unoccupied pitches each side.

     

    Lots of space first week of school holidays on these reported jam packed sites. Wonder if last 11 days of school summer holidays will be as spacious on the 2 sites we are booked on. Hope so.

     

     

  • Goldie146
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    edited August 2021 #10

    I think Hawes is one of the very few (or only one?) with the peg in the corner of the pitch.

     

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2021 #11

    We are now a Cayton village site ant the top half of the site the shingle beach type hardstands all have the White peg in the corner of the pitches ,they are not wide but quite deep, to enable car to be parked on the front of the pitch but will still allow an awning to be used

  • EmilysDad
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    edited August 2021 #12

     I noticed Jill's faux pas too .... 😉

    it might have been intentional 🙄

  • HarryTheHymer
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    edited August 2021 #13

    Get rid of the pegs, problems solved.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2021 #14

    There are enough posts on this and other websites ,complaints about to close pitching without making it. worse buy taking out pitch markers to maintain fire breaksyell

    No pitch marker? Can I have the barrier card for where I am, its near another LV over there?, wink

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited August 2021 #15

    Oops - I'm glad to see that you spotted my deliberate mistake.  Post amended now. smile

  • HarryTheHymer
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    edited August 2021 #16

    ‘Too close pitching’?

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2021 #17

     Yep!.as noted when the "we want to be together" site users pitch awning to awning ,but fail to maintain a gap wide enough for fire engines to attend  worse than your avatar pictureyell

  • cyberyacht
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    edited August 2021 #18

    My daughter recently stayed on a Haven static site and from her account, the vans were substantially less than 6m apart. Given that this is a national chain, I am somewhat surprised. Are statics subject to different rules or is CAMC out of date?

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  • JVB66
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    edited August 2021 #20

    But then there will be access not like a campsite where the fire regs are not the same cool,

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2021 #21

    No, the local authority regs that I have read state 5 metre separation for aluminium clad units and 6m if mixed

  • HarryTheHymer
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    edited August 2021 #22

    This is on a caravan club site…

     

     

     

     

  • HarryTheHymer
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    edited August 2021 #23

    Fire engines don’t park between burning things, they park away and use a hose

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited August 2021 #24

    There ya go, my pleasure👍🏻

  • HarryTheHymer
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    edited August 2021 #25

    Well done, that’s in reference to fire spread, not fire engine parking.

     

    now, about that picture I posted earlier

     

  • allanandjean
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    edited August 2021 #26

    From WYFRS;
    Roads, Gateways and Footpaths
    Not prescribed,

    Station Managers should be familiar with any access problems and advise the site owner accordingly.


    Emergency vehicles should have access to within 90 metres of any unit.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited August 2021 #27

    The super fuzzy one that isn’t indicative of anything HtH it looks like a spooks(MI5) offering. What you post knowing it’s source & content is no help to others, it needs content & explanation even scale. My offering was easy to understand, self explanatory & has all the context you need👍🏻

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2021 #28

    Looks like a zoom in of wardens compounds from Google. I see two possibly occupied units. As you appear to have produced the image which site is it?

  • JollyKernow
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    edited August 2021 #29

     Afternoon

    Don't see an issue with that photo. It's obviously a staff compound. Fire regs state that facing walls of vans should have 6 meter spacing, the two outfits in the photo don't have facing walls.

    JK

  • HarryTheHymer
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    edited August 2021 #30

    So easy then, park sideways across the pitch,  no 6m spacing required, no pegs…. Job jobbed!

     

     

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2021 #31

    As long as when you do the Peg should be in the middle of the vehiclecool