Overheard at a site reception
A couple of days ago outside a site reception I overheard a conversation between warden and member. The latter had come to purchase bottle of Blue Toilet Fluid but only Elsan Green was on sale...the member did not want the Green and asked if there was anywhere local he could purchase Blue....The warden then went on to explain that in the very near future only Elsan Green will be allowed on club sites.
I wonder if anyone else has heard this 'rumour'...and how will the policy be policed
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I have read on another forum, from someone claiming to be a Club warden that the Club had intended to go over to just green chemicals as part of their biodiversity strategy but they had changed their minds for some reason but I can't remember why? No doubt all will become clear in time? I suppose it depends whether the reason is just selling green chemicals or whether the intention is to only allow green chemicals to be used on Club sites which are two different things?
David
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Evening
So, It's nothing to do with what chemicals are to be used on site, it's what is for sale in the site shops. The club is encouraging staff who run shops to only supply green chemicals if / when they run out of the usual pink and blue. That's it.
JK
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I suppose at the end of the day the consumer will decide?
David
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The site office can sell what it's wants but it's not often, in fact I can't remember when, I last bought toilet chemicals in one.
Ice creams are a different matter of course, now if the start messing about with those...
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I agree about the fuss and if insisted upon it wouldn't bother me, but can I ask how it is enforced WN?
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Yes the ice cream will be WALLS, as advertised at the entrance.
Oh! I am sorry. I'm on my way.
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Obviously the same way that rules are "enforced" on club sites, that is by relying on members being responsible citizens and agreeing to act on the CLs request. The same with recycling.
Owners generally advertise their needs on the website.
Of course if one doesn't wish to do what they ask then they can't do a great deal unless they see you using the wrong liquid.
Each of us has a responsibility to try to obey whatever rules are laid down, wherever we stay, be it CLs, Sites, Hotels etc.
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Hee hee - agree. We were staying at the NYM site a couple of months ago when Ros asked me if I would like to nip over to Reception and get a couple of ice creams. "I didn't know they sold them", said I. "Oh yes - there's a sign near the door" was the reply.
As I walked over, the only sign I could see was the CAMC logo and I smiled to myself thinking that's where she got the idea from.
As it turned out - she was right - they did - but it wasn't advertised (as far as I could make out).
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As an aside, we are currently on a CMC site and I went along for a couple of ice creams and was surprised that I was able to pay for them by card. I suspect members will be more willing to buy the likes of toilet chemicals, be they green or otherwise, if they can pay by card as well as many other items? Site receptions could become little goldmines!!!
David
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The Cayton village site shop is as Hillhead run by the club for members,and cards are the prefered payment method ,the site shop at Bearstead is run by the site managers and cards are accepted there,
I think it would depend on what the the turnover of site shops and how much the site managers are willing spend to stock them whether the cost of having card payments is worth it
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Card readers are getting cheaper all the time jv. A couple of colleagues I've met up with this summer mention they cost pence per week to use. Been there done that with site shops. The outlay to set up (lots) and the time involved getting stock in regularly (in my own time) isn't worth it. I have green chems and rock pegs for the club. We can't get gas either here, so I spend my more of my day maintaining the site rather than ringing the till
JK
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It is what friends of ours found on their non facility site ,(although mostly "proper LV user members that book
") they tended to come fully prepared to be out and about and get their food shopping then ,they did try a few things,(toilet fluid and gas of course) and papers/milk and anything other grocery items for,members were to order only and they were actually given a weekly allowance from the club for this service to fetch them from the nearest village
Only a couple of days was any orders not in the office when it opened
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"proper lv user members that book" Eh? Are we not all "proper members"?
JK
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Righto, I'll leave it there then, now got a power outage on part of the site. Trying to find a fault in a distribution unit in the rain, great fun!! Have a good evening all
JK
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We use Bio pods and we're specifically asked about these (OK) at a recent CL.
...as for 'enforcing'...just a nice pleasant request from the owners seems to do the trick as WN suggests.
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Been using green now for a while, for two reasons
One green is more environmentally friendly
Two was told on a site that insisted on green , green can use on sites that are ok with blue , but blue should not be used on sites that stipulate green0 -
We were requested by a CL a couple of weeks ago to use green. I have kept some Dometic sachets in the caravan in case this request came up elsewhere but I have to say I'm not very happy with them. They do very little to keep smells down. In my bits box (I'm sure we all have one), I had a couple of free sample bottles of Aquakem Green. Using this was a bit better but still not as efficient as Elsan Blue in my opinion. What do others use which meets green credentials and works efficiently at solids breakdown and smell control? Sorry if any of you are eating whilst reading this
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Aldi Bio washing pods....or Lidl.
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I agree, on the few occasions I've used green (it was on offer) the smell hasn't been as good as blue. I didn't check how effective it was when emptying but the smell was enough to put me back on blue.
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as i am sure you have noticed, but of course would depend on the managers 
