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There must be something you like🤷🏻♂️
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I agree the facilities are not as good as the CAMC, however we have been mainly using our own since covid. The only thing that currently stops me booking more is the deposit. Except for Malvern we generally only book them where there is no convenient CAMC site. Although if they bring in deposits …….
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then, everyone would leave their outfit, in turn, walk the site, ...
by the time the third (or so) unit has arrived, the front van is being driven away to its pitch...and so on
No it would only work if the timing are right. What happens if while the set first set are walking around another few outfits arrive? You can't be sure that people have chosen a pitch returned in time. Also what happens if two people have chosen the same pitch, is it a race back to reception to claim it? And then what happens another walk around while others arrive?
Also on large club sites walking around the site will take some time, it's not always a simple circuit, like for your favourite? I was on a site recently where there are a choice of three circuits just from reception and another two circuits branching off from two of those, fat too many to walk around - while people are still arriving? Have a look at Coniston where walking around the site would take at least 15 minutes and probably more (I've done it)
May work on sites abroad but again not comparing like with like.
Just a complete no in my view of course. But as you've said the club is at where its at. Accept it or go where you can find what you prefer?
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doesn't happen over there you mean?
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There is far more that I don't like. I only use them as a fill in because of their location.
Things that I like:
Location of those that I have chosen to use. Level pitches. Price as an oldy, although not important to me. That is about it. I might have added ability to select hard standing but, on a CMC club site I have never been unable to choose a hardstand on arrival.
Things that I don't like:
1pm arrival. Being escorted to pitch and associated delay. Showers that I cannot regulate and are generally unable to use. Narrowness of hard standings that means, in wet weather having to wear shoes to access car boot; I no longer use an awning. Location of bins at site entrance. Booking system. Deposits and having to phone to cancel as opposed to CMC. As I recall, lack of a site plan. Quality of wifi (with it being free perhaps).
So, in general the only thing that I like is location as with some private/none club sites.
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This year was the first time I found that the CCC showers were too hot, that was when we were at Oban. I had to be very quick! Otherwise we have found facilities to be fine.
We often just use our onboard facilities anyway, especially at present.
I like being able to book a HS, as Steve said, means there is no need to arrive as soon after opening time as possible, so if we are travelling a distance, we can take our time and stop somewhere for lunch.
The 1pm arrival does mean a late lunch if we are not travelling very far.
HSs can be a bit narrow, but we found the newer ones on some sites are much wider. I would prefer the car on the HS, some are long enough to have it across the front, or "in tandem " with our porch awning, but more often it has to be on the grass.
We found the check in process pretty fast this year, and they were handing out site plans on arrival. OH noticed that on the website you can now see site plans of some, but not all, sites. However pitch numbers were not shown. Normally it would be a slower process, which can be a bind if hungry! Do not mind being shown to our pitch.
I do like the age related discount, lets us have more time away for the same outlay, as does using CLs and CSs, and the much shorter peak periods than CAMC operate mean it applies for most of the times we want to be away.
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We were at C&CC Sandringham three and a half weeks ago and, due to height barriers at a planned lunch break location, we arrived at a couple of minutes past 1pm. Must have taken me all of four minutes from entrance to pitch.
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This year was the first time I found that the CCC showers were too hot, that was when we were at Oban. I had to be very quick! Otherwise we have found facilities to be fine.
My problem is radiation damage on my back. A section of skin feels like stroking a plucked chicken. At home We have temperature stop on shower set For Fliss. I just turn down a tad.
Presently I am happy not to be able to book hard standings on CMC sites as I always get a hardstand on arrival. It works with CCC but wonder if I will have problems on CMC sites in that instance
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Even in the middle of August, at Dunstan Hill in Northumberland, we had a similar experience to CY. Given that you have surface type booked and aren’t given free reign on pitch selection, other than maximising your stay, there isn’t the same need to arrive just after one. I think we have just been conditioned😂 by mainly using CAMC sites. Perhaps those queuing at Sandringham have an afternoon booking at the house.
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As AD mentions and Steve highlights, perhaps CAMC members are 'conditioned' into an early(east) arrival.
It seems that the mass arrivals at club sites (for the best pitch?) seems to prevent any other system from being employed.
It might work elsewhere but it wont work here because....
Ive just looked at my actual T/C for our long term winter site....arrive after 5pm, leave before 5pm....now that would cause a stir on a club site.
As it happens, 5 ish will be the time we will arrive due to the long drive, but it makes no difference when folk arrive as, in practice, this arbitrary arrival time is completely ignored and units arrive from morning coffee onwards....
never an issue, even on a totally busy, always full site there will be sufficient 'before morning coffee' leavers to accommodate any really early arrivals....
it just works, trickle feeding and no cars on the main 'highway'.... but, of course, it could never work here....we can't have anyone getting onto a pitch before their paid for T/C can we?
Still, won't be long now...
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It is not the "best" pitch that drive some (and perhaps many) of the early arrivals, but the wish to have some day left to do something after setting up. I can't arrive anywhere much before noon as it takes a while to pack up at the previous location, and I am not into early starts.
So the coming situation, where after paying out a 50% booking deposit from a year ahead, I have an allocated arrival period of no longer than half-an-hour to get on to some staff members choice of pitch, could well have me saving £45 (or more) each year.
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So the coming situation, where after paying out a 50% booking deposit from a year ahead, I have an allocated arrival period of no longer than half-an-hour to get on to some staff members choice of pitch, could well have me saving £45 (or more) each year.
Can you clarify. Have I missed an announcement ?
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On some possibly older sites with less regimented and standardised pitch sizes it may help to pitch differently to the picture. Of course it is better not to assume but to ask the staff out of courtesy, as described in the pitching diagram given to us on arrival. After all, it’s the fire breaks which determine the positioning. Not checking with staff will lead to being asked to move mind if you get it wrong!
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I meant allocated. Have you ever travelled with Ryan Air . . . ?
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Although that is a good reason, didn’t you say you wanted a HS and being able to face your van in a specific direction. In our experience the two things go together. The times we have ended up on grass or with a less than desirable pitch, is when we have had a long journey and arrived after 3pm. Now we have a MH if this is likely to happen we book a service pitch, or use the other club. The one exception this last trip, was somewhere we have long wanted to visit, Yellowcraig. I must own up to being 3 minutes early. 😂 (the sat nav lied on the ETA) We did get one of the few HS pitches though. Much later and we would have ended up on grass with delightful awning scars. A lovely site and despite lots of rain the grass was very firm. If we ever revisit earlier in the year I wouldn’t mind it.
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As we move into the late touring period where iffy weather is more likely, it may be that some owners would like to be able to ensure they get the pitch type they want.
wet pitches with MH don't always blend well and knowing you'll get a HS during poor weather can be reassuring and offset that need to 'rush' to site.
by the same token, some prefer grass when the weather is nicer.
choice might be better than chance.
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