CAMpRA and the National Trust
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And in that case where will you go to get drinking water, empty waste, garbage and sewage? The Club won’t let you “pop in” to one of their sites.
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At the prices being bandied about, it would seem that the NT don't really want to do this. As an NT member I certainly wouldn't expect to pay more than £10 for a night in a car park. ISTM that they haven't looked at pricing structures for similar facilities were they do exist.
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We have just been on a meet up weekend with several friends including a couple who travel from Ayr each year, they stay in a holiday home on the site, ,that we and two other couples stay on the camping area,
They were in part jest.? Speaking about the amount of rubbish and efluent that is getting left in some areas where they tend to travel to , by the Camping fraternity as they call us,
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Bins?🤔, or folk could hold onto their rubbish until somewhere to dispose of it safely can be found. It isn’t about a particular section of travellers it’s about attitude & being socially responsible whatever the country👍🏻
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You never went free camping to Piemanson beach at the bottom of the Camargue then ? Dig a hole in the dunes and empty your toilet in the hole was the general practice. The French authorities closed it down in the end for hygiene reasons, just as the Portuguese authorities are closing down free camping in natura zones across their country too.
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It was while we were in that area we observed multiple walk ins to the camping car park Air we were on at Port Saint Louis du Rhone. The Air held about 100 and there were 3 of us on it. Vans pulled up at the barrier used the bins, walked in with their cassette and drove off, presumably to stop for nothing elsewhere. I suppose at least they were dumping responsibly, however at others cost. There is even the option of paying a reduced fee if you only want to dump and fill.
Oops just noticed this is in the UK section so a bit Off topic.😀
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I would guess many of the recently available chargeable O/N parking spaces, including the Nat Trust’s Lake District recent trial, are as a result of illegal O/N parking in popular areas by the increased usage of M’homes and Campervans due to Covid related staycations. Unfortunately, Scotland is not the only area in the UK where illegal overnighting happens though it does seem to get the most coverage.
Aires in Wales - tricky auto’s post is an illustration of that area’s solution to what they see as a problem – hope it works for them.
This is what I found if it works https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/new-aires-approved-gwynedd-tackle-22116266
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BB It was mention on their Facebook page, a search of "125" brings up a link to >this list< I think those on Search for Sites, (total 50) are those with approved waste dump points.
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They can say what they want about access being a perk, however the £8 additional cost per adult, £4 child on a CL with no facilities block, is clearly largely designed to cover access to the garden. It might not be possible to offer a discount just to one group, CAMC members who also happen to be NT members. However, I wouldn’t have though there would be an issue with NT members getting a voucher to spend in the shop, cafe or farm shop.
Anyway from our point of view, whilst I am prepared to pay over the odds for location and might just consider £30. Adding on an additional £8 for the OH, is just rubbing salt in the wound.
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It would be interesting what sites run by other bodies they have been comparing. Even Clumber Park, where there is free access into the NT section, that those driving in have to pay for, only charges £35.60 for two on a service pitch, when it reopens next September.
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I don’t either, but it might be a bit like during lockdown, when you had to make a booking to visit a property. Because of there charitable status, they couldn’t discriminate between members and non members, giving one preference over the other. That’s why I suggested the voucher, it might get round any such issue.
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