Continental caravans
It may be just me but in regards to continental caravans I believe it should be right across the club not just Ferry Meadows that continental design vans should go in Hitch first, including all motor homes and whatever else turns up. Purely of consideration of your neighbour. Some of these " foreign designs are quite frankly too big" and if you get one at the side of you it can be quite intimidating. As I say it may be just me ?
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Just you? Well, you’re certainly in a minority. I don’t know what your Ferry Meadows reference implies but CAMC permits vans to pitch either rear in or nose in. Therefore, it’s perfectly possibly to have a UK van next to you and still have facing doors.
Personally, I can’t see what the issue is. 🤷🏻♂️
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Surely its up to us all to take into account how we park if it risks having a negative impact on our neighbours? Its not really anything to do with which side the door is on as a UK caravan could as easily park nose in and have the same impact as a continental side door parked with the door facing their neighbour?
David
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Some of these " foreign designs are quite frankly too big" and if you get one at the side of you it can be quite intimidating.
I find this a rather strange statement. I can’t say we have been intimidated by any overly large units, either of foreign or UK design and we use quite a few CAMC sites. We position our Hymer MH either way round, as is permitted in the pitching instructions.
Although more often than not it is front in, door on the right. This is because the majority of pitches rise from the road and the Fiat base vehicles nose down attitude means we are more or less level without resorting to ramps.
I hate using ramps, so sorry OP but if the pitch is such that I can avoid using them by reversing in, door on the left, that’s the way it will go.
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I think it might be just you. I am now on my 5th Continental van, all Eriba's. Some have been so short that I can site my van across the pitch and do not have to overlook anybody at the side of me.
I could easily say I find the larger single axle, twin axle and 5th wheeler combinations overwhelming and intimidating, that they should be allocated pitches on the extreme edges of the site but I don't.
This is what I had to look at a couple of years ago on one site. It was over twice the length and three times the weight of my van. That'd why he was lucky to get 10mpg whilst I was averaging over 36mpg.
Colin
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As for foreign vans being too big, some UK models are just as big as the ‘Johnny Foreigner’ ones. There is a legal limit to the size of trailers.
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I will never take into account how the neighbours will be affected by how I pitch.
Firstly I'll never know in advance what my neighbours' would like and I'm not going to start asking before pitching, and secondly, and more importantly, it's my holiday paid for with my own money so in keeping with the pitching rules I'll pitch to suit my preferences at that time and site.
Equally how my neighbours pitch is totally up to them. I've had doors facing and I'm not at all bothered and will never affect my holiday.
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……also, your neighbours may well be here today and gone tomorrow.
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As we all know we can all pitch which ever way we like as long as we keep between those pegs. With vans being able to go hitch in or out, regardless of continental design or otherwise, do some folk think the first to pitch or already there in a row should determine how everyone else must pitch themselves? I think the vast majority of us live alongside each other regardless of our/their ‘orientation’.😉🫢
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I’m just wondering if it would, in these days of micro and smaller caravans and campervans, if it would be okay to pitch sideways if this could be done ‘legally’ between the pegs? Just a thought, if not what would the justification for not allowing be?
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I think JK once said to check with the warden and, as long as the spacing would be maintained, there'd be no problem, Micky.
See EM's post above.
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I remember JK ‘saying’ that Tinny, but I was just wondering what possible justification for not allowing could be given by that asked manager/warden. More to the point is what justification would some of us expect of a warden. As you say, if spacing is maintained then surely it’s no problem.
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I wouldn’t have thought there would be any justification for refusing in those circumstances.
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Me neither but judging from the OP’s initial comments they would expect a justification for not allowing given the circumstances they describe. Same would apply I would expect to those who would consider pitching sideways to be a problem. It’s all about perceptions of rules and misunderstandings.
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