Caravan Club and grilling (1 Viewer)

[ROB1CHELSEA1]

We've been members now for 4 years and only used Grunmore, Bunree, and another i can't remember in Scotland. All were brilliant but will be canceling this year as we just don't use them enough to warrant the membership fee.

 

[StefAndDi]

We've been members now for 4 years and only used Grunmore, Bunree, and another i can't remember in Scotland. All were brilliant but will be canceling this year as we just don't use them enough to warrant the membership fee.

That's fair comment. In your situation I'd do the same.

If you find that you miss the monthly magazine, I'll send you mine.

Stef.

 

[Techno]

I don't even open mine, it goes straight to the recycle bin.

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[ROB1CHELSEA1]

That's fair comment. In your situation I'd do the same.

If you find that you miss the monthly magazine, I'll send you mine.

Stef.

I don't even open mine, it goes straight to the recycle bin.

Feel free to post to 46 Park lane Bedhampton

 

[Judge Mental]

You should probably relax a little.. why let something so trivial upset you.
It's just a camping club ...
It should be no suprise they have rules and procedures
Cant say as either club wardens have ever upset me really. .. but like @DBK said.. vote with your feet.

agree with most of that..BUT! they are noway a club!lol

more a throw back to the 1950's idea of a campsite regime....carry on camping

CC an English aberration..in any other country would be laughed out of business!!!

 

[Big Nick]

Life's too short to stress about such things but I would say the guy was just doing his job albeit in an impolite manner.

Ensure you update your vehicle details in future and vote with your feet and don't visit there again

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[Larrynwin]

We have used CC for over ten years all with RVs, never a problem, normally its "my have'nt you got a big one" and I accept their compliments
My only warden experience was a few years back on a CCC site on Skye, an awkward sod who obviously got out of bed the wrong side.

 

[Brian and Jo]

We have been camping ,caravanning and motorhoming for over 20yrs and use CC sites 95% of the time and have never had a problem with wardens or indeed anything else even in the 9yrs we had American RV,s.maybe we have been lucky but the CC sites suite us ,we know they are not the cheapest but you know what you are getting.Every club has rules and we don't mind adhering to them,even the MHF forum has rules .
Brian & Jo

 

[Brian and Jo]

We have been camping ,caravanning and motorhoming for over 20yrs and use CC sites 95% of the time and have never had a problem with wardens or indeed anything else even in the 9yrs we had American RV,s.maybe we have been lucky but the CC sites suite us ,we know they are not the cheapest but you know what you are getting.Every club has rules and we don't mind adhering to them,even the MHF forum has rules .
Brian & Jo

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[StefAndDi]

Sorry, Brian, I'm not giving you 2 'likes'.
But it was a good try!
Stef.

 

[Larrynwin]

I wouldn't totally agree with @Judgemental "in any other country would be laughed out of business"
I find that the CClub provide quality sites with good sized pitches with generous spacing , generally level hardstandings and 16a hook up , all of which would probably be the envy of many on the continent.
That kind of quality is hard to find especially on the Iberian peninsular where we frequently found motorhomes within just a few feet of ours and poorly maintained pitches.
Yes the CClub can occasionally be a touch regimental, perhaps necessary to maintain standards.

 

[Theonlysue]

It depends on the wardens, but they seem to forget that the club is there for the members.
I camped up, lined up by one warden. A second warden told me to move. I refused as I had parked where the first one told me to. No reason except jobsworth. I didn't get evicted or banned from the club lol

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[big bertha]

It depends on the wardens, but they seem to forget that the club is there for the members.
I camped up, lined up by one warden. A second warden told me to move. I refused as I had parked where the first one told me to. No reason except jobsworth. I didn't get evicted or banned from the club lol

That happened to us but didn't mind moving, first warden who was a newby let us go side on on a corner plot, boss guy came and explained problem and gave us free bottle apple juice for their mistake.

 

[iandsm]

agree with most of that..BUT! they are noway a club!lol

more a throw back to the 1950's idea of a campsite regime....carry on camping

CC an English aberration..in any other country would be laughed out of business!!!

Although I seldom use sites, I have over the years used them In France, Germany and Italy. Without exception they were far more relaxed than CC sites I have visited and the wardens/staff were, with the exception of one, friendly and helpful. Facilities and upkeep have not always been up to CC standards but generally have been perfectly acceptable, prices have usually been good value and sensible. I cannot say that for the CC.

It was a club 25 years ago but it has turned into simply another holiday seller, just like the holiday companies in the travel agents down the high street. I thought clubs were run for the benefit of members and that is certainly not now the case in my experience.

I am a member because I use CL's if it wasn't for that they could get lost. Why would I want to pay a company £46 per year for the privilege of using overpriced sites with rigid, sometimes ridiculous rules.

I don't see the French or Germans or Italian putting up with the b...shit or prices. Nor should they.

 

[Judge Mental]

I wouldn't totally agree with @Judgemental "in any other country would be laughed out of business"
I find that the CClub provide quality sites with good sized pitches with generous spacing , generally level hardstandings and 16a hook up , all of which would probably be the envy of many on the continent.
That kind of quality is hard to find especially on the Iberian peninsular where we frequently found motorhomes within just a few feet of ours and poorly maintained pitches.
Yes the CClub can occasionally be a touch regimental, perhaps necessary to maintain standards.

a hard stand (if you lucky) with a toilet block..makes a quality site?lol You poor thing you haven't lived!

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[CWH]

I don't see the French or Germans or Italian putting up with the b...shit or prices.

I suppose there's one of the differences.
I don't see it as something I have to "put up with". I know what the club sites are like and when I visit them it's because I've chosen to do so. When I don't want what they're offering, I go elsewhere. Different days, different moods, different camping styles.

 

[Larrynwin]

a hard stand (if you lucky) with a toilet block..makes a quality site?lol You poor thing you haven't lived!

Thank you, most gratefully accepted in my next life will try harder, dont need a site or a toilet block with an RV but as posted above there is little comparison.

 

[StefAndDi]

a hard stand (if you lucky) with a toilet block

The toilet block is not necessary to me, but when it's offered I use it.
I always like a hardstanding because, with two dogs, it eliminates the grass cuttings getting bought into the van.
I'm so pleased that we are not all alike and that so many MH'ers visiting Cornwall choose to spend their holidays in a lay-by rather than pitching next to me on a site.
Just look at what happened to @JJ on Tuesday. He went to bed on Monday night and on Tuesday morning he finds a swarm of other units wedged up against his motorhome.
Some call it rules, others call it standards.
Stef.

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[chaser]

When you stop and think about this, they really are a ripoff, you have already paid your thirty odd quid whether you use them or not and then to charge you another thirty quid a night to be told what to do and they haven't got any more than any other site, you can have acsi in Europe for about £15 and campsites for £20 down to £12 for the works hot weather, pools , bars the lot.

 

[Techno]

What the CC should really be doing is issuing photo ID membership cards. Flashing your card as it is proves sweet FA especially if paying by cash.

 

[Nethernut]

We were on a CC site last, people couple of spots down from us we're got out of bed to move their car one morning (about 8.30 am) because the evening before they are returned back to the van in monsoon like rain conditions so they parked the car on the door side of the van to save running round in the rain. They were within the pitch, plenty of room BUT in the CC rules car was on wrong side!! I certainly wouldn't have rushed out of bed to move the car to keep the jobs worth happy!
thank goodness we had already decided to leave the CC after 35 years or so membership - definitely not the "club" we joined and enjoyed for years.

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[Techno]

Maybe if all the rule breakers were banned we would find booking easier

 

[Techno]

I'm only concerned about their appalling grey waste facilities Oh AND children, definitely ban those

 

[Judge Mental]

When you stop and think about this, they really are a ripoff, you have already paid your thirty odd quid whether you use them or not and then to charge you another thirty quid a night to be told what to do and they haven't got any more than any other site, you can have acsi in Europe for about £15 and campsites for £20 down to £12 for the works hot weather, pools , bars the lot.

3 star sites on a beach with restaurants and all facilities from approx £25, that in summer..... CC? 1 or 2 star in comparison at most and we haven't even mentioned the weather yet! plus most in the middle of nowhere!lol

As I said haven't lived

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[Eeyore]

We,' ve been members since the 1970's and never once had problems with any wardens on any site. The rule about which way your door should face had been long gone: you can park whichever way suits you so long as you conform to the - sensible- fire safety distance from neighbours.

Bluntly if all users of sites exhibited decent standards of behaviour and hygiene then the clubs would not have to put up so many reminder notices and the wardens would not have to bite their tongues, or not, when confronted with people who don' t consider others.

Spend a day or two watching wardens deal with less civilised members of the public, their children and their nasty habits and you might have a little more sympathy when they are a bit sharp with minor irritants during their day.

They are human, doing a sterling job and, though I don' t know, I suspect they are paid very little for doing it.

 

[sdc77]

3 star sites on a beach with restaurants and all facilities from approx £25, that in summer..... CC? 1 or 2 star in comparison at most and we haven't even mentioned the weather yet! plus most in the middle of nowhere!lol

As I said haven't lived

What's wrong with the middle of nowhere in the UK? Some people prefer that to a million Dutch (apologies) ankle biters swarming around your van. The British countryside is awesome. Maybe you haven't lived .. and some of us have moved on a bit.
There are also some stunning campsites.. from the two main clubs and privately run that have excellent facilities (including decent EHU).
We love Europe but we also appreciate what we have here. We can take a quick trip to a camping in the forest site.. a stunning site in Devon a dogwalking mecca in the midlands or a breathtaking site in Scotland in a few hours. Not to mention the incredible selection of cs and cl sites that can be absolute jewels.
I like the British way that the main clubs run things and I think many others do too.

 

[Techno]

The rule about which way your door should face had been long gone:

Yes I believe that too and as I've said I've never been told otherwise and definitely not supervised while parking, I've only experienced that at C&CC where they show you to the pitch that they say you must have .
The problem is that on some pitches there is less space outside your door if you reverse in and have an offside hab door as that space is only big enough for servicing your tugger roll along etc. So if you choose to do this you cannot take the pee and ignore the corner to the post rule. I don't complain about it. Wifey won't sleep with her head next to the road and no one has ever said she must.

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[Nethernut]

Eeyore - you have to park with your offside corner to a white pitch marker, this CC site even had a model showing you exactly how you had to line up on your pitch. Found it embarrassing, members being talked down to in this way. We normally stay on C&CC THS but had to use this site because the friends we were meeting up with were CC members.

 

[Techno]

No you don't all the wardens now clearly explain that forward or reverse the peg still applies but your choice.
I.E. if you drive in it is nearside corner to the peg.
Some wardens are just so focused on tuggers that they don't always explain fully. Just park to the peg either way none will come after you later. If they do, take pictures and submit them to CC HQ but don't turn around!

 

[Larrynwin]

It is like a frames, grey waste, a class, coachbuilt etc.. You takes your choice, if you dont like CClub , dont subscribe and dont complain!

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