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Jul 5, 2013
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Last night we stayed at the Canterbury P&R, which is our usual destination for our pre-season check up to make sure we had repacked everything we had taken out and everything on the motorhome is still working as it should be. We were going to go for Thursday night but brought it forward because the weather forecast for later in the week is poor. Good job we did as the weather was glorious and we sat out in the sun for the first time this year.

It was emptier than we have ever seen it. Only half full in the car parking area. There were only 4 motorhomes in the main motorhome area. But we always use the overflow car park as it is much quieter, and only shared it with one other motorhome, a large vintage Hymer.
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Price has gone up to £4 per day, so it cost us the grand sum of £8.
 
Oct 8, 2014
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I'm a newbie and always will be. You never know it all.
Good to see the overflow is open again, when I went there in the 1st week of January 2020 it was closed. When` I arrived at the other side of the tunnel for my customary 1st night I found out why:rolleyes:
 
Mar 28, 2017
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The overflow is quite and you get more space never stayed on the main parking .

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Jan 28, 2016
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We met the chap in the vintage hymer last july on our way to France. He had returned from full timing in Spain.There were five motorhomes parked in the whole carparks which included us. Worried us slightly but we headed south and had no problems.

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Jan 28, 2008
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the guy in the old hymer has been there at least a month he intends staying until he can return to spain. This is not what aires are for and if we get a few more like him it will end up getting the facility shut i belive theres another van there doing the same
 
Feb 17, 2012
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the guy in the old hymer has been there at least a month he intends staying until he can return to spain. This is not what aires are for and if we get a few more like him it will end up getting the facility shut i belive theres another van there doing the same
Yes it’s always the minority who ruin it for everyone else.
 
May 23, 2013
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the guy in the old hymer has been there at least a month he intends staying until he can return to spain. This is not what aires are for and if we get a few more like him it will end up getting the facility shut i belive theres another van there doing the same
I did read somewhere they had been given dispensation during lockdown to stay there longer but that is no longer a reasonable excuse to stay there.

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Oct 12, 2009
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the guy in the old hymer has been there at least a month he intends staying until he can return to spain. This is not what aires are for and if we get a few more like him it will end up getting the facility shut i belive theres another van there doing the same

I believe he got permission to stay as campsites are shut. He is no just taking the pee.

Geoff
 
Oct 12, 2009
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I believe he got permission to stay as campsites are shut. He is no just taking the pee.

Geoff

I should have added that I know the guys who supervise the place and the CPs Manager, who I was in touch with this week, but not about this guy, and I can assure you that he would not be there without permission, but they are also reasonable people, which is why the whole facility exists.

The supervisors like the MH visitors - they know we are no trouble and contribute to the City and their salaries. Everyone wins.

Geoff

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Feb 17, 2012
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If he is paying the parking fee and the car park is empty what harm is he doing?
It’s not a campsite it’s a car park. If he wants to stay somewhere for a few months he should book onto a CL.
You may argue that one van makes no difference but a lot of parking places around the country have been lost because more vans arrive at spots and stay for weeks on end.
 
Jan 28, 2016
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He is a good guy who was stuck with nowhere to park . He has permission from the carpark manager . The place must hold upto 100 vans give him a break there cant be more than five on there at a time at present. As others have said he is waiting to return to Spain so not long now and he will be gone and you moaners can have his space seeing as there is no room to park.

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Apr 19, 2019
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It’s not a campsite it’s a car park. If he wants to stay somewhere for a few months he should book onto a CL.
You may argue that one van makes no difference but a lot of parking places around the country have been lost because more vans arrive at spots and stay for weeks on end.
I think that's true in many cases. However surely if he pays 24hrs parking, makes no mess and its otherwise empty thats gotta count in his favour a bit.
 

denisejoe

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Aug 6, 2014
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He is a good guy who was stuck with nowhere to park . He has permission from the carpark manager . The place must hold upto 100 vans give him a break there cant be more than five on there at a time at present. As others have said he is waiting to return to Spain so not long now and he will be gone and you moaners can have his space seeing as there is no room to park.
There are only about 25 designated places the others are car parking and over the lead up to Christmas MH are banned from them
 
Jan 28, 2016
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The overflow carpark is massive cant see the problem. He is a one off not a Itinerant taking the mickey live and let live a couple of weeks and he will be off to Spain.
 

The Coops

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If you really want to set the cat amongst the pigeons park up, go to the Innkeepers Lodge for a meal and ask the Irish Landlord what part of Wales he is from!!!!!! Stayed here about 10 times in last 6 years and always had a good meal after winding landlord up and he will remember you! Meals and banter got better every time,!

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