Pitch protocol

[Ridgewoodwoody]

Were about to start this season trips and being new to motorhoming wondered what the protocol was for leaving electric cable, wastepipe and hoses behind on your pitch for when you take the van off for the day. I guess on most sites now you would have a designated pitch so not concerned about the pitch being take while we’re out just what the form was for leaving stuff on your pitch.
Grateful for advice.

 

[cmcardle75]

Were about to start this season trips and being new to motorhoming wondered what the protocol was for leaving electric cable, wastepipe and hoses behind on your pitch for when you take the van off for the day. I guess on most sites now you would have a designated pitch so not concerned about the pitch being take while we’re out just what the form was for leaving stuff on your pitch.
Grateful for advice.

I've certainly used electrical cables behind as a type of pitch marker before. I tend to wrap it around the peg and stick the end in the pup tent just in case anyone is any doubt which pitch the tent is on.

 

[Gerby]

Most C&MC sites are not designated pitches so you will need to leave some kind of a marker if you go of site for the day, we have a marker that we put over the pitch number post ourselves but any obvious marker that the pitch is taken will do

 

[lorger]

Even though you have an allocated pitch don’t be surprised if someone takes it, I’d leave something on it like two chairs padlocked together.

 

[Potty]

we always leave the disconnected electric cable and the outside doormat (and blocks if we are using them). There may not be allocated pitches on CMHC sites but everyone we have stayed in the wardens have to be told which pitch you are on so nobody should be able to take your pitch.

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[Badknee]

If it worries you you could buy a spare number plate and screw if to a piece of wood and knock it into the ground

 

[RobbyMClark]

Done that but with just my surname in the regulation size letters and reg as garage name.
It's in the van at the mo so no pics at present.

 

[bridgedino]

£9.99 on amazon. Couple of tent pegs to hold it upright

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[Ridgewoodwoody]

Thanks, everyone.

 

[bobnick]

I have one of those reserved yellow things AND a MH shaped peg type thing, however i have put them in the garden shed as to date once we are on the pitch we don't move it.
Maybe when we get a toad/scooter/trailer/?? we may use them.

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[eurajohn]

I have one of those reserved yellow things AND a MH shaped peg type thing, however i have put them in the garden shed as to date once we are on the pitch we don't move it.
Maybe when we get a toad/scooter/trailer/?? we may use them.

But you'll be leaving the van on the pitch!

 

[icantremember]

Just make or buy a reserved sign to leave on the pitch.

I have left ramps, chairs or tables in earlier days but not now as too many folk think they are theirs to take.

If you do leave a cable on the pitch make sure to unplug from the elh post so not live. Site wardens are likely to cut grass while you are away and not see the cable in long grass. It may also be a danger to children.

 

[bobnick]

But you'll be leaving the van on the pitch!

Doh, of course. Fingers working quicker than the brain.

 

[Tombola]

I leave my cable but unplugged and just looped over the electric post for safety. never had a problem.
And my levelling ramps if i use them, then I play the game of dare driving back in and up them without any guidance

 

[Potty]

Even though you have an allocated pitch don’t be surprised if someone takes it, I’d leave something on it like two chairs padlocked together.

Only once had our pitch taken and that was in France. Despite our EHU cable and blocks being on it and comments from others, the girl who sited vans had insisted that we had left. The Dutch couple who had been given it were very apologetic. Wasn’t too bad though. We got a nicer pitch and a very nice bottle of wine.

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[Gaston aires]

A reserve marker or you could always leave the wife or kids tied to a chair when you go out for the day.

 

[Rapido925M]

I enlarged a photo of the van to A4 size, added “RESERVED FOR” and placed it inside a clear plastic wallet. Duck taped it to a piece of 6mm plywood with a plastic tie looped through a hole at the top: this can be hung from ehu bollard, fence post etc.
Two more holes drilled through the “wheels” have bolts into metal tent pegs with closed circular heads. These can be pushed into the ground or chain link fence but fold behind the plaque for storage.
If I had bought the bits it would cost approximately £1 but I had everything in my shed apart from the printed paper.
Gordon

 

[DJT]

ANY OF THESE WILL WORK!!
DJT

 

[PJGWiltshire]

On CAMC site you should not have a problem even if you left nothing. Once you choose a pitch you return to the office to collect the barrier fob. If the pitch is shown occupied then fob will not be available as it will be with the van who have gone out.
So the office would then know the pitch is occupied

still leave something on the pitch to show its occupied is good practice. If not a new visitor would see your pitch park up MH or caravan spend the next couple of hours setting everything up awning table and the like. Then they take a walk over to said office to then be told that pitch is occupied. Can you imagine the faces of the squatters being told to move. You may have the best pitch on the site and the late arrivals now on the pitch may not want to move. So Moral if the story. Find empty pitch go straight back to office to tell them the one you have chosen. That way you will not have set up camp and being told to break camp

 

[138go]

We once left our cable, duck boards and table on a pitch and when we came back a German van was on the pitch and was using all our stuff. It was sorted out amicably.

Another time, when we arrived back to our slightly sloping pitch, a caravan had arrived and was neatly arranged on the next pitch, USING OUR BLOCKS. It wasn’t so amicable this time!

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[Nanniemate]

I was told never leave your cables (they may disappear) but have left bike locked to post , not been on many sites so learning . But if I could not live without it I would keep it in the van

 

[The Old Man]

If it worries you you could buy a spare number plate and screw if to a piece of wood and knock it into the ground

I think IKEA do a flat pack castle!

 

[Bailey58]

Number plate on a metal stake at the front of the pitch. I'd never leave anything I wouldn't want to lose.

 

[ontheroadagain]

A pop up traffic cone is a useful thing to carry.
Can be used to mark a pitch or to position behind your vehicle if you have a breakdown or puncture.

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[Spriddler]

Leaving the dog's bowl, muzzle and chain tether seems to work O.K.

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[Larrynwin]

I got a little wooden stool and leave the wife sitting on the pitch , total security

 

[bobnick]

You could leave the wife on the pitch.

 

[bobnick]

I got a little wooden stool and leave the wife sitting on the pitch , total security

Must have been typing at the same time

 

[pelican]

We have a registration plate which I screw to the pitch peg I use and electric drill for ease of fitting screws

 

[Coolcats]

You could always leave a deck chair with a towel on it, I believe this is the international sign of occupancy.

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