However, if John Cleese ever wanted to make "Fawlty camping", my goodness the material he could find
No different to an increasing number of Commercial sites who have a concrete slab/paving stones or gravel to park on so ensuring the units are spaced out and to aid those who cannot seem to grasp the concept of considerate parking and you then have full use of the pitch area you have booked. All the Club sites I've been on just request that you park parallel to the road/pitch marker post line and presume you have the capability to do so.
As far as voting is concerned, just like in Parliament you vote for Local Area Representatives who sit on the Membership Committees.
In fact I'm glad these Clubs do have certain Standards. At least I know what to expect. I may not agree with all the rules but I've made the decision to join and so I will honour my contract with them.
Yes, they have their own definition of a Campervan/Motorhome and as it is a Club they can call the shots.
If you object to any of the rules/regulations then you can always write to head office and complain.
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I had the warden say this to me in Cornwall. That does not work with the Cali. Front offside to the peg due to the awning on the drivers side. He wasn't happy and was over in minutes to check.....
I had a similar experience. I was on a private site which had been booked by the C&MC for a weekend rally. The rally organising team turned up the night before and proceeded to set out the pitches in readiness. Next day I returned after a walk to find my Cali and toilet tent looking somewhat out of place, sideways on and about 15ft out of line with the precision parked row of caravans.I was at the site near Oban. I was allocated a corner pitch that was a bit "short" but quite wide. I explained my door was on the "continental" side and was told "park however you wish".
I did. I parked sideways
argh, don't get me started...I camped at the Kelvedon Hatch site in Essex recently, on my own with 3 kids, and after I'd set up my attached tent and was sitting down for a well deserved cuppa the warden cycled over and shook his head and told me I was going to have to move it as it was too close to the next tent...having an hour before told me exactly where to park...the issue was that I'd forgotten the bedroom section of the tent overhangs the back of the Cali and was encroaching on the next pitch. Having almost burst into tears on him and then reluctantly starting to de-camp, he then returned 20 mins later to let me know he'd had second thoughts and perhaps I could stay after all if the next door neighbours okayed it
I think if i'd been argumentative with him he'd have enforced the rule but I sighed, looked crestfallen, conceded defeat and that somehow helped...
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I know it can be frustrating, but what would you have said if the next door neighbours, whose pitch you had encroached on, had complained? They had every right to do so.argh, don't get me started...I camped at the Kelvedon Hatch site in Essex recently, on my own with 3 kids, and after I'd set up my attached tent and was sitting down for a well deserved cuppa the warden cycled over and shook his head and told me I was going to have to move it as it was too close to the next tent...having an hour before told me exactly where to park...the issue was that I'd forgotten the bedroom section of the tent overhangs the back of the Cali and was encroaching on the next pitch. Having almost burst into tears on him and then reluctantly starting to de-camp, he then returned 20 mins later to let me know he'd had second thoughts and perhaps I could stay after all if the next door neighbours okayed it
All the neighbouring tent owners were standing ready for mutiny and to help out thankfully...they were as peed off at the rules as I was!! Having said that, it was actually a very nice site and very well kept...
oh gosh, yes, I know - there are rules for a reason...it was the fact that he'd actually been watching me pitch up on my own but waited until the very last minute to say something...I totally get the rules, and am always exceedingly rule-abiding... in fact I like that they keep the rules around noise, boundaries, etc as it makes for a much more harmonious place. There is just sometimes a complete lack of openness to finding a compromise solution to a problem, and almost (at least it seemed to me) glee at being absolutely rigid to rules...
In another light hearted thread some complain of people walking across their pitch. We cannot have it all ways.
Where was this, as I live in this area, intrigued? (-:
We've stayed on several CMC sites since we've had Cali and not had any problems about which way to pitch. Our last site was Start Bay and as we arrived late on a Friday evening there were only a couple of sloping pitches left. The Warden told us we could pitch forwards, backwards, sideways and anywhere between the peg and the end of the fence - making a huge area for us to find a levelish spot. There are good and bad at all sites - both Club and private,I was at the site near Oban. I was allocated a corner pitch that was a bit "short" but quite wide. I explained my door was on the "continental" side and was told "park however you wish".
I did. I parked sideways
As I am a member of both the main clubs I could take that personally, but I realise you have a problem and so I will ignore it and hope the therapy eventually works.
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