Caravan spacings on rallies

It is 6m between adjacent sides apparently and 3m between corners in the off set rows.

Depends if the caravans are parked in neat rows or not.

Some rallies use, if the space and number of vans permits, a circle .   The vans are parked nose to tail with a space between.  It works better because all units are  the same distance from the Flagpole and on-site activities. Nobody is stuck at the back.

It takes intelligence by the rally committee to plan the radius of the circle in advance.  --Most of the rallies stick to straight lines with 6 mtrs between units the cars park in this 6 meter gap.

K

I don't think that I have ever been on a Rally spaced as Kennine suggests.  Nothing wrong with it but a bit circled wagons don't you think?

In the real world.  The rally I will be spacing tomorrow will be in 2 rows because that is the way the shape of the field allows and how the land owner wants.  Committee don't tell me how to peg my rally apart from the 6m requirement.

The incident at new year was tragic, but it sounds to me that the vehicle involved exploded so I am not sure if the spacing was 5.5m or 6.5m in would have made much difference.  I also. Believe but not sure that one of the insurance implications was the proximity to buildings and potential damage to those.  

I don't think that I have ever been on a Rally spaced as Kennine suggests.  Nothing wrong with it but a bit circled wagons don't you think?

In the real world.  The rally I will be spacing tomorrow will be in 2 rows because that is the way the shape of the field allows and how the land owner wants.  Committee don't tell me how to peg my rally apart from the 6m requirement.

The incident at new year was tragic, but it sounds to me that the vehicle involved exploded so I am not sure if the spacing was 5.5m or 6.5m in would have made much difference.  I also. Believe but not sure that one of the insurance implications was the proximity to buildings and potential damage to those.  

Write your comments here...Well Boff, Ive been to two such rallies run by the East Centre many years ago, when it was still one of the top centres in Scotland.---- Long before the rot set in and the centre subsequently died.

Those were great rallies "the circled wagon type"  one in West Lothian and one in East lothian.  Every attendee felt involved as there was no metaphorical "top table" with the usual "us and them" cliques. 

Entirely depends on the number of vans ; the size of the field and the intelligence of the rally committee. But as CC rallying is losing it's appeal and the number of attendees are dwindling, That type of "All Included"  pitching by centres might help them retain active ralliers. 

One should be positive and never reject new ideas which worked with other centres. 

K. 

In the centre to which I belong.  Rallies are organised by volunteers, rather than the committe.  Therefore new ideas are welcome.  It also gives a sense of ownership rather than obligation

Attn T J Dale sorry didnt mean to tell you how to suck eggs!!!  

The simple answer to your question TJD is no you should not park the vans 3m apart just because there are no cars between them. The units need to be spaced 6m apart and 3m from any building.

Flag poles, committees, us and them, cliques enforces the reasons I dont go on rallies....

I called for coffee at the new Gloucester services on the M5 - motorhomes parked for the night there, some cooking, some watching TV, some already sleeping - all side by side and some only one metre apart. So how is that spacing allowed there and not on campsites or rally fields? 

Are there six metres from vans back to back on club Sites?  

Ask  The  Warden  !!  After  all  they  have  to  measure  &  enforce  it  if  it  looks  wrong   { I Think !!  }