Rallies 2023

Thanks brue. How did you find that rally at the coast? Did you have to go through each centre's rally programme?

You should be able to search for particular areas and dates etc via the general rally search but it's not well formatted. So looking at individual centre rally lists produces better results. 

I feared that was the case. It would take me for ever to sort out some to visit and by the time I did manage that the EHUs would probably all be taken!😁

Yes, thanks for this list.👍

I've considered rallying with CAMC but I find the documentation too disparate.

with the C&CC THS/Meet set up there is a coherent overview via an app which you can filter by date or location.

it's only after you've selected one that you get to realise which 'centre' is organising it.

starting with the centre and then going through each rally list is, to me, too cumbersome to plan a tour of these places, especially as the durations tend to be far shorter than the THS sites.

Nellie, have you tried a few nights non-EHU? Do you have a solar panel? Loads of folk stay for many days on the THS meets and don't need a hook up. For some reason I'd have you down as the outdoor, 'roughing it' type...not that non-EHU is roughing anything...just a bit different use of fuels. Certainly opens up a load more camping opportunities in and close to towns and at £10-12 a night what's not to like.

A lot of these CAMC stays are quite short (a few days) compared to the C&CC THS which are often a month or so in duration.

They are different YT but offer a variety of venues and events. In fact both clubs often use the same places on different dates. I find it quite easy to look up what individual centres are offering. We're not regular users but appreciate these alternatives and the people who organise them.

I got our centre rally booklet and with some excitement, went through and circled one per month that I'd like to attend. Then I started trying to book the first one. That was when I realised that you have to send a tear-off slip from the book with a cheque to a postal address. I asked about online booking, but that apparently isn't possible. I no longer even have a cheque book and haven't missed it in the 9 years we've been back in the country. I really don't want to order one, just to send a handful of £2 cheques. Anyway, a nice lady let me book without paying the deposit. I wheeled myself a mile and a half each way to our nearest post office, after work one day, posted the slip, and thought I'd got it sorted. Arrived on site to find it largely not accessible. It was very pretty and it was near family, so it didn't matter really, but we couldn't attend the social stuff and we'd have been better just staying on the local club site with accessible facilities and concrete paths. I was a bit disappointed but I guess I know now that rallies are not for us. On the plus side, at least I haven't booked and paid deposits on all the ones I circled in the book. Not being able to do it online might have saved me a little bit of money, ha ha!

That's a shame Finnberrys although most rallies usually offer a bank payment system so that usually works well. 

We aren't frequent rally users but I've got one booked in March, just a short weekend break. Firstly online contact via the rally sec to see if there was a space for us then on line booking and bank payment.

You don't often have to send off forms most are easier than that and things are done on line.

You might find THS with C&CC easier as for some you can just make a late phone call, however popular breaks with both clubs fill up. I'm on the waiting list for one at the moment.

Generally you can phone someone to ask about access etc.  Quite a few are on actual  sites, so access should be OK and costs a lot cheaper.

Frustrating for you after all your efforts.

Interesting to read about access. If a rally is on a campsite be it club or otherwise there has to be an access statement available to view. Each club site has, it's a pdf next to the site plan.

JK

If I go searching on the web site I can eventually find details of rallies. But nothing sent to me from the club or any centre. It seems you have to go to each centre?

Tried last week and prompted by this thread again just now but, and it may be me, the search facility does not work on my windows laptop, so had to download the list and red through that.

Seems that the booking system is not the only issue when trying to interact with the club.