Camper van parking etiquette

I think good order, neatness and symmetry should be maintained. It always was so on Club sites in the past and it's a sign of the times that standards have fallen. 

PS I am over on the mainland where no one gives a damn what you guys on the island choose to do. 

of course there are those folks amongst us who prefer informal, non regimental, random and even asymmetric 'organisation'. Some sites even benefit from the likes, in my opinion of course!

Dare I say it - but "over there" it is quite common not to park nose in, nor nose out, but nose sideways, ie side (awning) facing outwards from the pitch.  I personally quite like that, but of course it means that everyone can see you when they walk past, and some may not like it of course.

We should adopt the French method whereby there are no rules and you park according to your likes be it diagonally nose in or nose out, just as long as you park within your boundary and at a safe distance. In that way you can park for the best view, the evening sun etc. Much better than ranks of caravans and motorhomes lined up to Major Site Wardens wishes! After all we are on holiday, not army manouvres.

I have found that except on sites with "awkward" pitches most wardens are quite laid back about the way you pitch,as long as you have the req spacing 

I know that Club sites have excellent facilities and lovely even grass, hard standings etc. but they are regimented and spacing is quite tight. In fact, we stayed at Cirencester Park before going to France and they didn't even have level pitches. Contrast that with many French sites that have hedged pitches, much more space and all at half the price. Plus, of course, no silly rules about lining up to a peg (what's all that about for heavens sake!) and it's no wonder that those able to travel abroad favour the continent against the UK.

It does only seem to be France that has they larger pitches and of course when many of use go they are usually only half full. We have been on quite a few sites in Austria and Germany where we would have quite liked to have eight feet between our awning and our neighbours awning. 

David

When we last went to Italy we had a boat cruise on a lake and as we were aproaching a couple of the lakeside villages, it took us close to some campsites and the space between the units was to say the least a bit tight,6ft at the most i would think 

ps 2014 By train first class on all journeys

It does only seem to be France that has they larger pitches and of course when many of use go they are usually only half full. We have been on quite a few sites in Austria and Germany where we would have quite liked to have eight feet between our awning and our neighbours awning. 

David

Mmm, nose to tail is not uncommon.  Even in some cases with the tow hitch removed to squeeze the van in.

And vans in adjacent rows so close that both could not open side windows at the same time!

Our hymer caravan has its door on the "other" side and i have asked wardens if they want us to reverse on ? But they werent bothered which way as long as we parked at the peg , but i always try and find an end or a corner pitch so as not to annoy others, cheers mrs bc , that was at west ayton , cherry hinton, clumber , and scotch corner(a66) 

It does only seem to be France that has they larger pitches and of course when many of use go they are usually only half full. We have been on quite a few sites in Austria and Germany where we would have quite liked to have eight feet between our awning and our neighbours awning. 

David

Mmm, nose to tail is not uncommon.  Even in some cases with the tow hitch removed to squeeze the van in.

And vans in adjacent rows so close that both could not open side windows at the same time!

..We were in Spain (Santa Susanna) and there was a camp site we some times walked past that stretched about 400yds or so on the beach side and all the vehicles both c/vans&m/vans on the front row were pitched nose to tail with no space between them