Camping Club?

The tenters are probably the caravanners of the future and will help to keep this club alive.  We started out in tents when our children were young as we couldn;t afford a caravan at that time.  I am happy to see tents, trailer tents, motorhomes and caravans on CC sites as long as the occupants treat the facilities and other users with respect. 

We started with a tent and joined the C&CC as it was appropriate. I see no problem with tents on some sites as long as it does not prevent the club members from getting a pitch. The club does however have to look after its own members first and overdoing it with tents is probably not a good idea and if they cause too many people to be rejected when booking then it could rebound on the club.l

If they have spare room on sites for tent pitches, then they should instead be putting in more caravan pitches......hardstanding, preferably.

....at £12 a night ...

Why are tent pitches cheaper? £12 a night and they get the same access to facilities etc as a caravanner does. Some tents are huge and have hook up - why do they pay much less? Is £12 a flat rate?

Exactly BMB......same pitch size, same electric, same use of facilities (in fact, they use them more).....but vastly reduced price.

Tents should not be on a Caravan Club site.

There are so few tent pitches and they're not always in the best places...down in the wet area of Hillhead comes to mind (they used to have a nice small camping field there.) A few damp pitches at Tredegar and others I can't think of just now. Often they're there to comply with local plans. I don't think the CC really welcome tenters, it's just a gesture. I wish they did. The pods at Coniston were virtually on the road, not a nice spot considering the cost.

I don't believe there are any 'local plans' that require the provision of tent pitches......but please point them out if you know different.

Tents are being introduced by the CC to try to squeeze a bit more money from their sites......and the CC don't care that this increases pressure on the site facilities......because they don't care much about their members. Plus, few of them have ever seen a caravan site, so don't appreciate the probleme this causes.

We were tenters for about 10 years and never expected to be able to stay on a caravan site......because we had a tent.

Certainly Strathclyde Park is one where the local authority wanted tent pitches as part of the lease terms. It is unusual though in having far more than most club sites but the take up is very poor and I have never seen any real numbers other than when the Commonwealth Games were on.

On most of tbe other sites we have been on that takes them they definitley.are in areas the club are not wanting to use for caravans.

I don't believe there are any 'local plans' that require the provision of tent pitches......but please point them out if you know different.

Tents are being introduced by the CC to try to squeeze a bit more money from their sites......and the CC don't care that this increases pressure on the site facilities......because they don't care much about their members. Plus, few of them have ever seen a caravan site, so don't appreciate the probleme this causes.

We were tenters for about 10 years and never expected to be able to stay on a caravan site......because we had a tent.

....at £12 a night ...

Why are tent pitches cheaper? £12 a night and they get the same access to facilities etc as a caravanner does. Some tents are huge and have hook up - why do they pay much less? Is £12 a flat rate?

£12 was for a pitch and one person, without electric. I believe if there were two in the tent the cost was £18.00. We were paying £20.90 in our caravan including electric. As to Ian's comment re overloading facilities, we always use them when not on a service pitch. If the tent pitches were replaced with vans, there is a fair chance they would also use them.