Not all about money

Posted on 01/05/2021 11:22 by JVB66

As it is quite a recent addition for the cc to accept tents in their own right,,it is evolving, as most things cc

Posted on 01/05/2021 11:43 by JVB66

For the club definately

 

When do you suggest then

Posted on 01/05/2021 11:10 by Rocky 2 buckets

You trade your youth for a few shekels WTG, do you have Yorkshire ancestry mayhap🤔😂😂

Posted on 01/05/2021 12:07 by Takethedogalong

I beg to differ (although accept that “recent” to you, and recent to me may vary😂) I can recall tent camping on Club Sites in the 1980’s, hardly “recent”.

However, whilst the Club have finally decided to do a bit more around catering for those truly under canvas, mainly in the way of a few pitches with hook up, tents are still not welcome on every Site, and it is usually, but not always, a long walk to the facilities. I speak as an ex tent user. 

We recently purchased a CCC membership for a relative. She and her outfit, whilst perfectly safe and legal, couldn’t hit the right targets the Club requires. Shades of deja vu for us, some 40 years ago, we were closely inspected, had to demonstrate how our camper worked before being admitted onto Sites. We didn’t renew our Membership until we got a caravan......

Posted on 01/05/2021 12:42 by Takethedogalong

I seem to have traded my energetic youth (one spent swimming, cycling, horse riding, squash playing, coastal walking, camping, canoeing) for aching joints, pinned shoulders, feet that require insoles, and a degree of caution nowadays. 😂 There’s life in the old dog yet though, still a few more adventures to go..... 👍

Posted on 01/05/2021 12:19 by Tinwheeler

I think TDA has covered it very well.

I accept that 40 odd years may not seem recent to one who lives in the long ago and far away.

Posted on 01/05/2021 13:38 by JVB66

In  the 1980s it would have not been a cc site per say unless a pup tent? on a pitch with other adults/parents in an probably a caravan, as it was in the 80s? that motor caravan owners were accepted as members

Posted on 01/05/2021 13:24 by JVB66

Result of a "misspent youth"

OHs son suffers from knee problems and it has been put down to running on pavements 

Posted on 01/05/2021 14:48 by Takethedogalong

Impact injury. It’s not the running on the pavements that does it, it’s not wearing the right footwear. Back when I earned a living playing sport, (as opposed to planning and delivering sports services) sophisticated footwear, suitable for different activities was in its infancy. Hence my foot and joint issues. The shoulder injuries were also (high) impact. The nag dumped me over a fence. I cleared it, he didn’t, but thankfully I had a hat on, and the ambulance didn’t take long! 🤕😂

Not a pup tent. Two man ridge tent. Lower Wensleydale. It was a very long walk down that drive from the top to have a pee, and a right ruddy climb back up as well in the dark. Castleton I recall as a scrubby little patch that’s no longer there. The Racecourse Sites were best for camping, Hexham, Wincanton, Fakenham. So that’s a retrograde step for tent campers who are Club Members, all three of these no longer on network. I ended up joining CCC to find better camping options, especially as you can camp on CS sites.