Not moving with the times

Posted on 27/08/2020 15:12 by EmilysDad

so the grass pitches that get soft & churned up are not suitable & need better drainage .... also, those two sites have the option of moving the pitch over a little if needed, not something that is usually possible when the surrounding pitches are HS and in a fixed position.

Posted on 27/08/2020 12:26 by DavidKlyne

JVB

I am perhaps being a bit dim but I don't understand the point you are making. You seem to be suggesting that the pitches that can currently be booked by type is because they form a minority of the pitches on the site? If you take as an example Seacroft, a site you know well, the number of serviced pitches out number the hardstandings with awning pitches. One can be booked and one can't. I appreciate that Seacroft is not a typical example. The ability to be able to book a pitch by type is perfectly possible, maybe needing a tweak to the software, but perfectly possible. The bigger problem is the willingness of the Club to do so. We all remember the failed experiment on booking hardstandings but I wonder if it was set up to fail by the way the experiment was instigated. If you are going to test something you need to do it across the entire network, otherwise, as was proved, people are confused! We have discussed subject many times and what we really need is input from the Club explaining their reasoning for not allowing the booking of hardstandings or grass standard pitches. Perhaps they see them as the same thing?

David

Posted on 27/08/2020 15:35 by

Makes more sense to me tho strip topsoil from pitch area, shape and stone

Posted on 27/08/2020 15:42 by Tammygirl

I'm going on the information that has appeared on CT at times when there has been very heavy rainfall. I've have never had a booking cancelled but I do know that some have.

I think the sites that have problems are the likes of Moreton in the Marsh, Stow on the Wold and Tewkesbury, I think one side of Ferry Meadows tends to flood. There are more sites but can't think of them at the moment.

We were on Sutton on Sea one year and a number of the grass pitches were out of use due to soggy ground. I would think that the likes of the seaside sites that are grass could be ok if they are on sandy ground. 

Apart from this year our UK touring tends to be over winter or on the way to the ferries, so we have not had years of trying to second guess the uk weather. Sites in Scotland tend to be all H/S so no worries there.

Posted on 27/08/2020 15:44 by JVB66

If a site has already multiple type of pitches on the booking site there may not be room on the booking site because of the mainframe at EGH may not be capable having extra room for more pitch types to be booked , as i said to enable all sites to be able to book all types of pitch .

your example Seacroft  ,has  3 type of bookable pitches , serviced ,standard with awning and non awning pitches,

it would need altering to,  grass non awning,  hardstand non awning , hardstand with awning  grass with awning  and serviced pitches

 

 

Posted on 27/08/2020 16:23 by peedee

A while back we were promised changes or enhancements to the booking system. Perhaps the booking of grass or hardstanding pitches is already in the pipeline? The Club supposedly has a 3 year plan, if changes are not imminent they should at least be in the plan. Hopefully Covid hasn't disrupted this too much!

I would like to see every site have all types of pitches including economy ones.

peedee

Posted on 27/08/2020 15:42 by Tammygirl

I'm going on the information that has appeared on CT at times when there has been very heavy rainfall. I've have never had a booking cancelled but I do know that some have.

I think the sites that have problems are the likes of Moreton in the Marsh, Stow on the Wold and Tewkesbury, I think one side of Ferry Meadows tends to flood. There are more sites but can't think of them at the moment.

We were on Sutton on Sea one year and a number of the grass pitches were out of use due to soggy ground. I would think that the likes of the seaside sites that are grass could be ok if they are on sandy ground. 

Apart from this year our UK touring tends to be over winter or on the way to the ferries, so we have not had years of trying to second guess the uk weather. Sites in Scotland tend to be all H/S so no worries there.