Not very family friendly club

BJHOW replied on 19/11/2018 15:28

BJHOW

Posted on 19/11/2018 15:28

We have been members for a number of years as is our son and his family. They live in Stockton on Tees and store their van at Whitewater Park which is only a few minutes from their home. As we live in Lincolnshire we often use Whitewater for family get togethers. Whitewater is a beautiful site with friendly and helpful wardens but......

When we visit we like to pitch together so that our grandchildren can move freely between their parents unit and our own. Sadly club rules make this a difficult exercise when the site is busy (as it usually is!) Not being allowed to book or reserve a particular pitch means that we have to try and arrange taking one van out of storage and arriving from Lincolnshire at exactly the same time. Not easy. So please please can the club look at having some arrangement whereby families who want to pitch together can be accommodated?

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Tinwheeler replied on 10/12/2018 11:49

Tinwheeler

Campervanner from Cornwall

Posted on 10/12/2018 11:39 by mickysf

A party of two units, one wants to be close to toilets, the other a pitch with a satellite 'view' and both want those sunny pitches together. Where do we stop? I know, tip up and pick from those vacant like every other fellow member!

Posted on 10/12/2018 11:49

You’ve got it, Micky. How about first come, first served and no special treatment other than for the less able? Err, that sounds familiar. 😀

mickysf replied on 10/12/2018 12:00

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mickysf

Motorhomer from South Humberside

Posted on 10/12/2018 11:49 by Tinwheeler

You’ve got it, Micky. How about first come, first served and no special treatment other than for the less able? Err, that sounds familiar. 😀

Posted on 10/12/2018 12:00

Yep! Likewise, no objection to pitches being allocated by warden for the very genuinely 'needy'! After all, they then take what they are. 'given' or if they don't like that, choose like everyone else.

I can only think of a couple of sites where even if party members were unlucky enough to be at either end of the site that it would make for much more than a reasonable short stroll in the park.

ABM replied on 10/12/2018 12:15

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ABM

Motorhomer

Posted on 10/12/2018 12:00 by mickysf

Yep! Likewise, no objection to pitches being allocated by warden for the very genuinely 'needy'! After all, they then take what they are. 'given' or if they don't like that, choose like everyone else.

I can only think of a couple of sites where even if party members were unlucky enough to be at either end of the site that it would make for much more than a reasonable short stroll in the park.

Posted on 10/12/2018 12:15

Those well separated pitches would be ideal for some family groups I've come across, Micky

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eurortraveller replied on 10/12/2018 15:09

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eurortraveller

from Cornwall

Posted on 10/12/2018 11:49 by Tinwheeler

You’ve got it, Micky. How about first come, first served and no special treatment other than for the less able? Err, that sounds familiar. 😀

Posted on 10/12/2018 15:09

But as we all know pitches are coned off and reserved on Club sites for rallies. The District Association officers and rally stewards can have reserved pitches and can allocate the other pitches as they see fit to their group. I recall an earlier post where a member had a choice of just three pitches when he arrived because 40 were marked as reserved. So it isn't first come, first served,and families are told they must all arrive together for the 1pm.relay run.

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brue replied on 10/12/2018 15:23

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brue

Motorhomer

Posted on 10/12/2018 15:23

This is the anomaly, people on here would object to being surrounded by a rally group so ralliers are put together. I can't see anything wrong with a smallish family or friends group being together.

mickysf replied on 11/12/2018 17:02

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mickysf

Motorhomer from South Humberside

Posted on 10/12/2018 15:09 by eurortraveller

But as we all know pitches are coned off and reserved on Club sites for rallies. The District Association officers and rally stewards can have reserved pitches and can allocate the other pitches as they see fit to their group. I recall an earlier post where a member had a choice of just three pitches when he arrived because 40 were marked as reserved. So it isn't first come, first served,and families are told they must all arrive together for the 1pm.relay run.

Posted on 11/12/2018 17:02

Not saying it doesn't happen, but I've only encountered rallies on two occasions in all my years. One on a rally field and the other on the darkest area furthest from the facilities. For this reason I don't think the rally organisers choose the pitches, I'd guess that is done to them! Let's not forget that the practice of rallying is also as old as the club itself and although rare events these days on club sites, part and parcel of that old traditional notion of membership.

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JVB66 replied on 11/12/2018 17:15

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JVB66

Campervanner from Hertfordshire

Posted on 11/12/2018 17:15

We have been on cc sites where rallies have been held, and they are when we have seen them ,in the less popular areas of the site as designated by the warden and certainly not by the rally organiser

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JVB66 replied on 11/12/2018 17:25

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JVB66

Campervanner from Hertfordshire

Posted on 10/12/2018 15:09 by eurortraveller

But as we all know pitches are coned off and reserved on Club sites for rallies. The District Association officers and rally stewards can have reserved pitches and can allocate the other pitches as they see fit to their group. I recall an earlier post where a member had a choice of just three pitches when he arrived because 40 were marked as reserved. So it isn't first come, first served,and families are told they must all arrive together for the 1pm.relay run.

Posted on 11/12/2018 17:25

It might happen on ccc sites but not on cc sites

Navigateur replied on 04/01/2019 11:28

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Navigateur

Caravanner from Lanarkshire

Posted on 04/01/2019 11:28

Perhaps what the OP needs to do to satisfy their own requirements over those of others is to form a group and book for a rally on the chosen site. AFAIK, there is no minimum requirement for numbers in a rally.