Posted on 12/01/2018 23:46
If you could, what five changes would you make to the clubs rules, procedures, systems etc.
Mine would be
1) book 12 months ahead on a rolling basis
2) be able to book late checkout
3) pitch anyway on your pitch, nose in, sideways etc
4) never have all toilet blocks closed at same time for cleaning
5) more full service pitches
no moaning about rules are rules, you signed up etc, I just wondered if there were any common
threads.
Posted on 14/01/2018 17:22 by JVB66Then it would be an awning pitch
Posted on 14/01/2018 17:47
not for a MH as I recall, it would simply take the space where the car would be if it was a caravan. As I remember as long as there was clear 3m from the wind out awning to the next outfit it was permitted.
As Steve has said (somewhere) often non awning pitches are the same size as awning pitches, but the car+ van have to be in the middle area of the pitch to maintain the 3m to the next outfit.
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Posted on 14/01/2018 18:19
The recent videos from the multi-storey car park fire showed how good cars are at spreading fire. The spacing was similar to the car - caravan spacing on sites.
Somehow I don't see a wind out awning managing such efficiency in fire spread. Even a full awning won't be that good - and its spacing from the next pitch's car would be about the same as in that car park.
Posted on 14/01/2018 15:39 by NavigateurAlso wish they would support CLs more. Maybe commission a report to see if 5 van rule can be extended if space on CL allows.
It seems not to be widely known that the five caravan rule that applies to CLs is nothing to do with the Caravan Club, or any of the hundreds of other organisations that enjoy the same privilege under planning regulations.
A review at government level would leave it open for the anti-caravan lobby to have it reduced, or removed altogether.
Posted on 14/01/2018 18:38
Yes, Sorry Nav, did know this but didn't phrase my post very well. Meant the club could lobby for this, whilst pointing out the considerable, and I do mean considerable, contribution the caravanning community make to local economies. About time the club started being pro-active in promoting the economic benefits of having us lot on the doorstep.
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Posted on 14/01/2018 17:47 by Cornersteadynot for a MH as I recall, it would simply take the space where the car would be if it was a caravan. As I remember as long as there was clear 3m from the wind out awning to the next outfit it was permitted.
As Steve has said (somewhere) often non awning pitches are the same size as awning pitches, but the car+ van have to be in the middle area of the pitch to maintain the 3m to the next outfit.
Posted on 14/01/2018 18:33 byThe clearance on site should be over 3 metres. So at least as wide as the space between two properly parked cars (in the middle of their bays) with an empty parking space between them
Posted on 14/01/2018 21:53
Spacing is a farce. The powers that be harp on about side to side spacing, but even when parked rigidly to the peg, you can be well within 3 meters from the outfit behind you. Last summer at Morton in Marsh, an obviously new (ish) warden commented to another warden that our outfit was spitting distance from the outfit on the other side of the hedge behind us ..... the warden just shrugged his shoulders. 😕
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