CL opening date!

The club say they are helping cl’s with a view to opening on the 4th

I just wonder what that help is. I have just booked two cl’s for August and both said they would have to keep the toilet/showers closed. One explained that he was to keep a pitch vacant for one day after a member had left so he could prepare it for the next caravan. That will cause a loss of revenue

I didn’t ask questions but where is this advise coming from, not from the club as their facilities are remaining open unless the government say otherwise

Sounds a bit daft to me, Harry.  What preparation can you do to the pitch? Most I've ever seen is the owner whizzing round with the lawnmower if the previous occupants have been there any length of time!

Surely, they're not going to be disinfecting the grass / hardstanding???

 We are very pleased to share with you our intention to reopen the majority of our campsites from 4 July in England and 15 July in Scotland, based on current Government guidance.

Scotland is 15th

Harry, it was reported on another thread that 2 CLs in Norfolk were not going to open this year as they found the Clubs requirements too onerous. 

So if the club are telling CLs to close a pitch for 1 day are they doing the same for their own sites. 1 pitch for a CL represents 20% of their income. This seems wrong and I hope someone from the club, or a CL owner/poster, will give us some facts.

Not booked anywhere yet as we need to make sure MiL is happy to be left to her own devices. Will probably try a week somewhere not too far away in England Mid July and see how things pan out. 

Hope you enjoy your planned break.

I can fully understand a CL with loos and showers deciding not to open them at the moment, given all the H&S that will be required, but it would be good to have some factual information from CLs around any basic changes that might be happening. Perhaps someone from the CL owners group could enlighten us? I’d rather hear from them than the Club to be honest.

Ttda, all the CL owner has to do is close the toilet and shower block and let members know that when they book. If they have other facilities or feel vulnerable themselves then I can understand them closing but what Harry has had reported seems silly.

It’s all getting speculative as usual, lots of hearsay and Twitface whispers. I might phone a friend........😉

Re the reopening of CLs the club website says;

"Our network of Certificated Locations and Affiliated Sites will also be able to open from the same dates"

Those being the 4th and 15th of July respectively in England and Scotland.

The English Govt has said on more than one occasion that the leisure industry will not open before 4th July.  So based on previous statements about what might happen, and then did happen, assumptions have been made.  Also the various bodies that represent particular retail sectors e.g. hairdressing are having discussions with Govt (presumably civil servants) about precautions that will be necessary.  I assume this is happening with various reps from caravanning & camping.  Living in Lincolnshire, lots being said on local news about holiday sites with static vans and whether they will be able to open for longer than their current licenses allow, to make up for lost income.

On a separate issue - a CL we have booked for later in year is not taking children this year. This doesnt concern us, but from my conversation at booking it sounded as though this was their decision, not anything from the Club.