Posted on 06/04/2018 22:11
ive just been reading the link sent from the club re CL of the year. From £17 or even £19 a night?
When most vans have full facilities why do we have so many of this type of site? What about the quiet, peaceful site with a tap, bins and toilet disposal.
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Posted on 25/03/2019 15:50 by moulesyWe're probably like you, Freddy, in that we tend to head for the lakes and pass the area around Clitheroe and the Trough of Bowland by. (In fact we discovered this CL as a stop off on our way to Troutbeck Head a few years back.) Which is a great pity because the area has a lot to offer, stunning scenery, great walks and some very interesting towns. The walk up Pendle Hill from Barley is exhausting but worth it for the views from the top and there's also a fantastic walk along the valley from Dunsop Bridge, reckoned to be the geographical centre of GB. Certainly worth a few days' visit.
PS - and yes, Cowman's Sausage Shop is certainly worth a visit in Clitheroe. In fact if you time it right, just before lunchtime and you could get a free lunch on the samples alone!
Posted on 25/03/2019 16:50
Hiya moulsey👍
Funnily enough, we’re visiting Troutbeck Head for the first time in June, amongst other places. I’ve got a couple of CL’s lined up at strategic points en route. It won’t be this year, but I’m liking the sound of Drake House Farm, so one for next year 👍
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Posted on 25/03/2019 16:30 by BriangWhat do you call expensive?? This is the modern world we live in Going back a bit petrol was 35p a litre before that even cheaper wages were around on average £25.00 a week just look at them now!!! Look at the expenses the Cls have. Would you open a CL for for under £10.00 a night.
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Posted on 26/03/2019 08:17
However with the cost of a litre of diesel at £1.299 it is not worthwhile going away for a weekend especially if the site is more than an hour's drive from your home. It is more cost effective to go away for 5 or more days hence the need for EHU for many campers. Also why pay more than £15 a night if a commercial site just down the road is charging a little extra a night?
Posted on 26/03/2019 08:17 by SurferHowever with the cost of a litre of diesel at £1.299 it is not worthwhile going away for a weekend especially if the site is more than an hour's drive from your home. It is more cost effective to go away for 5 or more days hence the need for EHU for many campers. Also why pay more than £15 a night if a commercial site just down the road is charging a little extra a night?
Posted on 26/03/2019 11:02
"Why pay more than £15 a night ....?"
Well, it depends entirely on what you're looking for, surely? It might be worth paying a little extra for the relative peace and quiet of a CL, compared to that busy commercial site just down the road. Price and value are not the same thing are they?
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Posted on 26/03/2019 15:31 by peedeeWhen most vans have full facilities why do we have so many of this type of site? What about the quiet, peaceful site with a tap, bins and toilet disposal.
Just like this one, £13p.n. with 16A EHU.
Posted on 26/03/2019 19:44 by peedeeCroxall Farm, it was a CS but is now licenced and more pitches are being added, 4 hard standings 2 grass by the end of this year. Very handy for tne NEC.
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Posted on 27/03/2019 07:32
It has only recently obtained a licence. It is possibly out of date unless the owner intends to keep it as members only. I will check later today. Currently there are 8 outfits on site, 4 caravans and 4 motorhomes and acres of space. It is often used as a THS when the NEC caravan shows are on.
I am aware of a CL which went down the same route but eventually separated the CL from the adjacent commercial section.
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Posted on 26/03/2019 11:02 by moulesy"Why pay more than £15 a night ....?"
Well, it depends entirely on what you're looking for, surely? It might be worth paying a little extra for the relative peace and quiet of a CL, compared to that busy commercial site just down the road. Price and value are not the same thing are they?
Posted on 27/03/2019 08:19
Can you define "busy" commercial site? What do you mean by busy? We have stayed on many commercial sites in the past 2 - 3 years and I don't think I can describe any of them as "busy" however we do use them in off peak times. The commercial site is better value for money than a CL charging more than £15!
Posted on 27/03/2019 09:00
The commercial site is better value for money than a CL charging more than £15!
I don't generally use CLs but I do consider them when suitable alternatives are not available. Some CLs seem to have styled themselves on CC sites with stoned access tracks, well laid out hardstanding, shower and toilet provision, EHU, water on pitch and in some cases a copy of CC water/waste disposal points. Such sites have for me gone the extra mile and if they are available where I want to be I would personally be happy to pay £20 a night.
When we next stay in the area between Macclesfield and Chelmsford I have a CL earmarked that charges £40 a night. We have stopped off in that area twic in the last 10 years as we don't revisit areas that often. We have used the Royal Vale site once in 2013 and the Capesthorne Hall site in 2017 but whilst the location was fine they were not sites that we both liked. Next time we will try the £20 a night https://www.welltroughcaravansite.co.uk/
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