Posted on 11/07/2021 15:56
Please note arrival time has changed for Ferry Meadows. We are due to stay there in a few days and checked our booking which said arrival time 13:00 not 12:00 . We have noticed a few sites have changed booking in times, so best to check before setting off, as the wardens will not let you in earlier.
Posted on 12/07/2021 10:50
There are plenty of reviews written by disgruntled members saying they were turned away because they were 'only' 30 minutes early and there others complaining that people were being let in early.
I think the wardens are caught between a rock and a hard place. Should they refuse to let early arrivals in when a queue could form blocking both the public highway and the site exit? Not really. The alternative is to let people in and incur the wrath of those who do abide by the rules. People don't seem to realise "no arrivals before 1200/1300" means exactly that, not that you can arrive early and sit and wait for the office to open.
Before somebody tells us there are far better ways of handling arrivals, let's remember the OP is writing about club sites here and working with the existing system, and specifically about FM which has unique issues.
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Posted on 12/07/2021 11:06
... and specifically about FM which has unique issues.
How does it have unique issues? It has an access road that is the access to the country park and then there's room to park up in a queue at the office itself.
And there are also sites that are on main roads. I once arrived mid afternoon at Moreton-in-Marsh along with others ... did I queue on the road & block it or pull up with others at the barrier?
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Posted on 12/07/2021 11:06 by EmilysDad... and specifically about FM which has unique issues.
How does it have unique issues? It has an access road that is the access to the country park and then there's room to park up in a queue at the office itself.
And there are also sites that are on main roads. I once arrived mid afternoon at Moreton-in-Marsh along with others ... did I queue on the road & block it or pull up with others at the barrier?
Posted on 12/07/2021 11:18
If arriving early at FM how do you expect to wait as the access barrier is on the very entrance to the site before the as put "waiting area" ? It without staff checking your booking would mean blocking Ham Lane
As posted as other sites on the network who also have problems if arriving earlier than requred
Posted on 12/07/2021 11:06 by EmilysDad... and specifically about FM which has unique issues.
How does it have unique issues? It has an access road that is the access to the country park and then there's room to park up in a queue at the office itself.
And there are also sites that are on main roads. I once arrived mid afternoon at Moreton-in-Marsh along with others ... did I queue on the road & block it or pull up with others at the barrier?
Posted on 12/07/2021 11:18 by JVB66If arriving early at FM how do you expect to wait as the access barrier is on the very entrance to the site before the as put "waiting area" ? It without staff checking your booking would mean blocking Ham Lane
As posted as other sites on the network who also have problems if arriving earlier than requred
Posted on 12/07/2021 11:18 by JVB66If arriving early at FM how do you expect to wait as the access barrier is on the very entrance to the site before the as put "waiting area" ? It without staff checking your booking would mean blocking Ham Lane
As posted as other sites on the network who also have problems if arriving earlier than requred
Posted on 12/07/2021 11:06 by EmilysDad... and specifically about FM which has unique issues.
How does it have unique issues? It has an access road that is the access to the country park and then there's room to park up in a queue at the office itself.
And there are also sites that are on main roads. I once arrived mid afternoon at Moreton-in-Marsh along with others ... did I queue on the road & block it or pull up with others at the barrier?
Posted on 12/07/2021 11:42 by TinwheelerThe 'issues' aren't necessarily of space but have been the reason for installing extra barriers. I'm saying no more but it's clearly changed since you visited.
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