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Cornersteady replied on 30/11/2018 16:07
Posted on 30/11/2018 12:43 byI think a lot of people dive in and purchase LVs without considering whether they are going to find enough time to make economic use of them. When I had young children and a job we made good use of my approximately 6 weeks a year leave (generous by normal standards) working winter holidays to take time off in the summer . We rarely did weekends because I often worked and my wife on whom it fell, felt the preparation little different to a weeks holiday
replied on 30/11/2018 16:45
Posted on 30/11/2018 16:07 by Cornersteadyonly six weeks a year holiday ??? slavery I call it
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Posted on 30/11/2018 16:45 byYes only 6 weeks but we sure made the best use of them,always 3 weeks and a couple of times 4 weeks around the med topped off with a week in Scotland. The only problem was that it gave my daughter a thirst for travel and she has only recently finished travelling the world with Devla Murphy as her role model , and thats enough to worry any dad
Cornersteady replied on 30/11/2018 17:06
Posted on 30/11/2018 16:45 byYes only 6 weeks but we sure made the best use of them,always 3 weeks and a couple of times 4 weeks around the med topped off with a week in Scotland. The only problem was that it gave my daughter a thirst for travel and she has only recently finished travelling the world with Devla Murphy as her role model , and thats enough to worry any dad
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Posted on 30/11/2018 17:06 by CornersteadyI had to google who she was
but could be worse role models out there
young thomas replied on 30/11/2018 17:39
Posted on 30/11/2018 10:42 by Cornersteadythink you have mis-remembered the sketch there BB, as you started with your tale of woe, I should have countered it with an even woe-er tale, I didn't I went upwards
Cornersteady replied on 30/11/2018 18:23
Posted on 30/11/2018 17:12 byYou wouldn't say that if yours had taken off and cycled across China and Vietnam or another time Calgary to Mexico
although I was happier when she didnt do it alone. You will gather though that in spite of the grey hair I am very proud and feel just a little responsible for her enthusiasm, wouldnt have dared do it myself though
nelliethehooker replied on 01/12/2018 20:37
Posted on 01/12/2018 20:37
Thinking about this latest round of price increases it appears to me that the club has been very canny. Once they started the rolling booking in 2018 they increased the prices for the sites for 2019, which was to be expected. Then come this November and they sneak in another increase claiming additional fuel costs. The result is that the total price increase from 2018 to 2019 is now well above the cost of inflation. Claiming then that they have held the cost for some sites is just a smoke screen, as those sites have already had a price increase - see above. On top of that they add an extra £1 to the membership fees. 
GodivaNige replied on 01/12/2018 23:40
Posted on 01/12/2018 23:40
Ive not bothered to read all the way through this long thread, so I apologize if this crosses with anything already said.
Due to this pending club site price increase, the annual membership breaching £50 and the loss of the M6 Toll discount which, when you live in the Midlands was a fantastic perk... as of yesterday (30th Nov) my (our, as it was a joint membership) has ceased. After 9 years, I never up until this point, thought I’d do this and, as plenty may recall, I often fought the corner of this Club and appreciated changes recently made, such as forward booking and the removal of frenzy day. I also understood and supported the name change but...
the recent price increases in annual membership and now this club site price increase, has gone too far and it has clearly, to me at least, been applied to cover loss of income due to poor marketing and failing appeal to bring in more membership.
I explained all this to the guy from membership services I spoke to on the phone, plus, I said the club need to get with the times and offer a reduced membership for a digital copy of the monthly rag, in place of print. The staff member completely understood my reasoning and promised to pass on my thoughts to those above him. He said he hopes we’ll be returning members again in the future. We’ll see.
So folks, that’s it, it’s been a blast (mostly) GodivaNige (NigelAsh) signing off. I wish you all, including those I often disagreed or argued with, happy touring.
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