Campsites closing at the end of the 2024 season

I envy you where you live😁 Rothbury would be number three on our list of places to live. 

Reading posts on various Facebook groups, a lot of people seem to book a site and then  ask - is there a pub in walking distance, where is the nearest bus stop, and increasingly - what night do food vans visit. Maybe these closing sites don’t suit them. But for us they would be perfect. I don’t like buses, don’t want to queue up to buy ready made food, nor sit in a pub.

I appreciate we all have different priorities and abilities. And we’re very grateful that our go-to site (Englethwaite Hall) is safe.

We get quite a number of overseas visitors here in Cornwall - especially those from Germany. They are not simply coastal visitors but are often seen around the moorland too. For the most part they are not Club members  and so club site prices are £15 extra for them. Northumberland will attract them too but a Club price of £36 a night for overseas visitors at a no facilities site like Nunnykirk is simply ridiculous.  I bet they go elsewhere.

There were a lot staying at both Morvich and Dunnet £49 for a non member couple and a few at Altnaharra. My assumption is that in the most part they have joined. Either way there was no great reluctance to use club sites.

We have stayed at Gwern-y-Bwlch several times as a non facility site with hardstanding amd hook up it is stunning.  It does rain alot there though!! We prefer this type of site so for us it will mean fewer Club stays and more CL's.  The closure of Baltic Wharf and Crystal Palace is also a great loss in key locations with no real alternatives.

More non-facility sites rather than fewer and an obvious place to search for them when looking for a site might have been the way to keep my membership.

As it is I probably won't renew again as am fed up with paying through the nose  for electricity and facilities I hardly use. I only chose a CAMC site now when I need to book a specific date in advance in a specific area. 

They have Ebury Hill site  and  Slindon both non facilities. I think the reason they don't have many is due them taking tents so its more normal to provide facilities.

I would think that it would probably be a one off holiday so they just get on with it and go to places they want to see. As we are known to be Rip off Britain I'm pretty sure they were expecting it anyway. 

The cost of our food is less than overseas so maybe that was a compensation 

There are alway a few foreign, and at least one, motorhome at Melrose whenever I've been there. Often on service pitches too. Usually German or Dutch. I've noticed a few Italian MH on club sites in the lakes and always stop to have a chat.

Isn’t there some sort of reciprocal arrangement between CAMC and an overseas organisation which grants free membership to each other's clubs, or am I thinking of C&CC? 🤷🏻‍♂️