Posted on 30/09/2016 20:59
Coming down The Rest-and-be-Thankful this week I recalled that there was once a Club site at Ardgarten. It got me wondering about other "lost" sites and the memories people had of them. What are YOUR memmories?
Do I remember correctly that there was once a Blackpool North site?
Posted on 01/10/2016 20:23
Coed Helen springs to mind.
Coed Helen Closure
Published: 01 November 2011
Coed Helen Caravan Club Site closed for the winter season yesterday, 31 October. We regret to inform you that the management contract on this site has come to an end and therefore will be removed from the site network for the 2012 season.
Is that the one at Rhayader. Kept intending to visit there but it had gone by the time we got round to it. Think it's now a commercial site.
Posted on 01/10/2016 20:29
I wonder how many have been lost as against new sites set up by the CC. Its sad to see any site go of course, but some were probably not cost effective - I would think Elvaston would be an example as it flooded rather a lot.
Went there a number of times and don't recall flooding?
Was definitely wet when we were there and the toilet block need a lot of tlc. They also had a lot of problems with the local youths getting in and stealing bikes etc.
Posted on 01/10/2016 20:45
It was a lovely ste at Ardgarten.On the river side with views down the loch. We used it a lot and the only one in that area. Noticed it closed and went into disrepair. The CC & C had a site on theother side of the river. No idea why it closed.
They were a heck of a place for midges and ticks in the forest too. They closed as they were going to start up an adventure centre in the youth hostel(?). However it is now posh Cabin site run by Forest
There used to be three sites at Ardgarten. CC. C&CC and Forestry Commission. Only the Forestry site remains as cabins only. The area used by both the clubs were supposed to become an upmarket hotel complex. The last time I was in the area nothing had happened and both sites were returning to nature.
Posted on 01/10/2016 20:48
Coed Helen springs to mind.
Coed Helen Closure
Published: 01 November 2011
Coed Helen Caravan Club Site closed for the winter season yesterday, 31 October. We regret to inform you that the management contract on this site has come to an end and therefore will be removed from the site network for the 2012 season.
Is that the one at Rhayader. Kept intending to visit there but it had gone by the time we got round to it. Think it's now a commercial site.
Write your comments here...Twas at Caernarfon but the lease expired. It was good for a weekend, able to walk into Caernarfon town and also along the estuary embankment.
Posted on 02/10/2016 05:59
Coed Helen springs to mind.
Coed Helen Closure
Published: 01 November 2011
Coed Helen Caravan Club Site closed for the winter season yesterday, 31 October. We regret to inform you that the management contract on this site has come to an end and therefore will be removed from the site network for the 2012 season.
Is that the one at Rhayader. Kept intending to visit there but it had gone by the time we got round to it. Think it's now a commercial site.
Write your comments here...Twas at Caernarfon but the lease expired. It was good for a weekend, able to walk into Caernarfon town and also along the estuary embankment.
Indeed, it was also well sheltered from the wind.
Posted on 02/10/2016 11:03
New sites were discussed when I attended one of those meetings with members of the hierarchy. The Club's response was that it was increasingly difficult and time consuming to find and develop new sites. The short term fix is to provide AS or similar to fill in gaps in the network. The CC continues to endourage new CLs.
There is bound to be a timelag between the closure of a site and the opening of a new one. The CC should not start the work until its has confirmation the site will close on a specific date otherwise it will be accused of site duplication. Then they have to find a new site, get the appropriate planning permission, possibly fend off Nimbys, and start building. They do work on new sites which are not replacing existing sites that close but even so, say it can take 6 years to open a new site. Having had experience of building new commercial properties, I can understand why some will take six years or longer.
Still it's gone, anyway.
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