Leaving early and paying for the extra day

Nothing at all wrong with your suggestion, I have done it on several occasions.

Been doing it for years, and in my view totally worth it. We've even done it sometimes just for an hour or two and it again worth it so there's no rush to be off by 12. 

Maybe we should discuss it on a 'Sunday Departure' thread .... 

It’s the only thing you can do really to get some extra time on a Club Site, and many have been doing it for years. 

Some CLs, if not busy and if you ask beforehand might let you stay beyond their usual leave time, but it shouldn’t be taken for granted. All depends what you prefer to do. 

You don’t even get 24 hours nowadays if you only overnight at a Club Site, cannot get on before1pm, have to leave by 12 noon usually, might even be earlier at some sites, I am not sure. The Club won’t mind you paying but not staying.

Would be nice if the arrival time was 10 or even 11am. Not really sure why it’s so late. Not as if a pitch needs anything doing to it in the same way a hotel room would. 

Would you inform the site wardens or just clear off when ready to depart? 

If the site isn't busy, as for a late departure....for free👍

Always good practice to let the wardens know your intentions, I think.

The other thing worth considering is extending the start of your weekend - if you have sites close enough in areas you want to visit. When we were both working,  I would sometimes travel up on the Thursday evening to get set up, stay the night, come home to work on Friday and then we'd go up together after work. You probably get a wider choice of pitch that way, a pleasant Friday evening and the whole day on Saturday, avoiding that "wait till 1pm feeling"! 

Veldom,  I would choose from the list of small private sites on here - they are not as tied to rules as Clib sites and not as limited to numbers as CLs - then phone and ask if they can give you a price and a booking for a weekend package - say 1800 Friday arrival to1800 Sunday departure. If they are business minded they will probably do a deal for you.

I would let them know out of politeness so they know who is on site, you'll probably be handing back keys or cards (or leaving them in a container .) Lots of people book an extra night so they have a bit longer on site or off.

ps it's one good thing about CAMC that it doesn't prevent movement on most sites (there are exceptions) other venues including the other club often have "no movement times."