Loss of Site Shops on remote rural sites

You can get Green toilet fluid and odd  things like steel tent pegs,  but not always gas  ? For some obscure reason ?   It's very  'hit and miss'  depending on the site Warden.  From now on ,one of the questions I will ask, when I ring to book a site which is in a rural area  will be :  you had a shop last year,  Do you still have a shop ? Do you sell milk  or 6kg Propane ?   If not, I will look elsewhere.    I don't like having to pack up to go offside for shopping  too often, my problem as I chose a motorhome,   but it never used to be a problem, until the past couple of years. 

Wardens seem to be grumpier too ?  Or is that just my imagination ? 🤔    lol 😆 

Gas should be there but there are supply problems as been discussed many times so not all to do with wardens?

Not noticed any difference with wardens.

For information, Burrs has a small shop in the reception, Clumber has something a bit bigger. Both run by site staff. Burrs did not have any gas, not sure about Clumber.

We get organised when planning a tour. We carry two mid size gas canisters, and one is replaced as we put the spare on, as soon as we find an outlet. We always have a couple of cartons of long life milk, if on a long trip, we carry some of those bake at home bread sticks for emergency, they have a long storage life. Eggs are a good standby, particularly if very fresh from farms, bit of tinned stuff. 

Running a shop will take more effort than maybe some appreciate. It has to be stocked, inventoried, cash reconciled, and that’s extra duties outside of work rota. I wouldn’t expect a small site with just a couple and reliefs to give up their time off from CAMC duties, not unless the profit margins were attractive enough. If your MH stays on site for long periods, without going out at all, then good planning is needed, or arrange a small supermarket delivery outside the Site gates. 

I have met British motor homers all over Western Europe. . Campsites don’t have shops and Aires don’t have shops.Those motorhomers drive everywhere. They buy food where everyone else buys food. They are self reliant and independent.

What’s with Club members who want to park their motorhome on a Club site and leave it there - and then moan on here because the warden isn’t running a shop for them. Do they really need things done for them?

It's a bit different being on holiday and living in a place,  I live in a rural area myself,  Fishguard, Wales.  At home I have a small car and a  Bus pass,  in the Lakes and in Scotland I have neither just my Motorhome . Which we can take into supermarket car parks but not always if its  busy.  So an 'inconvenient vehicle'  No, it suits us fine,  its just a nuisance when  'Health and Safety' gets the blame for a drop in Service Quality.  A sign of the times ? Maybe, but no less annoying.   Ray

A site shop is only ever going to stock a few essentials, therefore you are still going to have to visit the supermarket or other shops. We only tend to stop a maximum of four days and shop on route and avoid busy times. For instance we knew the carpark at the Kyle of Lochalsh Coop was small, so got away early from Morvich. Mostly it’s not an issue. If we were stopping longer we would take the MH of site when we dumped water, then fill up again on return. It just takes a bit of planning.

I agree with Steve, Ray. All it takes is a little bit of thought and you can organise your days and your needs easily. If I recall correctly, you have a PVC and I know from personal experience that’s it’s no big deal to park that at a supermarket. Even a larger MH presents no problems if you avoid busy times.

Tbh, I think you’re making an issue out of something that’s really only a small part of staying on sites. Relax, you’re on holiday. 😎

If you use small village shops you can often park on the road.

I think this mainly effects motor homers, and as we always carry s spare gas bottle in case we run out we do not have that problem.

Most MHs either carry 2 bottles or have a gas tank so I can’t see it affects them any more than caravanners. It’s all down to organising yourself really.