jb99 replied on 16/09/2021 12:05
Posted on 16/09/2021 12:05
We've just returned from a tour of mid and south Wales in our motorhome. We stayed at a number different locations: pubs, public car parks, private camp sites and one night at the C&MC site in St Davids. We have paid our membership fees for many years, but in practice we haven't stayed on a Club site very often, and not since the name change and rebranding. So we expected great improvements for motorhomes.
We arrived rather early, but were warmly welcomed by the lady on reception who unexpectedly checked us in before the official time.
I was rather confused by the parking rules, but looked at the way adjacent vehicles were arranged and tried to imitate them. Since our motorhome is less than 2.5m wide, versus a car/caravan/awning measuring maybe 7m, it was easy to maintain the 6m separation from our neighbours. However, apparently I had picked the wrong corner to go next to the white post. This was explained to me that evening, but since we were leaving the next morning the very friendly warden said not to bother moving. Fine, I'll be more careful if we visit again.
The next morning, there was a queue of motorhomes at the only grey waste point, so we decided that, as we only had a small amount of waste we would empty the toilet cassette at the service point then just fill up with fresh water and leave. So, I pulled up next to the adjacent service point and attached my hose connector to the threaded tap. Shortly after, a different warden who was maintaining the grass, came along and said that motorhomes weren't allowed to use the service points and indeed there was a notice that said this that I hadn't seen. He said that this was because filling a motorhome takes a lot of time so other people would have to wait. I asked why I had to wait rather than other members and although a 100 litre motorhome tank will obviously take longer than a 50 litre rolling caravan tank, there were three other service points on the site. No! Jobsworth was adamant and claimed that it was a health and safety risk (which is hard to understand).
According to various comments on Facebook, these is just a couple of many petty rule enforcement incidents that are alienating motorhome owners. I really think that if the Club wants to encourage this massively increasing sector of the market, they need to learn the differences between motorhomes and towed caravans.
So, the rebranding was clearly just a marketing exercise and we will have to seriously consider whether to renew our membership next year.
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I fully accept the the positioning of some of the dump points is not idea, particularly when it involves driving round the site to get to. Hardly good for the sustainability index!!!!! Of the six Club sites we have been to this year five out of the six have had the new type open grill waste point. 
jb99