Pilot Scheme

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to assure you the changes have nothing to do with door positions and members can still go front or back in, as they can with any other Club campsite. There is no Club rule that prevents doors looking into other doors.

The trial in place at Warwick is a reposition of the pitch marker and in turn, the way in which items are placed on a pitch.

This has been largely driven by ensuring that all campsite users - be them caravans or motorhomes - can make the most effective use of their pitch and in recognition of awnings becoming ever wider, particularly for those outfits that do not have a tow-car.

In the traditional layout, motorhomes in particular, will have the first 1/3 of their pitch (as looking at the pitch from the roadside) not being fully utilised, this simple but effective change addresses those issues.

Further information on pitching is provided on the site plan: Warwick-Racecourse Site Plan

Rowena

Thanks for the information. I have often said on here that I would prefer pitches to be laid out that way as it just gives that bit more distance from the neighbour. Others have not always agreed! For us, and it is just my opinion, with just the motorhome and no other vehicle, it would make sense. Clearly not something that is going to be employed more widely, at least not yet.

David

So another coloured peg for motor caravan pitching,which with the latest two peg system  will really confuse some

By Rowenas post and update it sounds as though the site staff are just as confused if the review was correct

Thanks Ro, on sites in 'other places' vans are usually allowed to place their van anywhere on the pitch to maximise space, especially with MH, as you say.

if this flexibility can be achieved while still satisfying space regulations then that has to be a good thing.

Thanks for the prompt reply Rowena, much appreciated. I wonder why the reviewer I quoted mentioned doors not being allowed to be opposite each other? Hope the system is now working well! 

Having looked at the link that Rowena gave, the layout for caravan would be fine as long as you don't want to go nose in if there is a view (like at Berwick Seaview) would we then be allowed to turn the whole outfit around the other way and reposition the caravan to the right of the pitch?

Same again with MHs, if we were to reverse in that would be fine as all the space would be to the right of the van as you look at it, this would mean even on a non awning pitch you could deploy the canopy.

However if you want/need to go nose in could we position the MH to the extreme right of the pitch?

 Not about Warwick site.

Interestingly, on two previous sites I’ve recently stopped at, (Cirencester & Carsington water, i was encouraged to park offside rear of van to peg. When asked about nose in (as I don’t want to sit looking out at the road and prefer to pick the best view), i was told “to consider your neighbours as they might complain”. ( word for word on both sites - is this new training?) Really?

Will members have to ask the pitches either side if they feel that that they are suitable to park in the vacant pitch or have to move on.

Funny that the instruction leaflet still showed either way is acceptable.

It sort of raises more questions than it answers.

Caravan - awning - car won’t please quite a few.

According to Rowena, we can still pitch rear in or nose in so it’s strange that wardens are suddenly implying nose in isn't the way to do it. Brue, too had a similar experience.

Yes but if we do go nose in it would have to be at the right of the pitch not the left. The problem with this is that on some sites it could put your caravan to close to the neighbouring caravan if they were to park to the left of their pitch. 

As you say it raises more issues than solves them. 

IMO better to leave car/MH where it is in the middle, this then isn't a 'space' problem.