Pitching Instructions

Mass influxes are never good. 1pm being far worse I reckon than12pm. 

I agree the facilities are not as good as the CAMC, however we have been mainly using our own  since covid. The only thing that currently stops me booking more is the deposit. Except for Malvern we generally only book them where there is no convenient CAMC site. Although if they bring in deposits …….

then, everyone would leave their outfit, in turn, walk the site, ...

by the time the third (or so) unit has arrived, the front van is being driven away to its pitch...and so on

No it would only work if the timing are right. What happens if while the set first set are walking around another few outfits arrive? You can't be sure that people have chosen a pitch returned in time. Also what happens if two people have chosen the same pitch, is it a race back to reception to claim it? And then what happens another walk around while others arrive?

Also on large club sites walking around the site will take some time, it's not always a simple circuit, like for your favourite? I was on a site recently where there are a choice of  three circuits just from reception and another two circuits branching off from two of those, fat too many to walk around - while people are still arriving? Have a look at Coniston where walking around the site would take at least 15 minutes and probably more (I've done it)

May work on sites abroad but again not comparing like with like.

Just a complete no in my view of course. But as you've said the club is at where its at. Accept it or go where you can find what you prefer?

doesn't happen over there you mean? 

There is far more that I don't like. I only use them as a fill in because of their location.

Things that I like:

Location of those that I have chosen to use. Level pitches. Price as an oldy, although not important to me. That is about it. I might have added ability to select hard standing but, on a CMC club site I have never been unable to choose a hardstand on arrival. 

Things that I don't like:

1pm arrival. Being escorted to pitch and associated delay. Showers that I cannot regulate and are generally unable to use. Narrowness of hard standings that means, in wet weather having to wear shoes to access car boot; I no longer use an awning. Location of bins at site entrance. Booking system. Deposits and having to phone to cancel as opposed to CMC. As I recall, lack of a site plan. Quality of wifi (with it being free perhaps).

So, in general the only thing that I like is location as with some private/none club sites. 

We were members ,but as you  ,found not to our liking in similar ways to you ,

Quality of wifi (with it being free perhaps)

Over the last two years with busier sites, I have actually found the C&CC better than the CAMC. Although I have only been using the free access to the club website and CT. 

CLs usually have more elbow room and you can pitch up any which way round you want (unless hard standings dictate otherwise.)

This year was the first time I found that the CCC showers were too hot, that was when we were at Oban.  I had to be very quick!  Otherwise we have found facilities to be fine.

We often just use our onboard facilities anyway, especially at present.

I like being able to book a HS, as Steve said, means  there is no need to arrive as soon after opening time as possible, so if we are travelling a distance, we can take our time and stop somewhere for lunch.

The 1pm arrival does mean a late lunch if we are not travelling very far.

HSs can be a bit narrow, but we found the newer ones on some sites are much wider.  I would prefer the car on the HS, some are long enough to have it across the front, or "in tandem " with our porch awning, but more often it has to be on the grass.

We found the check in process pretty fast this year, and they were handing out site plans on arrival.  OH noticed that on the website you can now see site plans of some, but not all, sites.  However pitch numbers were not shown.  Normally it would be a slower process, which can be a bind if hungry!  Do not mind being shown to our pitch.

I do like the age related discount, lets us have more time away for the same outlay, as does using CLs and CSs, and the much shorter peak periods than CAMC operate mean it applies for most of the times we want to be away.

We were at C&CC Sandringham three and a half weeks ago and, due to height barriers at a planned lunch break location, we arrived at a couple of minutes past 1pm. Must have taken me all of four minutes from entrance to pitch.