Saving a pitch as you are booking in

Agreed! But it’s been mention many times Arch, it’s about staff site management. If you are the last in, on a day with few arrivals spread evenly throughout the day then their many be windows of opportunity when doing as you suggest, opportunities which allow without causing any conflict whatsoever with fellow members. In times when queues are likely and logjams are likely to occur at reception it’s an absolute recipe for potential conflict. Let the staff manage this, don’t expect to do it all the time, they will decide, not us when and if allow. Furthermore, there are sites which cannot allow and some which demand certain procedures for arrivals similar to your description determined by nature of their layout.

Yes agree fully, on the sites I can think of three caravan-outfits will probably fill the new arrivals lane. Even on larger sites with two arrival lanes then it's still three in any one lane. If one of the front outfits doesn't move as soon as they have booked in then it can cause a jam  so it's best to keep things keep moving. 

But as you say the wardens will know or can judge if it can be allowed or not at a specific time or day.

With the introduction of deposits and pre arrival payment....surely the club could progress to the next step and offer pitch selection or pitch allocation of the type one chooses when booking...together with the introduction of ANP at barriers, this would make a much more efficient arrival/checking in experience.    

This has been my experience at a few commercial sites including the one we are visiting this weekend...an email received yesterday informed me of my pitch number (it was the one I had asked for) and asked me too check my vehicle registration number against the one I gave when booking, as the ANP will not give you access to the site...as I had prepaid for my stay, a couple of days ago, there is no need to visit reception unless I required other assistance. There is also a link to a page which gives information on the site facilities, how to pitch, local attractions, etc...

All very civilised....

Edit...there is also a site map on the link..

That sounds far too sensible  ... 🙄

Indeed. You'd book a site & end up reserving a pitch at a site 100 miles away 😂

Was told by wardens at Trewethett a couple of years back that someone should stay on pitch if not you would lose it, this we did, Wife was subjected to some serious intimidation.