Snow - Loss of deposit

This is the nearest I can find to your question in FAQs. I suggest you ask the club direct for a definitive answer. One would hope they take a stance which does not encourage people to drive in unsafe conditions.

My view is if winter touring bothers you don't book. At least if you get stuck you have a nice cosy residence with you and all it amounts to is you will be a little late. 

peedee

Given the system is so new and this is the first winter since new rules came into place it's only the Club that can answer your question. One would hope the Club would look at such things sympathetically as they also have a duty of care towards its members. Unless there is an almost national closedown due to weather it's difficult for them to know how bad conditions are in your area. It could also be complicated by other members turning up at the site you booked. As I mentioned elsewhere I cancelled our trip to Chatsworth which we were due to set off to today. Fortunately I was under the old system so did not lose any money and I did it a week ago because I was following the likely weather patterns. Even if I had paid a deposit I still don't think I would have set off today as there were too many uncertainties. Just make your case to the Club. Be interesting if you reported back on the outcome.

David

I guess the definitive definition of exception circumstances would help, not that it could ever be provided. Often wondered if that advice from The Met. Office, a Government organisation, against travel would constitute exceptional circumstances. Probably the best we can do is have travel insurance.

If you’re only going to lose a deposit by cancelling because of snow, surely that’s better than travelling in dangerous conditions, whatever the Club policy re refunds. But don’t don’t be a “no show”, otherwise you will be charged the full amount of the booked stay. 

I think we club site users have been just been used to a 'no-loss' booking system so it's bit of a shock but people have been winter touring using sites requiring a deposit for a long time and they seem to manage it. In fact it is still in our favour as it's full payment on the day unlike some other providers?

Personally I now don't do long stays during the winter perhaps a long weekend or days in-between them but if I thought my safety was in any way at risk then I just wouldn't go and forgo the deposit, for longer stays, if I were to do so, then we have cancellation insurance but of course we would still lose the excess. 

It always grated on me when I had a staff of 20+ ringing me up at work, me having travelled in, asking if they should make the journey. It was always the same a few just wanted me to make a decision they themselves should me making. The worlds gone mad what with some unable to take responsibility for their own actions. Just to be clear, there were the very odd occasions when I put the message out not to travel in but these were truly exceptional and dangerous!

The latest headmistress of our local primary school ,seems to close the school for any excuse she can?she lives I understand about 20miles away

Wheras the previous headmaster who retired was of the "old school" and it was very rare he closed the school he lived up in the hills in a village 

Work and schooling are a bit different nowadays, lots of folks do quite a long commute compared with how close they used to be to work and school. I often used to transport staff home from work on bad days. I was fortunate never to work more than four miles from home, so could walk in on really bad days. That said, mine wasn’t a critical industry anyway. 

Going off topic here but each and every school closure has to be well documented and under specific reasons and approved by the chair of governors.

Nothing to do with the distance the staff live from the school or indeed the children, it's the duty of care to them on site that matters. If the car park and school ground are too dangerous then that is it. Not worth a broken leg or worse.