Steamer Quay refurb removal of non EHU pitches

All of that is of course in your opinion brue, others may and probably will feel differently, as they wouldn’t consider a non EHU pitch decent what ever the price. You say that it can be noisy from outside influences, yet seem to think it will become less of a peaceful atmosphere due to the addition of 3 extra pitches. Or are you suggesting that the demographic it will attract are likely to be more rowdy?

Hi,

As a caravanner from Yorkshire we have plenty of sites within a reasonable distance, some easy to access, some with facilities and some without, some dearer than others, my point is that whatever the club does to try and improve they cannot please everyone, as members we have the choice to do what we want or go where we want. 

We as caravanners tend to use sites near towns or villages and then walk or use public services the car is ideally a tool to get us to our destination. 

Yes it can be frustrating if the club makes changes or closes a site but I'm sure they do it for the benefit of us all, my opinion is that the club still offers good value for money with the site standards they offer.

Maybe try a large commercial site then have a rethink of what you get from the club.

 

"Maybe try a large commercial site then have a rethink of what you get from the club."

im sure very many are (or will be) doing just that for the coming season and beyond...

we always use commercials for our New Year break, this year are heading to a site with a fully serviced hard standing, free wifi and on the doorstep (walking distance) of a large town and a few mins bus ride to an adjacent city. really useful during 'celebrations'.

at £30 a night (just £25 for a non serviced HS) seems to me to be 'value for money, a decent pitch and price'.

The nearest open Club site (one that also gives walking distance to a town) is £46.20 a night for a serviced pitch and £41.30 for a HS.

At 50% extra, chargeable wifi and a £50 odd membership fee, perhaps it is time for that 'rethink of what you get from the club'?

 

Obviously we've all got opinions Steve and I am suggesting the site will be very different if the plans for change are accepted however I'm not suggesting anything whatsoever about the demographic usage. As a user of the site and also nearby Hillhead it's been good to have the choice between the two different types of site. I will miss the simplicity of Steamer Quay and I have noted other users feel the same. 

Brue, agreed.

it's not as if folk are asking for a new more simple, less is more site within the portfolio, it's already there.

folk seem to be saying (will the club listen?) that this type of site is slowly (but very surely) being eradicating from the club network and, while a refurb/update might be good, why change the whole character of the place?

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When presumably digging a trench to supply electric to each pitch it is just as easy to lay drainage and water supply. I didn’t see any reference to hard standings in the club’s details of the planned upgrade. 

Some want Steamer Quay to stay with toilets but no electricity, and some want Stover (all of ten miles away) to stay with electricity but no toilets. Some just complain about any sort of change.

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We would have used SQ as it was, we won’t consider it as it is going to be. Day trip for us.

Fighting the traffic around that area to get out further is a consideration for us as well. we know the area fairly well. Hot days, we head onto Dartmoor for a swim, and to get away from the crowds. Totnes was super busy five years ago when we were last there, it will be loads worse now after the pandemic, much like the rest of Devon and Cornwall.