Use of service points

Steve, agreed. Of course there will be good and not so good everywhere, but having started with a clean slate in your example, then a passing place (widen the road) could have been added and perhaps another dump point along from the new one, ie one behind the other?

Widening the road to permit queuing would be possible on the right hand side. Currently in decent weather you could wait there now. Although at the ends of the year probably not advisable. It’s where we had our seasonal and gets a bit soft. Any queue could of course obstruct the seasonal pitch access. Lengthening the pictured bay would remove hardstanding pitches, so come at a cost. All in all it’s a useful addition. If in use you are no worse of than currently, if waiting isn’t an option, exit the site / re enter and visit the one by the facilities block.

The Hillhead service point was moved and re-designed so CAMC had a second shot at this but it's still not adequate. Van design is also a part of this, vans which empty out or fill in impractical ways can be added to the mixture and slow up waiting times.

I've not come across the prefect service point, most are inconvenient or not adequate for the size of the site. Large sites probably need two areas. Seacroft has two, well done CAMC!

Adding passersby to the mix will put pressure on the sometimes limited facilities. I can't see a solution to this without using up more land and space which is often in short supply.

Of course, as I've said before if you want to use a site in the UK just to fill and empty join the C&CC, it can be done on many of their sites for a fee and membership, but it's not a given if it's not convenient for the site managers.

To be honest, if I'm a site user I don't want to be inconvenienced any more than is neccessary.

Brue, the simple design in my photo caters for all types of van design, left, right or centre drop.

As has be mentioned many times, the large rectangular dump area is shaped to allow the water (from whichever side) to flow down into a central drain, which itself is only small....

in this case the water goes to the horse, by design.

there's even a little foot operated flush button to clean the drain once used.

with the Club MHSPs being flat, it's paramount that the van has to be sited perfectly over the drain grid, this can take time, especially if their is no co-driver to help.

with the system as in my photo, placing the van anywhere on the rectangle and pulling the waste plug will result in 'perfect aim'.

Rocket science it is not🚀