When is a rule not a rule?

I was under the impression that 1 o'clock arrivals was a result of the apparent extra duties of site staff due to COVID cleaning etc As all restrictions in England (no idea of the rest of UK) have been lifted, why have arrivals not returned to 12 o'clock?

COVID has just introduced 1 o'clock arrivals by the back door. We're rarely organised enough for it to make a difference to us anyway 

Surely filling in your "arrival slot" which is a two hour period is merely an estimate of one's ETA. It in no way is indicative of what an "earliest arrival time" is.

If one completed an ETA slot as 15:00-17:00, and subsequently arrived at 14:00, could we therefore expect to be sent 'round the block' until the specified time?

As ever, CAMC have managed to achieve a complete elevation of spherical objects. If the new universal earliest arrival time is 13:00, it should be proclaimed loudly and clearly both on the website and in communications.

If the arr times are  from and to in two hour slots,  then I would have expected any one with common sense would take it the earliest time would be as per the first slot

But I would have expected the club to have sent all members via a mail drop and or email to reiterate it to every one the reasons and to reduce site staff from even more abuse from those that I have heard say  we "pay your wages"?

Well CAMC obviously haven't sent out the information to all and you'll only find details about arrival times if you click on the "before you travel" link on your booking page where it states that the earliest arrival time at most campsites is now 1pm. Then a site list follows giving out information for each site eg noise from construction works.

Except that you forgot or maybe haven't booked a club site in such a long time and, one cannot choose an earlier time than 13:00 so it's pretty obvious one should not arrive before then no matter what the ETA is.

I cannot understand anyone that clicks on the 13:00 - 15:00 arrival slot, and then thinks, you know what  that doesn't apply to me. 

What I fail to understand is the need to blame others, or the club, for knowingly arriving too early at a site. Can anyone explain? 

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I note from the webpage that Park Coppice is 10am earliest arrival. Ten it is then, wouldn’t dream of being early nor would I when the time stipulated is 1pm at another site yet some will quote that it was okay at Coniston and use that as their reasoning for turning up early elsewhere! I say this because I’ve actually heard it!

I fail to understand why anyone should take any notice of what time others are arriving .... 

Depends on how close to the entrance you are pitched,