New rule regard'g caravan parking either way round

As others have said it's not a new rule. Some owners do not have a mover and own a van with the door on the "wrong side". They may have a pitch with a less than favourable view. It is not a cut and dry situation.

In an ideal world this scenario could not arise if sites were planned to allow a cross pitch location of the van, but I cannot see that happening.

Caravanning is about being outside and not cosseted in a hermetically sealed 5 star hotel. A certain amount of compromise is to be expected. As an example I for one do not believe it is in any way acceptable to have dogs barking on site. It is a sign of poor animal husbandry and a lack of respect for your neighbour, but that's just my opinion. I have to accept the situation as I do a radio or TV a little loud occasionally, or the smell of fish on a BBQ.

The space I rent on site is not mine and I'm sure my actions and yours are not perfect all of the time.

 

Colin

 

Morning

I'm in year 14 of working for the club. In all that time it has been perfectly acceptable to pitch nose in or nose out, the decision purely down to the member. That's not changing just yet.

At times we do get the odd request for a pitch with some privacy and we try to advise of available pitches for that like an end of a row of vans or a corner where you'll only get one neighbour, so a word with the site staff might help.

It does seem a bit harsh to leave the club because of lack of privacy though. Why not carry a windbreaker?

JK

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On some Club sites, in some situations, there is no hope of privacy. Choose carefully.

We aren’t bothered if someone parks up facing us, but in terms of Club Sites, we switched to CLs years ago to get some space. 

Camping is about toleration though in many respects. It’s something all sorts of folks do under all sorts of choices, and in all sorts of accommodation. The Club is very much at the regimented, pitch up by certain rules end of the spectrum, so hardly requires much more in terms of “thou shalt do” type of management. All for that that keeps folks safe, but let folks bring their own barriers, mental or physical.🤷‍♀️

In your photo I can only see one unit parked (a motorhome) so their door and possibly awning are facing their neighbour,  the only one with no respect of their neighbours personal space, unless they are together in which case I find that perfectly acceptable and there is nothing in that photo that should offend.

I can’t agree with the thought that parking with doors facing is having no respect for one's neighbour, Arch. Respect is surely more to do with how one behaves around the unit than which side one enters and exits the van. 

I don’t agree on the respect bit of your reply. However, how do you know who arrived first. Perhaps when the MH arrived there was nobody on the adjacent pitches.

The OP and some supporting comments make me realise why I prefer to use CLs.

We returned from our last CL last week where 2 of us were parked sideways with another unit between us parked nose in with 2 others parked normally opposite the 3 of us. Everyone was exceedingly friendly. It's like that a lot of the time.

Is it just that the clientele that use CLs regularly are more laid back? Maybe.  I do tend to see a slightly more reserved attitude on club sites.

It could be argued that some might prefer to face a neighbour's awning rather than their car exhaust fumes.