The Pointless Page

ABM glad you got some slides sorted, definitely not pointless.  However watching male footballers, especially if they are on duty for their country is pointless.  Not quite the same as our ladies 😉

Joined the camping and caravan club today after 35 years of caravanning. Asked on another forum for an existing C&CC member to send me a PM of 'recommendation' so that they could have a £10 site voucher for the recommendation.  It is unfortunate that there is no PM system on this forum. 

I have probably visited 90% of the CC sites and those that I have not are mainly ones that I would generally not be likely to visit for various reasons. Not on UK mainland, near London, Blackpool, too near home etc.

Hope it will prove not to be pointless.

There are several things that I don't fancy about C&CC. I think that their booking website is very poor from looking in the past. The forum seems worse than this one. Don't fancy deposits, being directed to a pitch, 1pm arrival.

What was pointless? Going to bed early just before 10pm because I was tired after sorting our accounts today (hate it). Listened to radio, had a doze and listened to radio again. Got up at 11.30pm because I was too warm, no longer tired etc. Probably back to bed around 2am.

We are still thinking of joining them as well, just waiting until Thursday till OH sees the specialist again re his shoulder. If he has to have an op then I will wait awhile, if not then I will join 

I agree with you about some of the things you are not keen on. Deposits I will live with as I won't be booking them to far in advance, 1pm arrival isn't a problem as we rarely arrive before then, being directed to a pitch isn't a biggy as this can happen on other sites we use, as long as if we don't like it we can choose another one. Not tried out the forum yet but been practising bookings. The greatest advantage for us is that we can book a h/s 

I rejoined last year for a particular site. Haven't used it much since but I've not used this club much either. The booking system isn't great, deposits are something or nothing to me, 1pm arrival is still 4 hours before my target arrival time but amending a booking is a nightmare. You can't do it yourself as the deposit needs to be refunded and taken again so it's a phone call. 

Other people have had choices of pitch but we haven't. Probably because we tend to arrive late so there isn't much choice. However at least the one we are left with isn't grass!

For the HS issue alone I can forgive the niggles and on balance I think I now prefer the other club 

Only home 24 hours and Broadband gone down. Just spent the last hour with BT trying to identify problem. Their advice? Unplug everything and put them back in one by one (any other way?) to see which socket/plug/microfilter is causing the problem. 

Broadband now working without any of said items jumping up and identifying itself. Grrr. Maybe they just wanted some attention.

Well as far as hardstanding bookings go it sounds nice. However in the last 10 years and probably 140+ CC sites I have never had to take a grass pitch. I exclude the likes of Dunnet bay etc where all or nearly all grass on others and not a problem. No mud oozing up. 

I see C&CC sites very much as infill sites on a tour. 

1 pm arrivals I hate. Of a morning I am often up just after 6am. OH might sleep until 7am normally and so if I want a shower off I go and put kettle on when I return. OH off for a shower and breakfast 8 am. 9am think about slowly packing up and ready for the off by 10am if no rush. I like sites about 1.5 to 2 hours drive apart so 12 O'Clock is fine. 

I’ve been a member of both clubs for 7 years and probably used them both a similar amount of time.

Never had any problems booking with either club. Arrival times are what they are and not an issue. I’ve been offered a choice of pitchs at some CC&C sites and I have also requested an alternative if I wasn’t offered a choice and didn’t fancy the pitch that was offered, again no issue.

Deposits don’t bother me, but usually I only book about 2 months ahead.

No way are we early risers like ET rarely get up before 9 am when away. We tend to only tour uk in the off season months so only book a few days before going. When touring we sight see on the way so arriving at 1pm isn't  an issue, however arriving to grass/mud is, so booking h/s is a benefit. This club needs to reconsider their trial as it was 'pointless' otherwise.

I'm definitely not an early riser either. However I just don't like getting to site soon after opening  I much prefer arriving between 4-5 when the rush is over  Sadly that means that unlike EasyT I have ended up on grass rather too often for my preference. No chance of that with the other club but it's pointless hoping this club will see the light