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Wellcome to CT Busyelf. This is certainly the place to ask any questions you may have about our hobby. There is a wealth of experience available on here.

We came to caravanning from 30 years or so of tenting 14 years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Currently we are in the process of switching to a MH, so looking forward to different adventures.

One thing I would advise, if you are picking it up tomorrow, is that you have a few days away somewhere local as soon as possible. This will allow you to familiarise yourself with everything, before you forget what you were told at the handover and not be far from home if there are any problems. We will certainly be taking our MH direct to a site for a few nights when we pick it up in March.

Morning Busyelf and welcome back to our hobby and, more particularly, to our community here on the forum.

Take a look around the discussion pages and, if you have any questions, pop them in the most appropriate section and we'll do our best to help.

Many thanks for your replies, but SteveL, sadly my wife suffers from Arthur (-itis) so the cold weather at the mo prohibits our venturing out so soon after taking delivery, Once we get into it properly, it'll come to be 2nd nature as it did when we first had a 'van.

Hi again, Just a quick question. 

Hows does the club/and or it's members view Music on site.

To clarify, this would be a daytime or early evening event with a kind of 'Social' centre appeal, a way to gather like minded folks together with a live 'show' including music and chatter from the audience.

Does the club even have a music license or is this down to individual sites? 

I'm ware of the cost of such so might even be willing to apply for a preplanned show licence in advance of the proposed show. ( to cover copyrighted material etc)

Duration ? perhaps 1 to 2 hours dependant on content and number of participants.

Does this appeal to anyone or is it going to be against all club rules re noise on site? 

I won't be offended by replies, I'm just throwing this question out there .

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I would agree with David.  Like many, we use the site as a base rather than a destination, so are out pretty much all day.  Early evenings are a time for cooking dinner and relaxing, whether that be reading, listening to the radio or watching TV, so music going on on the site would not be ideal.

I would also doubt that many Club sites would have sufficient free space away from the pitches for any sort of gathering.

Welcome 'Busyelf' 👍

I have never heard of music on UK campsites being played as solo, in a group or any other combination. 

I have listened to an individual playing a Harp, Guitar, Bagpipes and a trio playing different musical instruments, these were on campsites across the channel and attracted quite a few spectators, including ourselves of an evening 

I have no desire to be compelled to listen to somebody else's music. 

I think that the problem with music on site is that whatever you play it will not appeal to everybody. Club sites are generally quiet and peaceful and I think that is why people choose them. There are specific gatherings for music mainly country but at rallies where the people have gone there because of the type of music being played.

I would oppose music on sites as it is not possible to please all the people there, so whatever is chosen will be a problem for many. If you want music then there are specific meets both for club members and organised by others and outside the club.

Welcome Busyelf, the only thing I can think of just now where the club encourages musical interests are the club band (mostly brass and wind I think?) and the club choir. There may be an opportunity to set up a "musical" rally by joining a centre and volunteering yourself for such an event.

On the whole if you like music you'd be best looking at music festivals etc where you can take your van and meet up with like minded folk.

I'm thinking of things on a large scale like the Larmer Tree Festival see LINK where you can take your van and enjoy the music and no doubt there are lots of smaller events where you can join in with others. I would guess you'll have to do some on line searching to see what's on this year.

Hope you have a good time.