CC arrival times??

[Eric_374354665]

In the CC club rules it say do not arrive before 12noon.

This year i have been to the same site 3 times, as its not far away i like to get there just after 11am to get a good pitch as i have done for many years.

On the 2nd visit the office was closed till 12, so we waited & was told no arrivals till 12noon.

This weekend was a bank holiday & on the Saturday there was 6 caravans were queuing at 9-30am, these were all booked in as well as many others. This has also happened on non bank holiday weekends.

On my last visit we arrived at 11-30am & was told we were earley but booked us in anyway.

My gripe is if rules state 12noon arrive why is this site letting arrivals in to suit the wardens????

Jobs-worth & arkwouldness come to mine.

 

[Rioja]

If the rule says 12.00 pm then that is the time you will be let in. The warden is not a jobsworth, he is using his time to do the tasks he is supposed to.If he chooses to bend the rules to arrivals that is his perogative and not that of the idiots who turn up at 9.30 in the hope of sneaking in early ahead of every one else.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

This week at White House Beach, Lowestoft I went to collect my paper just as a motorhome arrived. This was before 10a.m. and the warden remarked that they were early.

"Yes" he said, "we were only at the Broadland site and it was a nice day so we thought we'd tootle over here".

The distance is 28 miles so he obviously knew he would be a lot earlier than 12 so what I ask is, who are these people taking the p*$$ out of, the wardens or those who stick to the rules?

The warden was polite to him but told him a lot hadn't left yet but he was welcome to look around for a pitch, which he did.

Between 10 and 12 the plonker had moved three times because as someone else left he liked that pitch better. Three times he had to go to reception and three times he messed the wardens about with his pitch number.

I was at Chatsworth looking around one day when someone did the same as this person and the warden made them turn around and come back in two hours time. Good for her I say :O)

 

[Angus1]

Absolutely agree Lord B!

Nowt wrong with the CC rules, only the "members" (oh, what an apt description of some, if you get my drift!) who think the rules don`t apply to them.

 

[whitetop]

If a rule is Noon, then Noon it is.....I have in the past arrived early, but more luck than planned.

I have always tried to pick the best pitch I can, as we all would, but I have NEVER hassled the wardens by changing pitches.

The plonker that Lord Braykewynde mentions should have been told that he could not move. Perhaps a free first change then a

 

[RogerL]

Changing pitches seems to be a motorhome fetish - at CC Presthope we watched with incredulity as an incoming motorhome changed six times - I think the problem was the roof-mounted satellite dish couldn't get a signal!

 

[Meister]

Perhaps if the entrance gates / barrier were closed and not able to be opened except by the warden until 1200 it would discourage these inconsiderate people. If they have to go away and come back later ...... tough.

If the rest of us can work out our journey times why cant they ????

Steve

 

[RogerL]

Most CC sites have a late arrivals area - what's wrong with using that for early arrivals as well?

I've arrived at CC Berwick just after 9am, after an overnight longhaul - it didn't seem to cause any problem - I don't see why there's an issue.

 

[Gumbo]

RogerL

I've arrived at CC Berwick just after 9am, after an overnight longhaul - it didn't seem to cause any problem - I don't see why there's an issue.

Well said that man thank god some people don't have wardens jobs !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Theres nothing wrong with using the late arrivals area if the wardens give permission but that isn't the point is it?

If you say you arrived at 9am and everyone else misjudged their arrival time by 3 hours the late arrivals area would fill up rather quick. Another point is not all sites have a late arrivals area, including the one I'm on now due to the confined space of the site.

I think we all know the reason for a person arriving on a site early and mostly it's selfishness although rarely there are genuine reasons.

Try doing it with the C&CC unless you are prepared to pay for arriving early :O)

 

[RogerL]

I don't regard arriving early by travelling overnight to avoid road congestion as selfish.

Pitch availability was restricted as those leaving don't need to go before 12 so i don't see any selfishness there.

Arrival times need to take journey times into account - these vary from 1/2 hour for locals to 8-12 hours on longhauls - and everything in between.

Where CC sites (indeed any site) have published restrictions to avoid incoming traffic meeting outgoing then that must be respected but blanket rules are jobsworth at their worst.

 

[Meister]

Or ................ if you dont like the rule then dont bother renewing your membership.

No-one is forced to become a member and the rules ARE clear.

 

[Angus1]

I can`t see how waiting until noon to allow people to leave and wardens to do the essential maintainance (particularly mowing of grass pitches) is a problem.

One of the most annoying aspects of early arrivals is the `vulture like` behaviour of new arrivals, experienced more than once at Trewethett Farm, who when seeing you are starting to pack up want to know what time you`re leaving. This started one year at 9.00am.

Fortunately i didn`t have an awning peg to hand or he`d have got it in the eye.

I like to pack up early, then go for a walk and leave at noon.

The C&CC maybe have the right idea, arrive early, pay more. Leave late, pay more. I can`t see how thats unfair.

Should only be a problem to those who want `owt for nowt`.

 

[Wendy-Norfolk]

What's wrong with phoning the site before hand and ask them if it would be OK to arrive early! We've done this a couple of times, and haven't so far be refused!

 

[gooner44]

We've phoned various CC sites to arrange early arrival and on at least 2 occasions have been told that they are pleased that some people arrive early as it avoids the often experienced congestion when several outfits arrive together at the published 12.00. I think the courteous thing is to check with the site prior to your arrival.

 

[chrissie2]

Theres nothing wrong with using the late arrivals area if the wardens give permission but that isn't the point is it?

If you say you arrived at 9am and everyone else misjudged their arrival time by 3 hours the late arrivals area would fill up rather quick. Another point is not all sites have a late arrivals area, including the one I'm on now due to the confined space of the site.

I think we all know the reason for a person arriving on a site early and mostly it's selfishness although rarely there are genuine reasons.

Try doing it with the C&CC unless you are prepared to pay for arriving early :O)

I haven't put this to the test, but I suspect that the C&CC may have dropped this policy. I went through the last sites book with a fine-tooth comb and could find no mention of it. I,for one would not be sorry to see it go, even though I can see that people who arrive way ahead of the midday deadline must be a right pain. Has anyone been charged this fee in this current year? I would be interested to know.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Hi Wendy, if you misjudge your timing there is nothing wrong in phoning the site up first, we did it ourselves once. When nearing Englethwaite Hall we realised we were going to be early so we pulled into some services and my wife phoned the site and they said no problem, come on in. We arrived 30 minutes early on a journey of 246 miles, a little bit different from 2 or 3 hours early :O)

I'm sure a child could judge the timing to drive 28 miles regarding the person I posted about above.

Phoning sites to see if you can arrive early should be the exception rather than the norm though, the wardens have enough to do without answering lots of unneccessary phone calls from people who cannot judge their timing or simply want the pick of the pitches :O)

 

[Tapestry]

Hi

We plan to arrive on cc sites at 12 noon or after, hubby prefers to plan time of arrival after 12.30. Having 3 school age children unless its school holidays, we do not have the opportunity to arrive before 12 noon. There is a big difference between members who are travelling long distances with all the issues involved and those who live locally who know about traffic, the site etc. We also think that there is a difference depending on if the site is full or not or if access is a potential issue.

Annette

 

[tash]

Are you all members of the 'Friendly Club'. Or is that the other club.

tash

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

The friendly one used to charge for early arrivals although Chrissie seems to think they've stopped it.

I've just had a nice warm feeling come over myself and no, I'm not incontinent. We are off home in the morning and because we've got a 233 mile slog we will leave earlyish. This will leave a nice pitch overlooking the beach and sea for some selfish plonker who cannot abide by the rules and gets here early to beat others to the best pitches :O)

Heh! heh! heh!

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

Are you all members of the 'Friendly Club'. Or is that the other club.

tash

The Caravan Club.

 

[path20]

Last summer we travelled overnight from North Manchester to Black Knowl CC site at Brockenhurst in the New Forest.We travelled with friends who took their caravan.We arrived in Brockenhurst at 10am. As the site did not allow arrivals until 12 we parked in the car park at the top of the lane.(as do most early arrivals)We rang the wardens to check if we could perhaps go onto site a little earlier (say 11.30) but they said no and would we please stay in the car park until 12.00.. Guess what?..11.30 arrived and caravans started going down the lane to the site. Were they turned back..NO.We decided what was good for the goose was good for the gander so we followed them. When we arrived the other caravans were being booked in.Maybe in future we won't ring and ask and just turn up early as we have found quite a number do and are let in.

PS Top marks to Blackpool CC site the other Sunday who allowed us and the other caravanners to stay until 4pm.We didn't have to ask there was a sign saying this.

 

[raymond_374366348]

hi all, if wardens have to stick to rules, what about the rule where they cant reserve pitches for people. at the cc site i was at this week, i was on a hard standing and there were at least five hard standing pitches on the other side of the road with traffic cones on them. fair enough two of them were taken by disabled people, but one was taken by a couple who where clearly not pysicly disabled. when they set up, the bloke got out his tv booster cable which was allmost the perfect lenght, about six feet from bollard to his motahome. proberly his favourit pitch.

 

[Auvergne]

Yes Ray, we had exactly the same experience when we went to Houghton Mill. 5 or 6 prime pitches had been reserved with patio chairs we believe by the wardens. Their cover was blown because all the chairs were from the same set!

We had booked, before Christmas, for a specific pitch in June 08 which gave them plenty of time to work around it. When we arrived the pitch was not available. Not the end of the world but niggled that everyone is not treated the same.

Val.

 

[Essexeddie]

We were at C&CC site Thetford Forest last week and arrived at 1205 to be met with a van leaving.

The long entrance lane was blocked by him leaving. With three vans arriving he caused chaos.

All smiling as he left I could have clumped him.

That is why the 12oc rule is there.

Edd