Reserving Pitches on CC Sites

[nelmo]

We went to a CC site a few weeks ago with a large tent and they had 'reserved' a particular pitch for us because it was the only one big enough for our tent. And we weren't even members of the CC at the time (we are now, in preparation for our first caravan)!!

It was a grass, tent-only pitch, so not quite the same thing, I guess...

 

[Guest]

Neil,

I am curious that you went to a CC site as I believe they do not allow tents, unless something has changed recently. I wonder of you really meant the C&CC who happily accept tents up to a certain size and will try to ensure the pitch is suitable as long as they get forewarning.

 

[MikeJE]

Some C.C. sites allow tents though may be wary of large tenting parties.

 

[Guest]

So I now gather. Damn, the 'riff raff' will now get in. However, seriously as the CC seems to invite anyone into most of their sites one sometimes wonders why bother joining.

 

[MikeJE]

So I now gather. Damn, the 'riff raff' will now get in. However, seriously as the CC seems to invite anyone into most of their sites one sometimes wonders why bother joining.

You can supposedly save the membership fee by not having to pay the extra non members have to pay. Depends how often you get the chance to use C.C. sites though.

 

[Guest]

Have not used them at all this year, mainly due to being abroad. However the sites we did use in the UK were C&CC as they allowed us to get weekends.

Being a dumb mug i will continue with the CC for a while though. I have managed it for 30 years so what the heck.

 

[colin-yorkshire]

hi all

I do think the CC will reserve a particular pitch if you ask on booking and will allow you to move pitches if the one they have selected for you is unaccepable, as this is common practice on comercial sites I don't see a problem with it.

most wardens we have come across are very approachable and if you explain your problem they are more than happy to help.

on a couple of CC sites we used while away gave us the pitch we wanted as soon as it became obvious that the wife was disabled

up to press we have had no problems with at all with the CC exept there pitch prices which can be extortionate at peak times.

colin

 

[MikeJE]

After my wife had a knee operation we were able to reserve pitches near the toilet blocks on three occasions at C.C. sites. Just mentioned it when booking. No problem.

 

[James3]

We have never had any problems on C&CC sites and generally the wardens have always tried to accommodate us when we have asked for a different pitch. I think that in many cases due to the open less defined pitches they like to put people on the pitch rather than have them pitch all over the place. The CC on the other hand tend to have well defined pitches which make it suitable to select your own.

If you talk to the wardens in a reasonable way they normally will respond and help you out. We are members of both clubs and like them both.

 

[Paul_5064559]

Nigel, we use both clubs and I think it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. Arrivng late at a CC site at busy times you will have very little choice anyway, and only the least attractive pitches will be left. We have used a lot of C&CC sites and have always had a satsfactory experience. It's true that they are often quite specific about how they would like you to pitch on the contiguous grass areas, but that is invariably to maintain separation and of course it also prevents your neighbours getting too close to you. We have an "odd" outfit (door on the wrong side, awning makes us wider than we are long) and we have often arranged to pitch sideways on or the opposite way round - we have never been refused a sensible request.

Even CC sites will sometimes have to organise pitch allocation where there are different sized pitches, or they will reserve hardstandings for motorhomes when the grass pitches are soft (as we experienced at Blackmore CC).

We have recently used Lower Wensleydale CC, where the many of the pitches are very small - we didn't have a problem, but a bit of allocation would actually have been helpful; all but one of the small number of large hardstandings were occupied by solitary motorhomes, with no car or awning to accommodate, while some caravanners with awnings were really struggling to find big enough pitches - but that's how it goes.

Last week at Ravenglass C&CC, where many of the pitches are small and oddly shaped, we were allocated a pitch - it was clear when we sited the 'van that we would be not able to pitch our Khyam awning without the guy lines being very close to a footpath, and we were offered two alternatives without any fuss. The empty pitch we would have chosen was kept back for a 26' caravan, which was fair enough - the wardens were doing their level best to make it all work, and were very pleasant and helpful.

Both systems work, and we have rarely been unhappy with a pitch - in fact, the worst I can recall was actually at Blackmore CC. We had to take one of the last three very sloping grass pitches next to the roadway, where not one but two other members thought we would like to watch them stop and empty their dogs as they walked by - not something I want to see when I'm sitting out eating, nor the bagging up operation which they seemed to think made it OK!

Alan,

I don't know what you expect a dog owner to do when their dog decides what it wants a poo!

Do you whisper in its ear that it must hold on until a more appropriate point or maybe drag it along out of your sight leaving a trail behind it............

 

[Paul_5064559]

Neil,

I am curious that you went to a CC site as I believe they do not allow tents, unless something has changed recently. I wonder of you really meant the C&CC who happily accept tents up to a certain size and will try to ensure the pitch is suitable as long as they get forewarning.

scotch lad,

There are tents now appearing at cc sites. Seacroft for one also Houghton Mill altough these are both in designated areas.