After I suffered a life changing stroke I had already taken up caravanning so I thought that I'd have to sell up and give up.
Not so!
A good friend had used an old dilapidated orchard for many years every summer, the orchard was next to the River Avon 45 minutes drive from where we live, and over time the orchard became a regular casual camping spot for fishermen, boaters and walkers, thanks largely to my friend who kept his eye on things for the farmer who owned the orchard.
Eventually ehu was installed, a full time warden was employed, a toilet and shower block was built and the site became a mixture of tourers, seasonal tourers and static caravans which were and are in another part of the venue.
My friend arranged for us to have a seasonal pitch there with our little 1988 2 berth Eccles Topaz, he towed the caravan to the site and pitched it up for us and was always around in case I was struggling with anything.
We stayed on our seasonal pitch for 7 years as I gradually regained some semblance of dexterity, mobility and self-confidence, and the site grew to become a 'proper' caravan site popular with tourers and seasonals alike.
The area now benefits economically from the site, with local gastro pubs which evolved as a result of the increased local tourism, the nearby town centre shops , market and the site workers all sharing the benefits.
When I began to recover from the effects of the stroke we'd hitch up from our seasonal pitch to go to other places, returning after our trips to our own pitch which was available by arrangement to other tourists when we were not on it.
Each to their own, but if seasonal tourers were somehow 'banned' as suggested previously the increasingly popular caravan site would never have existed, I'd have had to sell my little caravan and not only would I have missed out on the help toward my recovery through challenging myself to see what it was possible to do, I wouldn't be here writing this.
Many small certified sites would close down or would never have opened in the first place if they didn't allow seasonal tourers to stay from time to time.