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22/12/2016 at 5:24pm
Location: Isle of Mull
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Pepe, "policing" is an issue, especially as we don't have a traffic warden! If it's deemed one's needed at Mull Rally time or the Music Festival, they come over from Oban. We have additional Police over for those events, too and they will deal with traffic offences and re-inforce the by-law of the main car park. Outwith those events, it's really not economic.
The main car park is before Main Street starts and we found that indicating traffic into FREE parking was attractive to all visitors and, whilst some regulars would try for a space along Main Street, most availed themselves of the FREE parking area! This season, however, we have been overwhelmed by motor homes and, being larger, less spaces are available. The suggestion has been to add to this sign to restrict large motor homes from Main Street unless they are going to the ferry. The parking protruding into the highway is already dealt with by the Police, following a call from a local with the vehicle details. Most visitors are reasonable people and would obey such a sign. It's worth trying the light approach first! The information would also go on websites and into the amended leaflet given out on routes to Mull. As regard over-nighting, the lack of policing of the no overnight stays in the main car park is a thorny one and the Council and the Police need to sort!!
If land can be found outside Tob for extra parking, whilst they won't be full on next to the bay but there'll be wide vistas down the Sound of Mull and across to Morvern and Ardnamurchan. (To my way of thinking, much nicer than being stuck in a public car park!)
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28/12/2016 at 12:24pm
Location: Clacton on Sea . Sunshine Coast
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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 28/12/2016
It is just geography. Size of the UK & layout of towns make the UK unsuitable for motorhomes used in the way they can be used in France or Spain that are much less densly populated countries. Using a motorhome as a mobile base with cooking/toilet/washing facilities day & night is easy & practical in France but not in UK & that cannot really be easily changed.
Why would towns want to build French style motorhome aires when there are already campsites in the area?
If you read local French newspapers on holiday there are often articles about too many motorhomes & rubbish being dumped etc. Even popular French resorts have problems with motorhome parking at peak times.
Whatever camping equipment one uses in the UK it works best in the UK to be campsite based & travel the local area from there using either car, bike or public transport. Motorhome use in UK can be little different from caravan use except one does not have a car to get around.
Unfortunately OS , too many of the policy decision makers on the council are shortsighted landowners , in the pay of their friends and co-landowners , as we've seen in clacton , some may be happy with the closing of Butlins here , but that's what a seaside town needs to survive , the decision on the rates temporary suspension when asked for whilst updating the site by the owners , was declined , so they upped and left , and also the refusal to allow m/h owners access to the seafront , any normal person can see that m/h owners are a somewhat wealthyish breed , but it is a sad fact we are lead by fools , I know people will call us tight , but as we know they are just sheep happy to be crowded onto site , that is their right , but they should keep their shortsighted , blinkered opinions to theirselves or between them at their meets , some will also state that the councils m/h decision was to keep travellers and rogue owners from their selfish use of precious space , and well it works , but also to the detriment of us street friendly users .
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28/12/2016 at 12:28pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Capt Lightning on 28/12/2016
The UK is not all densely populated. Scotland, Wales , N.Ireland - even areas of England, are relatively unpopulated. But it's access to towns & cities that is the issue here. Motorhome use is in some respects very different from caravanning - like not having a car and difficulty parking a large vehicle in town.
However, I think a lot of areas have become "victims of their own polularity" and I totally sympathise with Ficklejade's dilema about accomodating change while preserving character. Maybe what we need is a better public transport network and more 'Park & Ride' schemes (with space for motorhomes, but no overnight parking).
Some good points , but why disallow overnight parking ? A good form of revenue for the local population , and a better use of the facility, with certain restriction in place to stop it's abuse , it would work .
I would go as far as suggesting an entry debit card system for
Entry and payment , if you abuse the site your entry would be refused , keeping out the badduns .
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29/12/2016 at 3:47am
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For various reasons I won't go to France opensauce, so I don't know the situation there, I know you go often so I will take your word for it, I used to travel round England a few years back, in my old hymer and found it difficult at times to be accommodated to my liking, and now I'm back m/hing, like most will say, it's got a lot harder, for whatever reasons, it's all very well moaning about the current state of affairs, unfortunately it would seem that it will further deteriorate.
I love Portugal, and usually spend as much time there as I am able to, off season, motor homers are very well looked after, to the extent you can base yourself pretty much as you please, in the high season, there are more controls, only fair and to be expected, that's why I intend to spend some time there in my new m/h.
Other countries appear to do a lot better job than here, which is a great shame, we all are tax payers Inc road fund tax, so we should all be treated the same, perhaps a trip to court and a mention of basic human rights is in order,  I am kidding of course, it does seem to do the job for other less deserving folk though.
I would nominate the land immediately adjacent to the airfield as totally suitable for the job OS.
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29/12/2016 at 3:56am
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Quote: Originally posted by Capt Lightning on 28/12/2016
A fair enough point, but then a 'Park & ride' tends to become a motorhome park rather than it's intended purpose. You might as well have a proper council run M/H halt with a bus stop outside it.
That is the current situation, I believe that it doesn't work to all motorists needs, or is fair. It should be equal and fair for all of us, not just the majority, minorities, even m/h minorities deserve equality.
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