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You were very lucky to find a CL or CS that would take a non-member as if they got caught out during an inspection by a club offical they could loose their Club licence and be removed from their directories, bringing all sorts of problems regarding their permissions and insurance cover that operating as part of a club brings.

What probably happened was they simply forgot to ask for your membership card when they booked you in, and if they had realised you were not a member they may have refused you access.

There may be some small non-club farm sites around that take non club members onto a 5 van type of site, it might be worth buying something like a Cade's campsite directory to search for these, but they will be the type of basic site that may not be suitable for larger units due to the access roads ect, and really more suited to tent campers with cars or on foot. We do know of a site like this in Norfolk, on a farm, takes five caravans, but blimey what a struggle it is to swing out of the field gateway and down a steep gradient into the narrow lane without grounding your rear corner steadies in doing so.

At least the club CLs and CS's are inspected for suitability before they are allowed to become part of their networks.

Julia

To be honest,although we're members,I can't recall ever being asked for our membership card when we've used CLs....

Isn't the "exempted site scheme" malarky something which enables the small(5 van) sites to get up and running without having to go through all of the usual planning type stuff..?

Tony..on the subject of "signage"...we've pulled up on several,of what we thought were C&CC sites,only to realise after they were nothing to do with them(..other than being listed in their book)..so don't just let a "C&CC" sign put you off...