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30/5/2015 at 7:04pm
Location: Worcestershire
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Too many MH people abused facilities on beachfronts etc which is probably why places are no longer friendly to M/homers and I can't blame them! After all the unit cost a lot more than a caravan but they cannot afford to pay to stay on a site?
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30/5/2015 at 10:03pm
Location: Derbyshire
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Part of the reason for not allowing overnight sleeping on the Seafront at Scarborough is one of health and safety, and concerns the risk of overtopping of heavy seas and high spring tides along both bays, particularly the North bay which also has the potential risk of cliff erosion and falling Mudstone slides. The latter is also a risk along the old coastal road along the clifftops of Cayton bay, hence this other previously popular overnight stop for motorhomers has also been included in the overnight sleeping ban.
If these natural occurances were to happen during daylight then at least people would have an alert chance to get out of the way, during the night, whilst in a deep sleep, they may not be so lucky and quickly become a casualty or even a fatality. Its all down to common sence, there are plenty of other cheap and safe places to park other than on the seafront or clifftops.
It was only about 20 years ago that a clifftop hotel suddenly and unexpectedly slid down the cliff face and into the sea along that stretch of coastline, the first the guests knew about anything being amiss was when they heard a thunderlike rumble whilst having breakfast in the hotel's conservatory, followed by huge cracks appearing in the floors and walls around them, 30 mins later, and the whole section had slipped down the cliff, followed over the next 48hrs by the rest of this large hotel.
Scarborough is my second home town, but knowing what l do regarding its Geology, l would never risk sleeping anywhere under one of its cliff faces, whether it was free or not!
Julia
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30/5/2015 at 10:27pm
Location: West Midlands
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22 years ago, actually, Julia!
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(We'd parked on the clifftop carpark (not in a motorhome) the previous weekend and noticed the recently-filled cracks in the footpath.)
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31/5/2015 at 8:47am
Location: Weardale
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I've never had trouble staying for two or three nights.
Maybe it's you?
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31/5/2015 at 11:06am
Location: Devon
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Lol motley!
We rarely book and can normally find a site, club or private whether for one or many nights. That said, being old fogies we can avoid going anywhere in main school holidays.
P.s. Don't like the idea of staying at Scarborough for free. Would want at least £5 per night.
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31/5/2015 at 8:47pm
Location: Ayrshire
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Don't be tied to Club sites, stay away from the very popular areas, go to Certificated Sites (C&CC) or Certificated Locations (CC). I tour around Scotland, I've never ever been turned away due to a minimum number of days.
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2025=3 sites, 5 nights; 2024 = 20 sites / 41 nights. 2023 = 9/23. 2022 = 13/35. 2021 = 11/29. 2020 = 4/20. 2019 = 13/35. 2018 = 20/33. 2017 = 10/22. 2016 = 19/33. 2015 = 15 sites / 27 nights. Didn't count 1976 to 2014.
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05/6/2015 at 7:25pm
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Sorry if it has been already said but....we use Camping and caravan club rallies and THS when we are touring, they are very friendly and cheap!
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08/6/2015 at 6:20pm
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We had a motorhome for four years. We found touring in the UK was difficult as there were not enough stopovers.We have now gone back to a caravan,
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10/6/2015 at 7:19pm
Location: Notts Lincs border
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Is it about time one or more of the big manufacturers gave some thought to where a MH can stay.
In Germany Hymer fund stelplatz sites and supply the holiday cleans. Germany is a huge country but also has a vast population of MH so it is probably on a par with UK.
If our makers keep pumping out overpriced and inferior vans...... compared to continental cousins, there must be places for them to stay.
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11/6/2015 at 4:55pm
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I would guess most motorhomes are sold to buyers who intend to use them mainly on the continent.
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