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Don't forget to leave a review of the campsites you have visited this year or last!
12/8/2014 at 11:02pm
Location: Isle of Mull
Outfit: 2 x Outwells Kairos 400 Caranex
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Our little band of rally marshals are now finding it cheaper to go for short breaks in statics/chalets for some events than to camp on some areas. So far this year been out on seven events and only once used the tent at the beginning of the month (came back with soaking tent and as it's a pop-up it's now lurking in the lounge diner waiting to trap you every time you pass!).If you get deals like £280 for a static/chalet that sleeps six for three nights, that's cheaper than most sites, even when only four occupy it.
Don't get me wrong - still enjoy camping but home circumstances at the moment mean I can only get a couple of nights max which, with having to prepare meals and get extra help in to look after Mum, makes it one huge hassle. B&B is not an option - single rooms are as rare as hen's teeth and as a solo, one invariably pays (maybe with a small discount) the same for a twin room. I'm delighted to hear that more places are giving solos more consideration, though again, it hurts families more. One of the reasons I originally joined the C&CC was the pitch and per person.
As a member of a family that did run a site, I'm very much aware of the costs that campers of all types don't see. Many of these have got much worse with the charges Councils make for recycling for example (how many reviews mention lack of recycling as a downside but don't take the trouble to find out whether there's actually any provision for recycling by the relevant Council? Also campers - term used to include all units - also demand more and more facilities (often state of the art)and site owners will lose out if they don't put them, so costs go up and that's got to be passed on in pitch, etc., prices.
What is really annoying is that most of the improvements nowadays seem to go to EHU, hard-standings, etc. and one can turn up in a small tent as a solo and be charged a percentage of those costs for a muddy grass pitch.
My sincere apologies to the OP for this rant, but it was in response to the rising prices headline.
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13/8/2014 at 12:37am
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I've got a small piece of land that I mow and bale for hay which I sell, input is minimal and income is limited. I looked into converting to a campsite, I would need to improve access which would mean buying stone and construction cost, installing waste disposal, septic tank and drainage or cesspit and emptying cost, I would have to have public liability insurance, rubbish disposal, now classed as business not domestic.Water supply, now business not domestic. To attract more punters and get a better income installing electric, again now business, increase the season and generate more income provide hard standings. So lots of capital investment and no guarantee any campers will turn up and when they do they go home and moan about the price for the pitch. No thanks I will carry on selling my hay.
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Don't forget to leave a review of the campsites you have visited this year or last!
13/8/2014 at 8:25am
Location: Luton (no jokes plea
Outfit: Coachman and Hyundai
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There is a world of difference between member sites and CLs/CSs. For a start, you don't get wardens, but owners, who may or may not live on site. The sites vary considerably, some are great, a few are terrible! I have listed some of the better ones we have been to, with at least a loo, but there are many more.
There is no regimentation, as the sites are small, sometimes as small as 1/4 of an acre, but typically 1/2 to 1 acre. Sometimes you don't see the owners at all and have to post the money through their letterbox, or there may be an honesty box. Take your chequebook or cash, they don't usually accept cards.
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