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Quote: Originally posted by Pixie_Hez on 29/9/2019

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This used to be a big problem at Chatsworth CMC site as there is a very long narrow private road to the site. The site always say that you have to leave by 12 and you cannot arrive until 1pm but people were still arriving early and blocking up the approach road. Now they put a great big chain across the end of the private approach road so you cannot even enter the road to the site before 1pm and there is nowhere else to wait and I think this has worked to stop people arriving early.

It’s very frustrating if you are the sort who abides by the rules and arrives spot on the earliest arrival time, only to find that all the best pitches have gone to people who arrived an hour early.

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Quote: Originally posted by cliffbrown on 29/9/2019

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This is a problem, like all previous posts mentioned a narrow access , etc we went to a site in Filey which has a check out time 1 hour after check in we had to park up in a field absolutely bonkers, we haven't been back to this site which is a shame because it is a good site other wise. We also have been to a lot of sites that the wardens are either at lunch or cleaning toilets etc around check in time. I think an industry standard 12 noon check in should be adhered, 2pm or later is a nonsense like mentioned earlier by the time you set up a day is wasted, we often book an extra night the day before arrival and turn up at 9am but this is an expense, on our last trip they insisted we paid for the awning for that night knowing that we weren't coming to the following day. Common sense has gone out the window.

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Quote: Originally posted by richardandjo2010 on 29/9/2019

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We like sites where the owners or wardens are flexible and understanding. if the pitch is vacant which it probably is as many sites are never fully booked all year then whats the problem
The op has not stated which site he owns this would have been useful just so that I don't ever try to book a pitch here, also if there are any other owners or wardens who object to campers arriving to an empty pitch an hour or so early please supple the sites name as I wouldn't want to camp here either

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Quote: Originally posted by cliffbrown on 29/9/2019

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The site in question in Filey wouldn't even allow us to stop on an empty pitch while we waited for our pitch to be available, another site had the wardens cleaning the toilet block between 11 - 12 so the recieption wasn't open, but this wasn't mentioned on the website

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Quote: Originally posted by cliffbrown on 29/9/2019

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Arrival time was 12

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