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03/5/2016 at 7:15pm
 Location: fife
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i remember years ago driven up from south of france to a site near harrogate to meet friends for the weekend,arrived at 9am and told to go away and come back at 1pm,i offered to pay extra to get in as had driven through the night and wanted to get head down for a few hours. no chance. rules are rules. ps the site was empty , very few vans on site. found a lay-by near by had a kip then headed up road home.


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03/5/2016 at 10:04pm
 Location: ML9
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Quote: Originally posted by kenles on 03/5/2016
We where on a cl in Kent and at 5 am two caravans came in they were after are pitch at 8 am



Never known a CL to have a problem with arriving or leaving early/late, unless of course the pitch is required. If they did complain, well there are plenty more. I worry more about others reporting the CL to the CC.




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03/5/2016 at 10:47pm
 Location: Lancashire
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I can see this argument from both sides. On a busy site, the warden will need time to clean the facilities/prepare the pitch/deal with admin before the next folk start arriving. And the people leaving that morning have the right to stay on their pitch until the death, if they wish, without being hassled.

On the other hand, if the site is quiet and a pitch is available, then it may be ok to let folk on early.

We mainly camp in France, and don't try to check in before 12. But sometimes you have to be quick because they close from 12 'til 3. And we have been chased off our pitch by a huge motorhome arriving about 10.0 am when we were still having breakfast. I complained at reception, eventually they admitted they had made a mistake letting the MH have our pitch.


05/5/2016 at 1:04pm
 Location: Hampshire
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Mucker, please let me know where you are camping so that we can have a 'cold one' while we are packing up. Much appreciated!


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05/5/2016 at 1:38pm
 Location: Birmingham
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I had reason to complain once when a caravan once turned at 3am at nantcol waterfalls and started to noisily pitch including talking to each other in normal voices and sorting their dog out. I was not happy as it woke us all and I had to leave the next day without much sleep at all, but 1/2 an hour early is not much of a crime is it?

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05/5/2016 at 1:57pm
 Location: Derby.
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Quote: Originally posted by Frazzle- on 05/5/2016
Mucker, please let me know where you are camping so that we can have a 'cold one' while we are packing up. Much appreciated!



You may well wink, Frazzers... but what the dumb fools didn't realise is that if they had vacated by five to twelve, I'd have handed them two bottles each!!



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19/5/2016 at 8:15am
 Location: Woolacombe
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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 02/5/2016
Quote: Originally posted by paul+julie on 02/5/2016
I think that the rule is there for 2 reasons. As above some entrances to sites are single lane, but most folks are gone well before 11 anyway.
Another reason especially on caravan club sites is that the wardens clean the toilet blocks between 11 and 12 so there would be nobody there to book you in. We sometimes arrive early, cant be helped if traffic is fluid so to speak, occasionally had to wait until 12 but thats never a problem.



And God help you if you interfere with the warden's schedule.

If you are one of these modern flexiblists then you have no place in the Caravan Club.

You will want to defy the rules on how you place your caravan next, and then where will it end?



Or you could be one of the world revolves around me type of caravanners that do what they please irrespective of the rules put in place for reasons that are beyond them !!!!


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