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marg6

01/9/2018 at 3:50pm
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If I were to join the C&CC (the C&MC is no good for me
...and there aren't club sites or CS's at every place I want to go camping so I would have to use non-club sites as well, adding even more to the annual bill.

tell you what bob I will pay your membership fees for you, if you tell me there is an area you want to go to but cant find a club site/cs in that area

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Value campsites

Three Magpies Seend near Devizes, Wiltshire

Petruth Paddocks Cheddar, Somerset

Bridge House Campsite Lechlade on Thames, Gloucestershire

Ship and Anchor Marina Ford, between Arundel and Littlehampton, West Sussex

Toms Field Langton Matravers, near Swanage, Dorset

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Ray Clayton

02/9/2018 at 3:45pm
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Hi

I will be quite open and honest.
And they are a few others on here that do a lot of nights.

This year booked but not completed i have a total of 47 nights away.
Total coast is £870.50
Big sites costing most.
Most expensive £217 for 7 nights.
Cheapest with shower toilet £8 a night.

I think i get value for money if under 20 a night is the ave over the year.
All sites toilets showers ehu etc.

So when divided by 47 it makes our ave 18.50 a night.
I can live with that.

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Bob61

02/9/2018 at 4:12pm
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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 01/9/2018

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If I were to join the C&CC (the C&MC is no good for me
...and there aren't club sites or CS's at every place I want to go camping so I would have to use non-club sites as well, adding even more to the annual bill.

tell you what bob I will pay your membership fees for you, if you tell me there is an area you want to go to but cant find a club site/cs in that area

Get your purse out as I am searching

Perhaps I should have said no 'suitable' sites. That is to say, decent pitches, a toilet, and EHU. I am not too fussed about the facilities as long as they are clean.

I once booked the C&CC site at Corfe Castle and when I got there they offered me a sloping pitch on a dry mud bed under trees with roots sticking out. I got my money back and went to Norden Farm a couple of miles up the road. Cost a couple of quid more but had lovely plush pitches.

I also look for campsites within walking distance of the places I want to visit and finding suitable club sites or CS's with toilets and EHU is not always possible. I gather for instance that the Cheddar Club site is about 6 miles or so away from Cheddar Village and the Gorge, whereas there are two non-club sites within a 10 minute walk and one cost me £12 a night with EHU.

The Devizes C&CC site is about 4 miles from Devizes.

One can always pitch in a field and pee in the hedgerow but that's not what I expect when having paid my membership fee...even if you pay it for me

So...find me a club site or CS anywhere near Bath or Bradford on Avon...

...do you want my address to send the cheque to

Post last edited on 02/09/2018 16:57:52

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SGThomas

02/9/2018 at 4:17pm
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We will be spending 121 nights on the continent this year

Cost per night ( 2persons,ehu,wifi,showers etc) €12.8 which is approximately £11.47

Add in two return trips for car and caravan across channel (£352) and the cost increases to £14.37

Now you see why we go abroad

Bob61

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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 31/8/2018
if £20 x 4 = £80 no membership, or
£10 x 4 + £39 = £79 I know what I would be doing Bob61!

I have never paid 20 quid for a campsite in my life. £16 would be my absolute maximum and I would need a rush of blood to the head to pay that.

Soooo... 4 x £16 = £64

4 x £10 + £39 = £79 I know what I would be doing Marg

Incidentally, when you sign me up to the C&CC could you make it the paper membership please so I can have the magazine to read...that will cost you £45 plus another £10 admin/joining fee if you pay by debit/credit card...thank you.

(I thought it was illegal to charge for using debit/credit cards now)

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Ray Clayton

02/9/2018 at 5:04pm
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Pinewood Wells next to sea.
Aug 4th 5 nights = £235.
£47.00 a night.

CCC West Runton Norfolk
Aug 4th 5 nights = £249.
£50.00 a night.

Mablethorpe
Grange leisure Park
Aug 4th 5 nights = £160.00
£32.00 a night

Mablethorpe CCC Site
Aug 4th 5 nights = £209.75
£41.95 a night.

All hard standing commerical site at Mablethorpe as loads more to do on it.

And some CS Site are now charging well past £20 plus a night!!!

The club is now charging more on the main sites with no entertainment etc, than some3 commercial sites with entertainment.
I can find many a more example of that.
Think the clubs need to wake up a bit.
But that is not going to happen while they cash in, i am affraid.
Club membership benifit is getting harder to justify each year now.

PS Stuart Fair play my friend on the number of nights you have enjoyed.
And that goes for anyone else who can manage so many nights away.

One day maybe one day!!!

Post last edited on 02/09/2018 19:58:43

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Daisy Caravan

02/9/2018 at 7:16pm
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We came out of caravan club as we didn’t feel we got value for money, we have found quite a few beautiful non caravan club sites now that are good value.
Low Hall has two fields one is caravan club the other non caravan club.
I don’t agree with all the additional charges on cl type sites after all these have the essentials. People paying more are encouraging sites to put the price up. I agree if you are joining a caravan club they should restrict the campsite charges but they don’t. These sites that charge separate are so greedy. We just avoid them. There are plenty around we have found are cleaner and more beautiful. Some sites you are so squashed it’s unreal, double the price with the same facilities and no view! Rant over and well done to the sites that aren’t overpriced and beautiful.
I bet we all look forward to seeing more value sites posted on here.

Bob61

02/9/2018 at 11:21pm
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Mendip Camp at Shipham near Cheddar, Somerset.

Has EHU but no showers or hot water...but what's wrong with heating water in a kettle and having a good old stand up all over wash inside the tent or caravan...and some caravans have hot water and showers anyway. £6 per person.

Denfurlong Farm Chedworth, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire... varies between £10 and £15 a night with £3.50 for EHU

Red Lion Inn Norton, Gloucestershire...£9 to £11 with £2 for EHU

Lower Lode Inn Forthampton, Gloucestershire...£14 with EHU

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