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quite true.

also the same old bug keeps raising its head FOOTBALLS ! why do we have to all be football fans they in the main are just a cause of conflict and damage. everyone thinks they are Beckham. ok for small children. they are entitled to dream and have fun at play.   but its the 18stone rotund darlings that get me. you can have hundreds of acres and they have to try and be clever with their non existant ball control next to property and flower beds etc etc.

and its us who are wrong to tell them to sod off !

I wont allow a footabll or hard cricket/rounders ball in or near my unit. not precious about it just hacked off with the constant  "bang/boom followed by a pathetic Sorry!"

as for the frisby chucked full strength 20ft high for a one legged. one armed. larger lout, bedecked in football shirt and jogger shorts to waddle to catch GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

My experience of the caravan club was in 1990 at Elvaston caslte near Derby. We stayed there  in the May half term hoildays, my 2 sons were 3 and 5, it was hot and dry and they were rising their bike with stabilisers and trike on unoccupied grass pitches. The warden asked me not to let them ride on the grass as it would damage the pitches, I asked where they could ride their bikes and he replied on the tarmac road on the site, in my opinion, not satisfactory. During the same week, an oap radio ham had a petrol generator outside his van making a noise and belching out fumes all evening, when I mentioned it to the warden the next day, his reply was if it was a problem, why didn't you complain, it wasn't a problem for me as my van was a fair distance away. From that experience, I deduced that the caravan club was run by retired couples for retired couples, faimiles subscriptions were welcome but families were not. I voted with my feet and didn't renew my membership. But, as my children have now grown up and left home, it's just me & my wife, perhaps we should buy a luxury 2 berth (gin palace) van and rejoin the caravan club.

"grotty pitch"...."gangs congregating".....

are we still on CC sites ?

Phil

Dare I mention the CC booking system? Now that really was skewed towards the retired. The alterations they made for this year helped me (a working mum) enormously.

I agree with a lot of what Dan The Man says. It would be ideal if we could take the kids out of school Friday pm and leave at lunchtime - no can do. It would be equally ideal if we could go away outside of school holidays - also, no can do (others choose to, that's their choice). So it's not always possible to get your ideal pitch, for those of us with kids and equally for those without. But if you're retired, you can do what you like when you like. Boy, am I looking forward to it!! 

I agree with a lot of what Dan The Man says. It would be ideal if we could take the kids out of school Friday pm and leave at lunchtime - no can do. It would be equally ideal if we could go away outside of school holidays - also, no can do (others choose to, that's their choice). So it's not always possible to get your ideal pitch, for those of us with kids and equally for those without. But if you're retired, you can do what you like when you like. Boy, am I looking forward to it

not always the way,many grandparents look after there grandchildren each day as we do.we are both retired but because the adults are working we do the school runs and feeding,football,karate,swimming,caravan holidays.we can only go away school holidays.its a 9 to 6 job.but we like it keeps you fit.

Quote: Originally posted by michael on 27/4/2011

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not always the way,many grandparents look after there grandchildren each day as we do.we are both retired but because the adults are working we do the school runs and feeding,football,karate,swimming,caravan holidays.we can only go away school holidays.its a 9 to 6 job.but we like it keeps you fit.

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It's all speculative.

They are not child friendly if being child friendly means they must have a club house and allow loud music all night with children running around making a nuisance of themselves.

If being child friendly means there is an area where children can play with parental supervision then yes they are child friendly.

They have a duty to cater for all members, including the ones that do and do not have children. This is always going to be a compromise. Unlike some commercial sites, the club sites will not tolerate unsupervised children running wild and hurling obsceneties at other guests. Most parents would not allow their children to do this anyway.

Regarding the rule about being on/off by noon I think it's very fair, we we're at a C&CC site this weekend and at about 12.30 there was a queue of 3 people arriving and someone who clearly disagrees with the noon rule was on their way out late. Needless to say it caused chaos trying to get this guys car & caravan around the 3 queued up.

The warden just shook his head and said "this is why we have the 'leave by noon' rule".

Many sites also have narrow approach roads and two caravans simply wouldn't be able to pass each other.

Quote: Originally posted by Viggo on 27/4/2011

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RK1234 - that's like saying "Two decades ago I went to a hotel and I didn't like the attitude of the manager, therefore all hotels are rubbish". It doesn't make sense.

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Viggo - it does make sense to me, it's called having principles and sticking to them.

Like the main car dealer who pulled a fast one on me 20 years ago over a price he incorrectly quoted, I haven't yet returned to that dealer and will certainly not drive that make of car. 5 new company cars and 2 new private cars plus 450,000 miles worth of servicing later, I am quite happy to take my business elsewhere.