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Hi folks

Don't know if anyone can help me with this but here goes.... We have booked to go to Losehill Castleton Derbyshire for a weekend in April I notice this is a members only site. We have some friends on the next door farm who would love to try camping/caravanning with their adorable and very well behaved girls ( three of them) We would have the large awning with inner tent so the girl could sleep in there. Do you this the caravan club would allow a pup tent for 2 adults? We would pay for everyone of course but just wondered if you could have 7 people on a pitch 5 being none members. I have tried ring the site itself several times but it always goes onto answerphone.

heres hoping!!!!

The CC book says On sites not advertised as admitting tents ...........................   big snip ......................Other tents may be erectedproviding that they are intended only as additional sleeping accomodation within the bounds of the pitch.   

So as far as the pup tent is concerned there is no problem. However, where you might get problems is with the number of people  because the Site rules also state   No caravan may be used by more than a reasonable number of persons. The warden shall be the judge of what is a reasonable number.

There is also the rule that says The caravan and Pitch shall only be used  by the person bringing the outfit onto the site and those accompanying that person  unless permission to do otherwise is obtained from the warden.

So It would seem that you need to keep trying to contact the warden before you go, the tent for the two extra adults will be fine, it is just the wardens permission for the party numbers that could be a problem, though from experience I have seen this sort of thing happen on many sites.

Hi

Do you mean that your friends live at a farm next door to the campsite?  Why don't they pop over to see the wardens and ask?

Hi,

We have stayed on loads of CC members only site and have erected a pup tent and an awning.  My two daughter (teenagers) would sleep in the pup tent a three man Vango tent and my son in the awning tent..... we never had any problems as long as the tent is only used for sleeping it will be ok.  To put your mind at rest I would still phone the site.