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Subject Topic: `Door On The Wrong Side`, CC Sites?
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PersonGCMS2012
19/5/2016 at 7:21pm
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OK, parts of the CC website has been down for nearly 3 days now, including the 'Discussions' / forum part...

All I'd like to know is what is their rules regarding euro type vans with the 'door on the wrong side' and pitching the van??

They always state (looking at the pitch), car - caravan - awning.

But since our door's on the other side, it 'would' be car - AWNING - caravan...

Is this against their rules and will we need to spin it round to get it (their) right way round still??

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PersonSGThomas
19/5/2016 at 7:27pm
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You wouldthen be in breach of their rule that the jockey wheel is on outside of the pitch.

We have a french caravan with the door the "wrong" side and so never use club sites. ( can't afford them anyway)


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PersonJTQU
19/5/2016 at 7:31pm
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On a recent visit to Baltic Wharf I was asked to park nose in to retain the inter unit spacing; it was an awning pitch.
In years gone by I have not had to do this but this was my first CC main site use in two years.

They have pitches too close to be able to do much else since they decided that awnings were part of the habitable unit from fire risk point of view.

In the Baltic Wharf case it was ideal for us, but more by chance with the pitch we had.


PersonGCMS2012
19/5/2016 at 8:33pm
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It's not so much about the jockey wheel SG, it's more can I have it car - awning then the caravan on the right hand side of the pitch?

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PersonSGThomas
19/5/2016 at 8:35pm
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Come now,are you really going to challenge that little man in his green polo shirt as he strides around the site making sure "alles ist in ordnung"?


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PersonJTQU
19/5/2016 at 8:52pm
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If Baltic Wharf typifies the current CC stance then No. The van front nearside corner needed to go on the peg; no issue raise with the "A" frame over the grass beyond the hardstanding.
In my case the car was placed across the van's rear at the mouth of the pitch.


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19/5/2016 at 9:12pm
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With us with a trailer tent on CC sites the jockey wheel needs to be on the outside of the pitch and we face inside, never had a problem with it being the wrong way round.

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PersonGCMS2012
19/5/2016 at 9:48pm
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No doubt with our luck, everything will NOT be alright, and the wardens will start to have a hissy fit seeing a caravan / awning set up NOT in the right 'order'....

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Personkate w
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They don't really have much choice! You're members, you're booked, you've either got to be the wrong way round or the wrong way round to be the right way round!!!



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Personjg73
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We have never had a problem on either CC or C&CC sites and have pitched both jockey wheel to the road and jockey wheel facing in. We just check it's OK first. As long as the van is in the centre of the pitch it doesn't matter which side car or awning are on.
Both clubs welcome foreign visitors to their sites so I can't see any problem with using a foreign van.


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Personjoecroft2
19/5/2016 at 10:57pm
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there has to be no less than 18 feet between units , otherwise in the event of a fire your insurance would be null and void ,

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PersonJTQU
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Quote: Originally posted by joecroft2 on 19/5/2016
there has to be no less than 18 feet between units , otherwise in the event of a fire your insurance would be null and void ,


I don't think there is any such stipulation written into my insurance policy. However, the Club would no doubt face extreme difficulties in avoiding the consequences that come with assertions of negligence if they allowed habitable units to be closer than the now accepted guidelines.

A statement had been made earlier that things are okay if you are centred in the pitch; from my understanding that is not now allowed you need to be placed to the peg itself. I suspect if there was oodles of space between particular pitches a more understanding approach would be taken but with many pitches that is not the case. The underlying issue is that the pitches were spaced too closely, that suited the practices of yesteryear but with a greater acceptance of acting responsible to best practice in safety that freedom to pitch has been lost, together with some pitches now not being viable as "with awning" pitches.



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PersonBig Brian 56
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That 6metre rule is a load of tosh....... At rowntree park cc site there's some absolutely huge pitches where in a motorhome or a caravan it would be great to go on side ways, but even though they have you pitching 6 metres apart, on some pitches you can be back to back with another unit, so fire only goes sideways ?
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20/5/2016 at 7:26am
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And I always thought you had to be hitch out in case of emergency ?

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At Black Horse Farm we saw a couple hitch up and leave after one warden showed them how to park and another came along and wanted them to turn around! We are CC members but only use their sites when we have a 'free' voucher, we much prefer van across the back style pitches.

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We used to own a Hobby caravan and never had a problem.


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