Last week we stayed at Chew Valley Caravan Site and they had the same rule. You unhitched the van in the carpark and they towed it to your pitch with a tractor. You could park by the caravan for loading and unloading only. It's a beautifully-kept site and maybe they just want to keep it that way. It was a slight nuisance in heavy rain, but it certainly wouldn't put us off using the site again.
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This type of site would be useless to me as my mobility is very limited, I have just been laid up with bad knee joints and very swollen legs for a week after a ferry company moved their drop off point for foot passengers, making their previous 25yrd walk to board, into one the length of the ship, over 200yrds, with no provision for those who use a mobility scooter to use one for this journey, or on ship.
Its ok if this rule is plain to see in the main booking, and marked not suitable for the less mobile, but what do you do if arrive on site unaware and are faced with this problem and the only place to store your scooter when not in use is in the car boot?
Not everyone has a fit and active person on holiday with them to push a manual wheelchair around.
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This rule has been put in place at this campsite because of fire regs. I know that last year they had a broken drain which I think was found by a car driving over it. May that's the reason. But what if a motorhome or caravan finds one? Will they ban them too?
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Many people choose to caravan simply because no other type of holiday is suitable to them.
Folks with disablities or health problems can take their own equipment with them or able bodied folks can look after their disabled partners so much easier on a campsite when surrounded by their own facilities and needs.
I suppose if campsite owners are up front about any peculiar rules at the time of bookings, then folks can make up their own minds as to whether these sites would still be suitable for them, but I would be most put out if I arrived at a site expecting to park, as usual, beside my unit and was only then, told that I had to park it elsewhere.
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Quote: Originally posted by TonyC52 on 16/7/2012
The site that I know that apply this rule also make provision for those with disabilities to keep their car on the pitch.
I wonder how they differentiate between those who require their car on their pitch and those who just like it there?
Does one now need to apply for a Blue Badge just to use a caravan park?
Me thinks this new ruling is more to do with sizes of pitches and being able to squeeze more pitches into a given space than it is to do with regulations.
Which is why we now prefer 5-van sites where regulations are at a minimum and we decide where and how we pitch our unit.
I don't think its os to do with pitch size, Bath Chew, which I think recently won site of the year, and has large pitches, only allow cars on the pitch for loading and unloading. Still must have got lots of votes from happy visitors.
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We have a folding camper. We cannot make it secure, so anything we have of value is locked in the car. Even if we are just walking the dogs around the site, or walking down to the shops etc, certain items are locked away (in the car). Do we now have to humf it back and forth to a car park?
I can also think of other occasions where a caravavanner or TT/FC owner would want his/her car in a hurry, like someone taking ill etc and would not be wanting to leave them alone in the unit while they went to some car parking area to fetch it to the unit.
It might "look pretty" to have all the neat little caravans laid out like a miniture village, but asthetics aside, it just ain't practical. Hopefully common sense will prevail and this daft idea bites the dust soon.
I quite like staying on sites where cars are out of view and not parked too close to whatever unit you have. Nice and quiet, no car doors slamming or others parking too close to you etc. etc. Not everyone is considerate when coming back to their units late in the evening after being out.
I feel it's no different than staying in B&B or Hotel. You have to walk to your car then. Just my thoughts though.
The slamming of vehicle doors tend to be more prominent from motorhomes than cars, but I take your point.
Fortunately there are enough types of caravan sites around to please everyone and as I said earlier, we prefer 5-van sites where the pitches are "that area of ground to one side of the EHU" and not some regimented, manicured patch with more rules than you can shake a hairy stick at and usually prices to match.
Camping for us is about freedom of choice and that not only includes how you do it but also where you do it.
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Topic: Not allowing parking next to your caravan
