Club Chairman

BBC2 around 6 years ago. Google tells all.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078cw0t

Thanks for that TW.  I saw it mentioned on this thread and as I was away on a narowboat, then in the M/H, for much of October and didn't see much TV, thought that it was something which had been on recently!

There’s a review here as well. Kindest I could find……………

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/21/caravanner-of-the-year-tv-review-24-hours-police-custody#:~:text=And%20once%20again%20the%20programme,crisis%20were%20displayed%20in%20microcosm.

It was a concept never to be repeated……..🤭

No, not recent, and thankfully the second series never materialised.

 Thanks for that TDA.  After looking at that review, I don't appear to have missed much.  

If our new chair is half as good in the role as Grenville, we will be in very safe hands. We met Grenville over a number of days when we were involved with the filming of COTY in 2015, which incidentally we won, and a more enthusiastic and gentlemanly individual is hard to imagine.  With regard to the Club Together discussions following the programmes, which I believe were the most posts on any subject to that day, we attended the National at Weston Park by invite of the Caravan Club (as it was then) and seeing a coffee morning advertised on one day for Club Together contributors, we thought we would just pop along to meet some of the more ardent keyboard warriors in the flesh. Guess What? Not a soul there but a couple of CC staff and one lady who just fancied a cup of coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Draw your own conclusions.  

Very best wishes to Grenville and his wife. Just one question though Grenville, why did you go over to the dark side from proper caravanning with car and van?

I wondered what might have become of the participants in COTY. It seems you lived to tell the tale! 😀

Draw my own conclusions? What can I conclude other than the apparent fact there happened to be no one there at the time you popped along. I can’t see there is any deeper meaning to it than that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I don’t think anyone has questioned Grenville's personal qualities other than his judgement regarding COTY. I am, though, rather puzzled as to why you question him about moving to a motorhome and used a 'keyboard warrior' type of term by referring to the "dark side" which is not really in keeping with the CAMC ethos of equality and definitely not a term designed to inspire harmony within CT or CAMC.

I have met the retiring Chairman a couple of times and found him a very personable person. It must be a massive commitment to take on that role but he certainly threw himself into it and of course by association we should also thank his wife. On your point about changing to a motorhome perhaps he decided like many of us that it became an easier option as you get older? 

I had no idea that they hosted such an event at the National, although I suppose we could guess that perhaps not many that contribute to Club Together actually attend the National as I don't recall it coming up much in discussions? There are many on this forum who genuinely try to help people in answering posts and also a lot that try to provide measured feedback on the way the Club operates. However I did get the impression with one chat I had with Greville the powers that be thought Club Together there was too much negative feedback by those you might think of as keyboard warriors but are often not regular posters. So in that respect its a shame that the good sometimes get drowned out by those whose only interest is to accentuate the negative? 

As a participant it would be interesting to hear your views on whether the programme was meant as a serious or sideways view of caravanning. 

David

I totally agree. Almost worse than the objectionable use of the term "dark-side" is the reference to caravanning with a car and a van as "proper" - the inevitably inference being that use of a motorised caravan is improper. 

It really is hard to believe that this prejudice still subsists. 

Ah humorous or offensive a thin line