What's the point of the Handbook?

child abuser. hehe.

We like to keep  the handbook in the glove box, OH gets it out when we are about 30 minutes away from our site to check the route instructions, just in case there is something the sat nav is not aware of.

We agree the price for one person is not that useful, especially as it can apply to one day of the year on an economy (no EHU) grass pitch......especially if the grass pitches are not actually bookable at that time of the year!

Nor do I as I recycle it as soon as it comes thru the door, another waste of paper and money.

Very useful for final approach to sites and CLs. In conjunction with map much quicker to use than the website when searching for CLs in a specific locality

Until such time as the website becomes more user friendly then I for one will continue to use the SD. If I want to check on which site,say, in the Cotswolds to stay at whilst already on the road touring them it is a pain to check each site via the website. With the SD I can click through the pages very easily.

In addition the internet connection is still variable around the UK and I always carry my SD with me. It may not be as good as it could be or was but it's still used, at least by me.

Why? 

I don’t tend to use it.  I copy and paste site arrival instructions onto my I pad

We use ours quite a bit. I recall one rainy afternoon away somewhere, I did find myself reading through quite a bit of the SD. Might be a touch sad, but I learned a lot. Plus I mark CLs we have used, and star a few that might suit a tour plan. It’s still a useful document at the moment.

We keep ours in the van, I've always found it useful, especially when we first started vanning. I don't want to look at a phone or PC screen all the time and a paper version doesn't need a battery. 

"We find the handbook useful and far quicker than the internet if you need to search"

That is not a recommendation of the handbook but a sad reflection of the dreadful website.

Like the phonebook, Kays catalogue, Argos catalogue, holiday brochures, the TV times, and cheque books, all utterly useless in a digital age.

If only the club understood this and monetarised its customer database efficiently through those new magic picture thingys.