July 2022 Magazine

Perhaps not helped by some maps including Carlisle in the North East

David

It was a bit of a wishy washy article without a defining title. The "three Cs" could apply to many places.

The August mag contains a 16 page advertising supplement for a well known make of caravans and motorhomes. It would be interesting to work out the ads/articles ratio. All I can say is that the articles are hard to find. I rarely see anything that interests me or is original but I guess that’s down to personal taste. Not exactly cutting edge is it?

i think that 'free' magazines have had their day, as they are only kept going by advertising. The club magazine is a good example of this with a good 50% of it now adverts. If advertisers are not paying for inserts, this would suggest that the circulation is falling, and responses are low.

The biggest problem with the Club magazine is the remaining 50%. Because it now has less space for articles, things are crammed in. There is also a varied audience to cater for, so an individual magazine invariably has nothing of relevance or interest to say, a motorhomer who only uses CL's, or a caravanner who likes to go off grid.

We got to the point where it ended up in the recycling bin 5 minutes after receipt. Compare that to our Practical Caravan magazine subscription, a number of copies of which have been kept because they contain information that is relevant to us.

We have now cancelled the Club magazine, and can honestly say have never looked at it online since.

Or the inaccurate information on distances from Berwick Seaview site to the beach and town. Its a 10 minute stroll to the beach not 3 minutes and its over a mile to the town centre. To do that in 15mins you would need to jog!

peedee

The technical articles have become superficial compared with what they used to be. Just as an example of where the Club could actually provide very helpful information and clear up some bad practice would be motorhome tyre pressures where there is contradictory advice and lack of clarity between base vehicle manufacturers and converters. There are many other examples of technical issues with both caravans and motorhomes e.g. reverse polarity on overseas sites, towing stability and stabilisers, hydraulic levelling, LPG cylinders v refillable etc. etc. I am told in the Aug magazine that the IEC plug on my hook-up cable will probably work on most continental sites but I may need an adapter depending on the country. Hardly scratches the surface does it?

Google Maps says 1.3 miles and 26 mins from the site's furthest pitches to the Town Hall. Given the general age profile of Club membership I am not sure they should be basing it on the ability of Usain Bolt!!!

David

Obviously the author of the articles used to work in Estate Agency somewhere, Peedee.

I tend to just turn to the C.L. section, note the additions, deletions and changes and then throw the magazine in the recycling.