Power Plays (Dec 22 Mag, Page 56)

Can you have a HS pitch and opt for no EHU? I didn’t think you could.

It would be interesting to see if sites are generally loss making out of season and are supported by summertime prices. If so, Brues suggestion could well be valid.

the site we are on has a note on its arrival flyer saying quite boldly that awning heaters are NOT allowed. The leccy supply is 10 amp but I can't see that makes a jot of difference (to us anyway) as our leccy kettle is a 900w one and doesn't cause a rethink of what's turned on every time we want a cuppa whereas with a 3kw one.......🤷🏻‍♂️

even having simple things like 12v TVs all helps reduce the mains load without any difference in set up...they just work all the time, EHU or not.

I don't really care either for the same reason, we are also members for the CLs. However, it's interesting to debate any potential solutions, as some are pretty cheap and simple (option to plug in or not) while some will be a full blown infrastructure update and needs proper planning, costing and implementation.

the club could manage the former but it's based on trusting the members so that won't work (apparently) while the latter requires the full force of the clubs planning and implementation skills so.....dot, dot, dot....🤷🏻‍♂️

Agree with the above. One thing that is different is that C&CC do have real amount of choice when it comes to selecting a non EHU pitch.

yes, they are grass, but in summer with the sun shining it's a better/nicer (for us) surface and there's loads of free power to be had.

the contrast with CAMC is that non-EHU (apart from a few places where it will eventually get lost in a 'redevelopment') its just lip service with the tiny number of pitches spread across the network.

we were at a site last spring and I recall the site had one non EHU pitch on the plan but I couldn't locate it (on the map it was tucked away in the dingiest darkest corner)...latest site map doesn't show it.

live just checked all the sites listed by the club as having non EHU pitches...of the 18 sites listed 4 don't actually have any, SQ won't have any going forward, 6 sites have just 1 or 2 and the whole network (discounting the 40 at SQ) is 50, of which 10 are at Altnahara and 10 at Cheltenham Racecource.

conclusion, spread extremely thinly across the network, so much so that I don't think it's really fair to say that this is a genuine network wide offering from the Club.

It may well be they are not on offer as there is not that much call for them on CAMC sites YT. It could be different in May and June, but when we were at Altnaharra in mid September they were only minimally used. All the EHU pitches were in use on each night of our 4 night stay but only 2 / 3 of the non EHU. 

I just had a look at Altnahara where there are 10 non ehu and 14 ehu pitches but can't find a price for the non ehu, maybe I missed something?

Just had a look and for some reason “economy” pitches aren’t available till the end of April. I see they are all grouped together, maybe that end of the site has less drainage,

Yes, it is good to debate😁

I have promised myself if we find ourselves on a Club Site in the Summer, I might just ask politely if it is possible to have a no hook up opportunity. It’s only a few posters who seem to think that the majority will steal power, but I don’t subscribe to this. But if no one asks, no one will get. So a polite question, hoping for an out of the box thinking member of staff might just get a response. Even if it’s a negative, it might explain if it’s a blanket HQ policy. We won’t book a pitch, would roll in on the day. Pre booking excludes any form of asking, you have to adhere to progress onwards, options are excluded. But a polite request often gets the unexpected we have found. Certainly on small private sites we have used in the past, and some CLs. Just not sure the Club do anything beyond herding the masses into pre determined boxes.