CL owners

We also love the CL network. It has involved sites of basic facilities to sites better than  major sites. Each one is different  and that is it's plus point. We have turned up not knowing what to expect, from totally absent owners  to those always at home. We have met some wonderful owners who have become friends. So go with an open mind and you will certainly have some wonderful memories. After 35 years we most definitely  have.

One of our favourite CL's, Fieldhead Farm, has enormous pitches. Its interesting to find caravans and motorhomes from new to CL members to be pitched to the 'peg' ie rear corner to the left end. Wheres we always pitch across the pitch, or diagonally. Old habits and roolz indoctrination takes time to forget.

Another favourite, Horthan Farm Field View has developed over the years and from saplings separating vast pitches, has dividing hedgerows, hardstandings with grass.

Another, Northfield Farm has a vast field with hard standing area to riverside grass if you have several extension leads to reach.

Another, Millway Farm is like your own mini site.

All are different. All provide information on booking to enable you to enjoy your holiday and understand how they operate.

Absolute gems, all of the CL network. Use it please.

Thanks for the references, KS, they are marked for future visits. Certainly look like the CLs that we like to use,

+1 Thanks KS.

We’re on a lovely CL in Devon.  I’ve just checked the reviews and one of them says “we arrived on site tired and hungry, after a 10 hour drive, and no one was there to greet us” 😂.

When we arrived our name was on our pitch and the very nice owner arrived about 20 minutes later to greet us and tells us everything we needed to know.

We have not stayed on a great number of CLs but have spent quite a lot of nights on a few. We always phone and speak so know what to expect and have no problem being left to ourselves.

The CL Home Farm at Stoke Bruerne has no set pitches so it’s up to you and they empty the bins each day and if you want to speak you can.

The CL network is the main reason we belong to the club. We sometimes chuckle at people mentioning negative points, most of which we find to be positive points.

If the owners all operated in exactly the same way, some people would complain about that.  

I am a CL owner, I run my own business and my wife works full time. In addition we also have 2 young children. It is not physically possible to meet every arrival but we do leave a reserved board on a pitch with a name on it so guests know where they should be.

I will always make the effort to say hello to the arrivals as soon as I physically can and we have never had an issue. It is very simple to explain this when a booking is made

Whilst we go to the effort of doing this we do get some members who ignore the boards and choose a different pitch which just causes a problem in busy times!

"we do leave a reserved board on a pitch with a name on it so guests know where they should be"

"Whilst we go to the effort of doing this we do get some members who ignore the boards and choose a different pitch which just causes a problem in busy times"

Having yet to experience a CL, I do not like the thought of being told what pitch I have to go on (had enought of that on commercial and C&CC sites)

Is that the normal practice for CL sites?

Thats why I like CMC sites as when you arrive they say "Off you go and find a pitch you like, let us know which one"

On a CL I would have thought it would be easy, shall I have that pitch or that one over there? It's not like you have to drive (walk) around the site a couple of times to choose?

It’s not the way on all CLs, Harribo, but this CL owner obviously has his reasons and it's his prerogative to do things that way. Perhaps the pitches differ and maybe they aren’t all suitable for all units. If so, I can understand that pitch allocation could be sensible.