CL Photos

Not that I know of Freddy. I'm like you, prefer to see what I'm turning up at and if there are 2 competing CLs for my business and one has photos then that will decide things for me. Mind you, it might decide things towards the other non photo CL!

Posting photos on this website isn’t always easy, and if you do write a review for a site, there is no facility for reviewers to add photos!

If you want to take a look at the lie of the land prior to choosing a CL, then Google Earth does help, as does an OS map of some sort to see if their are any disturbances likely to interfere with a quiet stay.

There are a few more CLs adding photos, but again, they are only a snapshot in time, and things can and do change. Good to see photos, good to read reviews.

I’ve never tried posting a photo, but I gather it’s not that easy. One would think though that it would be an easy task for CL owners to email their photos to the ‘club’ and get them posted that way? “a snapshot in time” is all I require 

You are jumping to the conclusion that every CL owner uses emails Freddy. Some  lovely CLs have been open for a very long time, and the elderly owners may not be interested in setting up websites and all that palaver!😁

Freddy, Rowena has said that HO will put photos on the respective pages if the owners would send them in. Not sure of the format required though. It's just a pity that those of us that use CL's on regular basis are not able to submit pictures of the sites we visit for inclusion, or that the CL inspectors don't do it.

Oh, that might well be the case, but having had a quick look, there are some that provide an email address, but no photos.

Thanks for that 👍

Would be very good if reviewers could add photos, does make reviews much more interesting and helpful. 

CL Owners are encouraged by the Club to submit photographs and the CAMC Head Office CL Department is very helpful in terms of adjusting file formats and image sizes if CL Owners are having technical problems, but the fact remains that many CL Owners simply don't submit photographs and are not obliged to do so.

CLs vary considerably and it is worth thinking back to the original CL concept - CLs were created under a 1960 Act of Parliament to make it easier for land-owners to use spare pieces of land without going through a lengthy and costly Planning Permission process.

That Act of Parliament was created in the days when no-frills 'farm field' sites were prevalent, and some CLs still operate in an old-fashioned 'we are here if you want us' manner, rather than actively promoting themselves.  For some Club members, this might be the delightful 'back to nature' caravanning that they seek.

Just like Club members can choose where to book, CL Owners can choose how (or how not) to advertise their CLs.

We then have the question of whether a guest or a member of Club staff can take a photo of the CL and put it on the Club website. Here you should bear in mind that the CL is private property and a landowner could reasonably object to someone coming onto their property and taking photos, particularly if they feel that this threatens their security. Would you like it if someone did it to you?

As CL Owners ourselves, we are happy to display photos and videos, but that is a matter of our own personal choice.

Ian Kelly

01691 622951
Holiday@BirchHill.co.uk

Birch Hill, The Cross, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0LP
www.BirchHill.co.uk
CL Number 1280 in the 2019/20 CAMC Sites Directory

Birch Hill Farm – relax at our award-winning hideaway in the beautiful lake-lands of Shropshire - exclusively for members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club

I agree with OP and others regarding photos of CLs and I personally would not book one without seeing images and good reviews.
I run an Off-Grid CL (non-ehu) of which there are currently 407 on the Clubs CL search. Visitors staying with us have said they also would not book a CL without images (as they had have surprises in the past!).

I agree with Ian Kelly that CLs do vary considerably but diversity is a good thing as not all members are looking for the same thing.

At Newton Grove we offer 2 hard standing areas, use of solar panels FOC if required, one of which can provide a 5amp 240v output for charging laptops, tooth brushes, tablets, phones and modern gadgets etc! Information and seating shelter, Chimnea and picnic benches, solar lit water and recycling areas, online booking and availability, a website with lots of info, Facebook page

See images of a not so “Old fashioned- back to nature” site as shown in images below 

John Clifton
For online booking
Visit our Facebook page
NEWTON GROVE, Barford Road, South Newington, BANBURY, OX15 4LN
E: newton.grove@btconnect.com, P: 07722 918265, W: https://newtongrove.co.uk
Caravan & Motorhome Club Site Directory 2018/19 no: 1232 (p431) CAMC listing
Map coordinates of pitching area are: (lon.) 51.99806, (lat.) -1.403697  SP 441041 232984