Tier 2 CLs Re-Opening 2nd December

BirchHillFarmCL replied on 28/11/2020 12:02

BirchHillFarmCL

Posted on 28/11/2020 12:02

Re-opening on 2nd December - Birch Hill - an award-winning hideaway in the beautiful lake-lands of Shropshire for members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club.

Ellesmere is a peaceful friendly market town in North Shropshire. Our CL is 2 miles from North Wales, 5 miles from Cheshire and 9 miles from Lady Margaret's Park Caravan and Motorhome Club site.

£17 per night including EHU. No charge to use our Wi-Fi. Grassed hardstandings.

We are in Covid Tier 2 and are only accepting bookings from Caravan and Motorhome Club members who live in Tier 1 or Tier 2 areas.

For more details, availability and online booking, please see our website - https://www.birchhill.co.uk/

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/certificated-locations/england/shropshire/ellesmere/birch-hill/

Ian Kelly
01691 622951
Holiday@BirchHill.co.uk

Birch Hill, The Cross, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0LP
www.BirchHill.co.uk

Birch Hill Farm - an award-winning hideaway in the beautiful lake-lands of Shropshire for members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club

If non-caravanning friends wish to join you, please see our new Glamping Pods - www.ArchersMeadow.co.uk

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cyberyacht replied on 30/11/2020 07:24

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cyberyacht

Motorhomer from Hampshire

Posted on 30/11/2020 07:24

Pitch fees, after fuel, are a major cost of any trip and, whilst a CL owner should get a reasonable return, ever increasing provision of more sophisticated facilities and consequent fees that approach those of club sites detracts from the appeal of CLs.

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Compo replied on 30/11/2020 08:14

Compo

Posted on 30/11/2020 07:24 by cyberyacht

Pitch fees, after fuel, are a major cost of any trip and, whilst a CL owner should get a reasonable return, ever increasing provision of more sophisticated facilities and consequent fees that approach those of club sites detracts from the appeal of CLs.

Posted on 30/11/2020 08:14

I agree with that cy. Unfortunately, a lot of the extra costs this year have been due to the pandemic and therefore unavoidable. It will be interesting to see what happens to costs when and if the pandemic is over.

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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 30/11/2020 09:06

Rocky 2 buckets

Posted on 30/11/2020 07:24 by cyberyacht

Pitch fees, after fuel, are a major cost of any trip and, whilst a CL owner should get a reasonable return, ever increasing provision of more sophisticated facilities and consequent fees that approach those of club sites detracts from the appeal of CLs.

Posted on 30/11/2020 09:06

CY, I see that as ‘expecting a service to be sold at cost price’ to please a minority. I’ve used basic CL’s & I’ve used those with a shower & a toilet & electric supply. I’ve seen more turnover over the days on the less basic offerings. I think it’s a myth to think most folk out there are looking for a field as I see those folk on lay-bys, field gates, or any flat piece of road side.

JVB66 replied on 30/11/2020 09:11

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JVB66

Campervanner from Hertfordshire

Posted on 30/11/2020 07:24 by cyberyacht

Pitch fees, after fuel, are a major cost of any trip and, whilst a CL owner should get a reasonable return, ever increasing provision of more sophisticated facilities and consequent fees that approach those of club sites detracts from the appeal of CLs.

Posted on 30/11/2020 09:11

The appeal of CL/CS if the many posts on here and other forums is they are expected ,as you say to to offer ever more facilities (hardstands?etc) to make them into mini full facility sites, but at no cost to the visitors , from what was in the past and in most cases still is a cheaper less "stressfull?"for some, holiday experiance

Tinwheeler replied on 30/11/2020 09:20

Tinwheeler

Campervanner from Cornwall

Posted on 30/11/2020 07:24 by cyberyacht

Pitch fees, after fuel, are a major cost of any trip and, whilst a CL owner should get a reasonable return, ever increasing provision of more sophisticated facilities and consequent fees that approach those of club sites detracts from the appeal of CLs.

Posted on 30/11/2020 09:20

Does it detract from the appeal of CLs? We're not all the same, CY, and while some folk want basic and cheap, I welcome the provision of facilities and am happy to pay a few quid more for the pleasure of having them.

I have no wish to spend my leisure time roughing it and after paying through the nose for an overpriced LV, as you and I have both done recently, I can't see the logic in scrimping on site fees.

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replied on 30/11/2020 10:34

Posted on 30/11/2020 07:24 by cyberyacht

Pitch fees, after fuel, are a major cost of any trip and, whilst a CL owner should get a reasonable return, ever increasing provision of more sophisticated facilities and consequent fees that approach those of club sites detracts from the appeal of CLs.

Posted on 30/11/2020 10:34

I require a well drained hardstanding under foot, reasonable access and EHU as a minimum.

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JVB66 replied on 30/11/2020 10:52

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JVB66

Campervanner from Hertfordshire

Posted on 30/11/2020 08:14 by Compo

I agree with that cy. Unfortunately, a lot of the extra costs this year have been due to the pandemic and therefore unavoidable. It will be interesting to see what happens to costs when and if the pandemic is over.

Posted on 30/11/2020 10:52

As Birch hill owner has posted he has put in add water points , and another waste tank which would not have been cheap plus add commercial waste and electric charges and "Honey Wagons" as our local company are called charge by the load ,over £200 pounds? i would not expect any prices at any CL/CS to do anything but increase

The days of "hobby" CL/CS run for "fun" rather than any return on invesments are fast diminishing

replied on 30/11/2020 10:54

Posted on 30/11/2020 00:34 by DavidKlyne

Nellie

I appreciate that you spend much more time away than the average and I can see that increase would impact on your budget. The other side of that coin is whether CL owners feel it worth staying open if the returns reduce. As Ian has explained costs seem to be increasing way beyond the notional inflation rate. There seems to be an increasing demand for CL's to be like mini sites with all the facilities so I expect price pressure will increase. This year aside we generally spend about 70 nights away each year, slightly more if we go abroad. We tend to avoid spending much time away in school holidays so that tends to save a bit on costs. Having said that location rather than cost is more important to us.

David

Posted on 30/11/2020 10:54

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Posted on 30/11/2020 10:54 by

Very much our thought too. For a number of reasons (not cost related) I used Cls quite a lot when the children were small and often thought why do they (the owners) bother for such small fees.

Like you location is everything to us and we dont choose sites on cost.. Since £17 seems to be an issue I checked our site spending for 2019 and for 134 nights we spent £2296 coincidentally £17 a night on average.

Posted on 30/11/2020 11:00

I have happily paid £20 for a good CL.

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