Tier 2 CLs Re-Opening 2nd December

BirchHillFarmCL replied on 28/11/2020 12:02

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

 

JVB66 replied on 04/12/2020 21:37

Posted on 04/12/2020 21:23 by nelliethehooker

I think JVB was referring to himself, WN, as he's definitely one of the older generation, being even older than I am..wink

Posted on 04/12/2020 21:37

I am refering to the majority i would think of the "old guard" who remember when we had far more choice with little or nil need to think of when and how to use our LVs , even during the "silly season" as wardens now look on the peak holiday periodscool

There are only two things i can think of the sites have done that have made life better for users 

1   The old 10ampmax  grey EHU boxes have given way to  max 16amp Hook ups that can now be user reset when a power hungry LV trips out the supply

2  Sites are now open longer ,  and many more all year to cater for modern well insulated LVs

Tinwheeler replied on 04/12/2020 21:57

Posted on 04/12/2020 21:37 by JVB66

I am refering to the majority i would think of the "old guard" who remember when we had far more choice with little or nil need to think of when and how to use our LVs , even during the "silly season" as wardens now look on the peak holiday periodscool

There are only two things i can think of the sites have done that have made life better for users 

1   The old 10ampmax  grey EHU boxes have given way to  max 16amp Hook ups that can now be user reset when a power hungry LV trips out the supply

2  Sites are now open longer ,  and many more all year to cater for modern well insulated LVs

Posted on 04/12/2020 21:57

I guess I'm one of the 'old guard', JV, but I live in the present and see no point in looking back. We are where we are with present day situations and values. Look to the future, I say, and protect our CLs because we need as many as we can get in view of the difficulty in finding pitches.

Wherenext replied on 04/12/2020 22:19

Posted on 04/12/2020 22:19

There are only two things i can think of the sites have done that have made life better for users 

JVB there are many other "things" sites have done to improve life for the user,

such as installing hard standing 

such as installing toilets and/or showers 

such as providing free wifi 

such as making each pitch a fully or partially serviced pitch 

such as having fully automated booking service on websites that some have set up together with Social Media accounts

And yes some are still the same as they ever were. That's the beauty of CLs, the Variety of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JVB66 replied on 04/12/2020 22:27

Posted on 04/12/2020 22:19 by Wherenext

There are only two things i can think of the sites have done that have made life better for users 

JVB there are many other "things" sites have done to improve life for the user,

such as installing hard standing 

such as installing toilets and/or showers 

such as providing free wifi 

such as making each pitch a fully or partially serviced pitch 

such as having fully automated booking service on websites that some have set up together with Social Media accounts

And yes some are still the same as they ever were. That's the beauty of CLs, the Variety of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on 04/12/2020 22:27

Better for us as users thenwink

Tinwheeler replied on 04/12/2020 22:39

Posted on 04/12/2020 22:19 by Wherenext

There are only two things i can think of the sites have done that have made life better for users 

JVB there are many other "things" sites have done to improve life for the user,

such as installing hard standing 

such as installing toilets and/or showers 

such as providing free wifi 

such as making each pitch a fully or partially serviced pitch 

such as having fully automated booking service on websites that some have set up together with Social Media accounts

And yes some are still the same as they ever were. That's the beauty of CLs, the Variety of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on 04/12/2020 22:39

Obviously they all incur costs for the CL owners which is why site fees have to be increased to the end user. No gain without pain as they say!

Rocky 2 buckets replied on 04/12/2020 23:03

Posted on 04/12/2020 20:56 by Wherenext

So your statement that "If I see anything sub £15 I wonder what the catch is." is written from a CL owners point of view and not as I read as a CL user? 🤔 Strange way of putting over an owners point of view. That sounds like a buyer not a seller.

 

Posted on 04/12/2020 23:03

I can see how you come to that WN👍🏻. Its quite interesting to see how certain people’s minds work. I take what folk say on face value & appreciate it whereas you are drilling down looking for clues & potential slips & trips-clever. Grey areas are something I avoid I see(think) black & white I wish I had the Hercule Poirot mind, alas no🤷🏻‍♂️🙁

Wherenext replied on 04/12/2020 23:03

Posted on 04/12/2020 22:39 by Tinwheeler

Obviously they all incur costs for the CL owners which is why site fees have to be increased to the end user. No gain without pain as they say!

Posted on 04/12/2020 23:03

I never said they fees didn't have to increase. You'll have a hard job finding a quote from me along those lines. What still applies now as it did years ago is value for money. 

Am I happy paying £14 per night for a muddy grass field with a potholed entrance road, a filthy Elsan point, with the owners dog doing its business on the CL area? No I'm not. 

Will I pay £20 for the site nearby that has hardstanding serviced pitch and is clean and tidy. Yes I would and I have.

I do understand the econmics but when you have a poor product that you are having a hard job of selling to your customer base and increase your price by a double digit percentage then that isn't clever. 

We've all seen new CLs open up and charge way above what the market will accept and either close fairly soon after or reduce their price.

Nothing in my post should be taken as posts against those CL owners own sites. I am speaking generally.

Wherenext replied on 04/12/2020 23:09

Posted on 04/12/2020 23:03 by Rocky 2 buckets

I can see how you come to that WN👍🏻. Its quite interesting to see how certain people’s minds work. I take what folk say on face value & appreciate it whereas you are drilling down looking for clues & potential slips & trips-clever. Grey areas are something I avoid I see(think) black & white I wish I had the Hercule Poirot mind, alas no🤷🏻‍♂️🙁

Posted on 04/12/2020 23:09

No I am not Rocky! I'm not interested in being pedantic. You are completely wrong about that. But obviously you will not think otherwise. 

Read my posts. As I have said I have no problems with owners getting a fair price be it at £12 or 20+ per night.

 

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