Queueing at Chatsworth

Not stating them as facts, just personal observations from reading other folks posts, local knowledge means regular users are aiming for particular pitches, and are prepared to queue/arrive early to get them,still think that first come,first served is the best arrangement though, otherwise some pitches would always be fully booked. I hardly ever get to a site before 2 or 3 oclock, and never stay beyond 12oclock on a leaving day. And, being retired i aim to arrive on a Sunday, just after the weekend warriors have left...hopefully!   

I'm not sure your observations are correct, I think people come from all over to Rowntree, as for specific pitches I'm not sure it matters at Rowntree, the main reason for staying is the easy access to the city of York. 

I always aim to arrive at the earliest booking in time so as to maximise the time on site, always leave before the departure time. 

A quick observation as the focus of this topic has touched on arrival times. The wife and I moved sites today (farewell Chatsworth, we had a great time as usual)

The site we are now on is a biggun on the network and we arrived at 12.10 (ten minutes after the earliest arrival time) The site was fairly full but we found a pitch we liked with relative ease. By 3pm the site was almost full to capacity but there were still new arrivals coming in. I really felt for these guys as they were obviously struggling to find the vacant pitches, driving around and around, in search, not for a suitable pitch, but more trying to find a vacant one. I've been lucky enough not to have had to do this but it MUST be so frustrating. I know wardens can't help by directing to vacant pitches as on this particular site, the office relies on members returning to declare which pitch they are on. If not done in a timely manner, reception could be leading the later arrivals down a blind alley. Still, I couldn't offer a solution, as said above, just an observation, these poor souls looked very fed up.

One solution of course is for the warden to allocate pitches.

:) if by this you mean the way the C&CC do things, we only use a couple of sites in the 'other' club and as you probably know, the staff come with you to a pitch and as the site fills, they know which pitches are available at any one time. At Keswick in particular, if there are numerous pitches available on arrival, the staff will still give the member an open choice and once pitched, they strike that pitch off their 'list'

 

it works well 

We like chatsworth too, as for arrival and departure times , I think due the the access road they got it right ,

there will always be some members who think they know better or are better than anyone else , well they are NOT , we all know the time of arrival so stop moaning at staff who are enforcing the rules as they should , when you eventually arrive on your pitch it's well worth the wait

as for the bridge we have very often needed to take care due to an exceptionly low profile on a long van 

happy hols 

Why do folk join a club that clearly states its rules and expected behaviours, when those behaviours are not acceptable to them.

Surely their £46 pounds could be used to join the more friendly club and leave this one to those that find the ethos of this club more than acceptable.

 

Another vote for the Warden staff to allocate pitches. ----The sight of a procession of vans driving round and round unnecessarily at ever increasing speed looking for a Best Pitch,is a danger to other site users and is totally unnecessary. 

The friendly club allocate pitches, and I have never had a bad pitch yet. -- The friendly warden actually accompanies the caravanner to the pitch and explains all about site and the surrounding area during that welcoming process. 

 So if CC members cannot or will not follow the CC's straightforward on-site rules then the CC warden staff need to take a more Hands -On  approach, and enforce those rules.

Cheers....................K

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Exept leaving later is covered in the site rules where as arriving early is not