Motorhome pitching

Probably treated differently by Insurance companies ,because they are not permanent pitches.

Been open much longer than that,  we stayed there about 5 years back.

Very like  a CC site, similar prices too.

I fully understand the need for fire breaks but when pitching as required next to the post it is impossible with a motorhome to use the drive away awning as it would overlap the pitch. A motorhome with drive away awning usually forms a T shape as the awning is at right angles to the motorhome whereas a caravan awning runs parallel to the van. So even though the car, caravan, awning setup is wider that the motorhome awning set up the caravan outfit is ok to pitch but the motorhome outfit can't. I think this is a problem that needs to be addressed.

I would also add when looking through the club magazine and on the app I often see pictures of outfits that are pitched on the side of the pitch to accommodate an awning but ask some of the wardens if you can pitch slightly to one side to accommodate an awning and the reply is "that's more than my jobs worth"

It must depend a lot on the individual pitch, some have a wide grass strip between the hardstandings, so much easier to fit on a wider awning without having to move further to the left (as viewed from the road).

Where pitces are at minimum spacing, moving your MH more to the left would bring it too close to the unit on that side of you.

There are some pitches where the peg is in the LH corner, Cirencester has some such pitches , in this case the pitces are generally too narrow to take car/caravan/awning, so if you are using an awning the car has to go across the front parallel to the road.

I agree that there are pitches on some sites that would suit but not many of them. If when booking a pitch you could state the dimensions of your unit (as on forest sites). Then perhaps a suitable pitch could be reserved. For myself I wouldn't mind paying a deposit for this service. This would save the disappointment of arriving on site and not being able to pitch.

But surely a drive away awning is the same a c/v awning.? It fits on the door side of the m/v

Just purchased a motor home,and just this minute joined CC,and reading with interest the which way to a post rule, can I ask what happens when a foreign motor home that has its door on the offside of the vehicle, how can you erect a drive away awning and point your vehicle in a desired direction?

You must park nose in if you want to put the awning on the door side.

Bit unfair to a new member to give them the impression that that is the club's official line rather than just your personal opinion, Ian!

Just saying! 

Mick, you can park either way - with the nearside front corner to the peg or the offside rear corner to the peg, irrespective of which side your habitation door is. We often pitch nose in as our lounge area is at the rear of the van.

The spacing required is 6m between facing walls of cvans/MHs and 3m between auxilliary equipment - ie awnings/cars.