The future

It's a club and you need an interest in the club's activities and facilities to want to pay up and join. Same for cycling clubs,  automobile clubs boxing clubs etc The obvious ticket for most of us is owning a leisure unit.

Now one way of encouraging a broad spectrum of membership is to offer an insight into the club for non members. I guess that is what the club is doing with  www.experiencefreedom.co.uk 

Having attended martial arts, photography, gym, swimming and motor clubs and of course CMC and CCC I observe a huge difference in the diversity of the membership of each. 

Because that's what they are - The Friendly Club.

We often go the the club site at Incleboro Fields which, if you've been,  you will know is next door the CCC site at West Runton.  We love Incleboro Fields but it' an ideal site to have tents on as out of 250 pitches only six are hardstanding.

Last year and quite by coincidence, I was walking around the CCC site with the dog and bumped into someone I knew. Needless to say I spent an hour or so chatting to them (my wife thought I'd got lost) but the whole atmosphere of being on that site was so very different.

No one was bothered that a couple of children were playing with a ball a few metres away. No one was bothered that children were running around playing or that a baby was crying.  Of course, lots of tent campers so far more barbecue cooking, so more people outside, so a more genial atmosphere.

This is why the CAMC has got a stuffy image because it actually has;

Far too may rules

Run by older white men

Really not young family friendly

Can't say that I have found them any more or less friendly than CMC. Also never noticed any more children; probably because of the dates that I choose to tour. 

What differences there are with either of the two major pitch suppliers,  are in most cases down to the way the managers of both clubs Interpret the rules and run their present sites,

Once pitched I can't say that I have noticed much difference in rules with ether club. . 

As my post, also it seems by a lot of reviews/comments, local managers are the answer to most

and the perceptions of those who use both clubs sites and the time of year 

The difference between the two clubs has been noticeable during the pandemic. When the sites were open the C&CC reduced the number of pitches available which left room for children to play and easier access to facilities. CAMC pursued a different policy, packed sites and band systems for busy facilities.

I think the future for the club remains to be seen regarding their attractiveness for families.

I notice on a C&CC site you'll get a smile and "good morning" from people you meet whilst usually on a CAMC site folk try to avoid eye contact or maybe you'll just get a grunt. Of course there are exceptions but, in the main, people are much more casual on C&CC sites and far less stand offish. That's my opinion gained over nearly 50 years of membership of C&CC.

One would think that the club does suit the bulk of its demographic as why else would they choose to use it and it sites?

Not had as much experience as yourself of C&CC but I can't say that I find folk on either club's sites standoffish