CL Price Rises

I'm not that surprised, David.

for five months in high season, hardstandings can't be a huge priority...grass will be firm...this year incredibly so.

similarly, having a MH you'll have a reasonable amount of off grid capability, solar perhaps? is that hook up that vital for a few days?

Also, most MH water tanks would support several days without the need to refill. But if you do need to top up, a watering can full (or two) every day (or two) surely isn't too trying? Is that service pitch (a rarity on CLs) really a 'requirement'?

location, I can't help you with but I guess your list of requirements means you don't use many (any?) CLs?

If you don't drive the MH, don't ride a bike and can't walk very far then it's obvious that 'location' assumes a very high importance for you in site choice.

perhaps if you did achieve all your requirements then I can see that you might think they would make a site, even a CL, worth £25.

for those that don't need a hardstanding, a serviced pitch or a hook up that £25 looks mightily expensive. Add in those users are better able to 'get about' and location becomes a little less important, giving an even wider choice at lower prices.

Need to go to a launderette or laundry?

You could have one of these on hand instead

https://www.autoleisure.co.uk/brands/portawash-twin-tub-washing-machine?gclid=Cj0KCQjwrs2XBhDjARIsAHVymmSnXRiZk70Jnr3O60dvcYiwAWPGO1gqcetAewGpDvhMnSG4VE3ArxYaAiUUEALw_wcB

Great idea providing you are on EHU and have the space/weight allowance to transport it.

Not a lot of use if off-grid.

Wonder if they do a hand operated type one as well? Give the muscles a bit of a work out. Maybe not.

 Caravanners want their own tap and EHU which they can hook up to.

Motorhomers want hard roadways and pitches or else they get stuck.

Everyone wants laundry and drying facilities

That is blatantly not true, et. We, and many others don't want a tap of our own, although having one is ok, we also don't need for a site owner to provide laundry and drying facilites, as we, and others again, have our/their own washer/spinner which is taken away when on tour. There are plenty of M/H owners who do not demand a hard roadway or pitches, and are just careful when they use grass pitches and where unsavoury up. There are also many caravanners that are quite content with a grass pitch a single tap on the site and no EHU.

I would think your post would apply to the majority of the UK LV CL users

I think your are so far off beam as to be somewhere over the horizon. It's quite obvious just how many CLs you use.....Zero.

others who post and read posts especially the newer users are it seems very much wanting extras to almost compare with full fat club sites but at a cheaper price

And we have used Cls in the past but Not in the last few years with OHs condition  most would be incompatible as she now needs full disabled facilities

So your experience is old and you base your view on hearsay of a few posters on CT. 🤔

You would then be very surprised to learn of just how many of the, for want of a better word, "basic" CLs  are well, if not fully, occupied during the year. It does depend on the area they are situated, but they are still being well used, and not just by the "older" generation.