Just turning up on CL

kalamitty55 replied on 29/07/2022 21:09

Posted on 29/07/2022 21:09

this week were booked on a cl, and we went out for a day returning in the evening, and there was a motorhome on the next pitch hookedup and the owners were inside relaxing, after a while a campervan drove slowly along the site looking at all the pitches and turned round and went to wait near the gate, next thing the cl owner came and had a word with the motorhome and they had to leave and the campervan then parked on pitch next to ours, while having a chat the next day it turned out the motorhome was booked on another cl, but couldnt find it so drove onto ours and just parked on empty pitch,  without phoning to ask if the spots were free.   question is how many would just drive onto a cl and pitchup. 

Rocky 2 buckets replied on 01/08/2022 16:36

Posted on 01/08/2022 16:12 by EmilysDad

Because some get upset if there are more than the max 5 units .... in this case there were 8 at one point but still loads of room.

Posted on 01/08/2022 16:36

I’ve come across that too, if I get power & room to park-jobs a gud un👍🏻

cyberyacht replied on 03/08/2022 22:06

Posted on 03/08/2022 22:06

Differentiating between two CLs in close proximity is not an exact science and signage often leaves much to be desired. The CL sign is often insufficient to confirm it's the correct one. A big one declaring "Donald Duck Farm CL" would help on these occasions.

CholseyGrange replied on 04/08/2022 08:58

Posted on 04/08/2022 08:58

An owner perespective..

An increasing number of CL Owners now implement some kind of booking system with automatically generated emails that confirm the name, location and date of stay.  This 'paper trail' written record is useful for all concerned.

In addition, the adoption of What-3-Words by many CLs has improved the accuracy of finding a specific entrance.  I know of 3 or 4 CLs that share the same postal code, and in rural areas the same post code can be almost a mile apart.  I know that die-hards prefer a Logitude and Latitude, but although I'm a qualified navigator, I think W3W is actually easier!

Signage of the CL is important of course, but the restriction of Local Authoriites and neighbours on signage mean that it is not always possible to put up large signs.

As for the drive-in, dump & drive-off brigade, I, like many other CLs have coded access gates to my farm for this (and many other) reasons..

cyberyacht replied on 04/08/2022 22:30

Posted on 04/08/2022 22:30

W3W is OK if your satnav accepts that as an input. That's why I, as an unqualified navigator, prefer Lat/Long. At least I no longer have to factor in tidal currents and leeway.

Even an identifying sign on the gate would be an improvement for some places. Difficult to differentiate farms that identify with 'spaghetti westerns'.

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