Overnight campers' action

Posted on 24/11/2018 16:08 by Metheven

I am in favour of charging, charging for all. Set aside spaces for caravanners, motorhomers and cars, I shall have to put pen to paper as the council are losing out on income they can ill afford to lose, obviously the locals want something for nothing, no give but just take with no sharing, shame on them and Mr Ruffs Scrooge.

Posted on 24/11/2018 16:10 by

So the locals want to limit the parking to locals only and keep it free.  How very selfish. 

Posted on 24/11/2018 15:56 by Rufs

i don't think it needs vast investment to convert half a dozen spaces in a town car park, the system to check tickets, etc is generally already in place... Sorry you are not getting it, not in  my area, and this is one of the issues i outlined much much earlier, we have free parking which we cherish, if the LC were to introduce machines for MH'ers then they might just see a case for charging everybody. Gosport is different most of their car parks are fee paying and we do have an overlap in Lee on the Solent between Gosport LC and Fareham LC.     

Posted on 24/11/2018 14:37 by Takethedogalong

That’s 8 year old news Rufs. It solved the problem, which was a true problem, immediately. MHs can still park up in daytime at either Marazion or Longrock, but they no longer overnight there. It was a true case of visitors taking advantage of something for nothing, to the detriment of not only local inhabitants, but also other visitors to area. Families with small children unable to access some of routes onto beach, dog walkers having to walk dogs out into road into oncoming traffic, you couldnt get between some of the vans they were so close. A bit more than a single camper van copping a late night stopover in a none residential area. Ironically, the area has dozens of lovely campsites as well, from very cheap, to all mod cons, so no excuse really.

Posted on 24/11/2018 15:04 by Takethedogalong

Well, from observation of some of the said MHs down the years, ablutions such as a daily wash of person involved the sea, or occasionally the loos and showers further down in Longrock car park. Some appeared to resemble bits of old leather anyway, could have been rust, could have been dirt, hard to say. Clothed in barely more than a tight pair of grubby shorts in most cases, so laundry not much hassle. I guess the loo waste went down the loos, but it is a guess. Having encountered lots of German visitors on another beach not too far away, with nothing on but a sort of metal ring affair (think last chicken in the shop,) we didn’t bat an eyelid at most of these. Let’s just say Cornwall has “clamped down” on certain types of tourist in the area, and nowadays one is less likely to meet something resembling a set of worn out bagpipes strutting down the beach!

Posted on 24/11/2018 17:16 by Tinwheeler

This is getting good now. 

Popcorn, anyone? 😀