CLs instead of Club sites

I am guessing they have added a couple more to the original three? Looks as though the hardstandings have been re done as well though, so that’s a plus👍
The pods here are separate from the pitches, not intermingled, and it seems to work well. We didn’t notice the pod people very much until the evenings, they tended to be out and about in the day. One or two were very chatty, interested in vans and MHs as an option, but everyone got on. It’s no different to having any other kind of outfit next to you or nearby to be honest.

We stayed on a very nice CL last year that was in the process of installing a couple of Shepherd’s Huts. They were separate, each in their own private large meadow like space, and given what the price for staying was going to be, had I chosen to stay in one, I would have wanted it so. 

It’s perfectly possible to tour for well under £20 a night in this country if you go well prepared, and are actually touring around. We did 10 nights in Scotland, D&G last month. Had six of those nights with HS, hook up, all waste, water services and a loo. The other four we went off grid, utilising MH over night stays. The one CL we used, for four nights was £20 per night, (expensive option for us, but location was all) yet we still averaged £12.30 per night, and did it in comfort, safety, and above all, legally in some gorgeous locations. I would add that we couldn’t have done some of those options with a caravan, and it was getting significantly busier with more outfits around and looking for overnighting pitches as we came home, so it might not be as easy to find overnight stops in the busier months. 

Peedee

In the real world I think we have to factor in that not all will use Tesco Club Card points on the Tunnel or have "free" insurance with their bank account. Also how free is Bank insurance if you have to pay a monthly fee plus extras on top for medical conditions and age? My experience with Nationwide was that their "free insurance" which didn't include breakdown was as expensive as Red Pennant by the time medical conditions were added in. I don't know but given where CY lives I imagine he may well have used Brittany Ferries? So I don't think my calculations as a generality were far of the mark? I don't think people really go to Europe for the cheapness of the campsites surely there is more to it? We have done some wonderful tours of Europe but are now concentrating on the UK so all those extra costs are behind us.

David

Certainly won’t be the cheapness of the campsites that will attract us overseas. Location and places of interest every time. We expect to pay a lot more to go overseas by the time insurance and getting there is included. Hopefully some of it offset by Aires and cheaper fuel costs.

how free is Bank insurance if you have to pay a monthly fee plus extras on top for medical conditions and age?

We are fotrunate that neither of us have any medical conditions but we do have the disadvantage of age. I put free in inverted commas because over a certain balance it does come free. That is the case with Nationwide and was with the Lloyds account account I once had. I dread to think what RP would cost me. It was always expensive compared to what is now available on the market.

The big advantage of crossing the channel is the increased freedom to tour at will and being able to park up at attractions.

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      As you rightly say " it's what we want to do", the most important thing !

Yes, I suspect once over there, it won’t be too dissimilar to over here. We wouldn’t book anything, but have a mix of a longer stay in an area with lots of what we want to see, so probably identify a site quite central to those places, then have a few transit nights at a cheaper rate, between such places. Fancy this for France certainly. Much larger areas to cover of course, but we wouldn’t want to be on the road every day, need to mix in some beach days, some walking and cycling days. Wouldn’t entertain Club Site price comparisons though, equivalent to £22 per night max would be our site limit…..and I’d want a decent pool for that as well🤣 And at least a couple of months away.

So, just Mum to sort out, pooch to sort out, get passports, find someone to insure dodgy OH, have to be Tunnel for me……might be on in next ten years or so🤣

But then there’s Canada and Australia calling, after Italy by train.🤔

I can also do it properly AD both here and over there but I like to think at value for money. No sense in paying for something through the nose if you can do the same cheaper

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