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Time to end the with/without awning (without extra charge) system!

Very busy, so little choice. pity there is the 2 tier, "with or without awning system". We only had a small porch and could easily have fitted us and it on to a non-awning pitch. Friendly, helpful welcome and because the site was also full advised as to which pitches were still vacant. We were asked if we were really going to put an awning up. "Yes", so directed to choose from the few remaining. The site is on an old quarry and is very shady, so choice as far as we were concerned was down to one, a non-shady area, with enough space for van and awning, but not the car or we would block access to another pitch. We were able to park just across from the pitch, tucking the car in behind the "service point." Our pitch provided an un-restricted "line of sight" towards the best TV transmitter, so we were able to get a good TV picture using our van aerial. Annoyingly, we missed a nice pitch by minutes, pity they were not asked the same "awning question", they took the last large pitch and did not pitch an awning!!!! Errrrr! A reviewer notes- no need to worry about narrow roads. Well, Lime Kiln Road, if you are approaching from the south, west and the M11, is narrow. Two wide vehicles will struggle to pass each other. The road so narrow, that in places the bank has been worn away, and the "revealed "gully", filled with concrete.
Caravanner from West Sussex

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replied on 09/10/2019 16:02

Posted on 09/10/2019 16:02

If I book an awning pitch I take an awning pitch whether I put up an awning or not is nobody else's business

 

Tinwheeler replied on 09/10/2019 16:09

Posted on 09/10/2019 16:09

I nearly always book an awning pitch for my PVC but do not have an awning because many non-awning pitches, of which there are very few on most sites, tend to be in dark corners or generally unfavourable areas. If there was a different rate of charging, I would still do the same. Are you suggesting I should choose a less 'nice' pitch just in case someone with an awning turns up? 

The point is that you cannot erect an awning of any sort on a non-awning pitch because of the spacing requirements for safety reasons. Sometimes it’s the gap between pitches you need to look at rather than the pitch size itself.

replied on 09/10/2019 16:13

Posted on 09/10/2019 16:13

non-awning pitches, of which there are very few on most sites

Fewer pitches of a type means less choice also.