Caravan Club and grilling

[Peatmoor]

I can empathise with weelohnw. My experiences with both CC and CCC are very similar. I put it down to jealousy on the part of the wardens. They are usually caravanner's who take these jobs. When they see a "posh" motorhome like ours arrive, on the majority of occasions, jealousy kicks in, and in my case they are usually as awkward as they can possibly be which usually results in an unpleasant atmosphere for the duration of the stay. We now avoid using club sites. If it wasn't for the CL's we would cancel our membership of these cliquey organisations.

 

[sdc77]

Posh..
We want to be posh too

 

[Mags52]

I thought maybe it was because we're off freely wandering and they're stuck behind a desk or cleaning the bogs.

 

[Lenny HB]

I can empathise with weelohnw. My experiences with both CC and CCC are very similar. I put it down to jealousy on the part of the wardens. They are usually caravanner's who take these jobs. When they see a "posh" motorhome like ours arrive, on the majority of occasions, jealousy kicks in, and in my case they are usually as awkward as they can possibly be which usually results in an unpleasant atmosphere for the duration of the stay. We now avoid using club sites. If it wasn't for the CL's we would cancel our membership of these cliquey organisations.

You may be onto something, in the past have stayed to odd time with a caravan don't remember getting the grief like I have had the van, doesn't matter now as I have made a point of never going to a CC site again.

 

[Shrimp]

We don't tend to use the CC sites much we mostly use the CLs. The CCs are good for a couple of nights to get the washing done!

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[Mr B]

We went to York CC site, quite a few years ago now, the wardens there were definately not in the business of being pleasant!
We pulled up and a chap marched up said "driver stay there, passenger go into office" there was no welcome/hello/smile.
I went into office and had a grilling from the female half. Apart from anything else she wouldn't listen/take in that our van is a 'lefty' so the Hab door is on the other side!
We did stay but it was more like a boot camp than a holiday.
We've stayed with the CC as the CLs are great and the bods that run the THS are brilliant, the last one we went to was on the banks of the Avon at Evesham and the organisers had only just got back from France 2 days earlier but it was all relaxed and happy.

We go to York at least twice a year. Never had a problem with the wardens, always pleasant and polite. Usually ask for a mobile number so they can notify you if the river Ouse decides to flood

 

[Cobweb]

We go to York at least twice a year. Never had a problem with the wardens, always pleasant and polite. Usually ask for a mobile number so they can notify you if the river Ouse decides to flood

That has been our experience in York where we usually stay in the beginning of our European trips as well as in the end . We stay in Rowntree park if there is availability but failing that in Beechwood grange and wardens in both have been very nice and polite and last time even let us change pitch which we did not like ...no problem .

 

[Mr B]

We go to York at least twice a year. Never had a problem with the wardens, always pleasant and polite. Usually ask for a mobile number so they can notify you if the river Ouse decides to flood

It's even better now it's had an upgrade.
More pitches I believe

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Not just in terms of facilities but also the behaviour of our fellow site users.

Funny you should say that. The last time we had the misfortune to stay on a CC site I watched someone walking their dog around the site. As they walked past our pitch the dog had a poo. They didn't pick it up or even acknowledge it. I waited 20 minutes to see if they were coming back with a bag and in the end picked it up myself. I mentioned it to the warden when I happened to see her and she wasn't at all surprised. She apologised to me and said that's what they're like, it happens all the time.

I've been in it this year because like one of the other posters I forgot to cancel in time. That's not happening this year. Cancelling both.