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Jim said:
Or they could spend £100 on a travel lodge and snuggle into pillows someone was dribbling on 6 hours early. Its all about customer perspective.
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Been there done that many times ! (Although in truth I did take my own pillow as I tended to get some sleep in a strange bed) some of the more entertaining stays where wen I pulled the curtains closed and they fell off the wall, or turning in the shower stepping in and realising the water was freezing. Wild camping seems much more attractive.
 
chaser said:
I did two pubstops this last weekend, free and alone on both (y) (y)
Not I might add britstops, just ordinary pubs out of park4night.
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but maybe some don't feel camping in a car park or a lay-by is for them. Me for one.
 
chaser said:
So other folks including yourself are suggesting it may not be legal but as usual , " we will pick on chaser as he will take it" (y)
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you do rather set yourself up for a fall if you don't mind me saying.
 
I think it’s a great idea.

I didn’t want to pay Chatsworth prices a few years back, so didn’t go. But then Lucy wanted to go round the house, so I managed to book a few nights and happily paid the high price.

I got my first caravan for 2k, powered by an old car battery I found. I thought people who had motorhomes and spent thousands on lithium were nuts!

Here I am with a Motorhome on the drive checking the lithium batteries to see how full they are before the weekend.....

Good luck to them and I hope it works, the staycation boom will be short lived and we all have to accept the pricing will go up with demand. If you don’t want to pay, the answer is really simple and it leaves more room for others who do.
 
pandas said:
you do rather set yourself up for a fall if you don't mind me saying.
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I don't set myself up for anything, and you and others can take the p...all you like but just like to say I have never said on here anything I wouldn't say to anyone's face, all I try to do is help folks not get ripped off or worse, robbed.
I don't go out to curry favour with anyone but will praise where it is due, but not afraid to criticize if I think they are wrong.

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chaser said:
I don't set myself up for anything, and you and others can take the p...all you like but just like to say I have never said on here anything I wouldn't say to anyone's face, all I try to do is help folks not get ripped off or worse, robbed.
I don't go out to curry favour with anyone but will praise where it is due, but not afraid to criticize if I think they are wrong.
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There you go again suggesting people are being ripped off or worse, robbed. It’s not for you to respond like that unless you have hard evidence. Just try to accept other people have different views than you and be respectful with your response and opinions which are after all personal.
 
pandas said:
There you go again suggesting people are being ripped off or worse, robbed. It’s not for you to respond like that unless you have hard evidence. Just try to accept other people have different views than you and be respectful with your response and opinions which are after all personal.
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Not talking about this post, I was referring to the forum as a whole.
 
Jim said:
Boringfrog said:
From their about me page;
"We’ve travelled all over the place in our trusty Iveco campervan – lovingly known as ‘Tubs’. Scotland is a favourite spot of ours, partly because of the beautiful scenery, but also because of the ‘right to roam’ rules, which mean that you can park pretty much wherever you like."

"South of the Border though, it’s a different story. It’s effectively illegal to park anywhere other than a campsite, "
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Jim said:
Never been to Scotland and I'm not too au-fait with their laws, but i thought the right to roam did not extend to motorhomes. Maybe someone who knows can put us right.

I would argue all day, and have done many times, (Hi Graham GJH, hope you are well) against your last sentence. It's wrong.
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You're perfectly correct Jim. There are plenty of places other than campsites where it is legal to camp in a motorhome - as well as plenty where the law is broken by doing so :giggle: You are also correct that the right to roam in Scotland does not extend to motorhomes (indeed, any motorised vehicles). I notice that, yet again, we have an organisation which refers to parking rather than camping.
The company appears to rely on Part 5 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 as far as the legality of the scheme is concerned (see under Planning in their host FAQs). Part 5 itself makes it clear that the applicable legislation is the 1960 Act. The company's interpretation of the provisions of the 1960 Act (also under Planning in their host FAQs) seems, to me, to be incomplete.
 
I can perhaps see the demand for this, for those that are prepared to pay the prices, but let's say that you are on one of these 'exclusive' locations, and somebody else - perhaps having seen you from a nearby road, (so your seclusion is not total..) thinks " let's go and join them, (same area, but perhaps 100 yds + distance) - there's plenty of room for 2" - how would that be resolved? Does the landowner arrive and tell them politely to go, or is it the punter that's paid who perhaps treks across to explain, only to be laughed at, or worse?

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WoldsSunlight said:
I can perhaps see the demand for this, for those that are prepared to pay the prices, but let's say that you are on one of these 'exclusive' locations, and somebody else - perhaps having seen you from a nearby road, (so your seclusion is not total..) thinks " let's go and join them, (same area, but perhaps 100 yds + distance) - there's plenty of room for 2" - how would that be resolved? Does the landowner arrive and tell them politely to go, or is it the punter that's paid who perhaps treks across to explain, only to be laughed at, or worse?
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This is one angle I commented on a few posts ago, before I got shot down.
It could even grow into a sport, finding out where they are parked and parking around them. :doh: :giggle:
 
cmcardle75 said:
Wow! Some of the locations did look good. But £50 per night!
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Covid profiteering be looks, captive market, tut tut.. thats why there is no windows in my van. (Yet) street parking is the order of the day. Experienced the same issue at lulworth couple of weeks ago. £50 to park overnight on a car park for god sake.
 
DIY campervan said:
Covid profiteering be looks, captive market, tut tut.. thats why there is no windows in my van. (Yet) street parking is the order of the day. Experienced the same issue at lulworth couple of weeks ago. £50 to park overnight on a car park for god sake.
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Lulworth cove is a popular destination as is the underground car park Wall Street city of London if you don’t wish to pay the charge park elsewhere no one is forcing people to pay £50 or £100 per night. Go to fortnum and mason and choose the marshmallow delights from their sweet counter or go to WH Smith and buy the marshmallows from there and you will see a cost difference. ( I don’t have a problem with paying for a Marsh mellow delight from fortnum and mason but it will be a much smaller quantity than the bag you get from WHSmith). You pay your money and take your choice in this life.
 
Stewart J said:
How can you justify this sort of pricing, really taking the pee.

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I guess at the end of the day it's the law of supply and demand, if there's demand at those prices ie. people are willing to pay it then it's justified. When I used to price jobs for a multi national company I used to push the envelope i.e. nowt worse than leaving money on the table, better asking too much than too little, much easier to adjust pricing down the way, offer discounts etc than trying to put prices up when folks are biting off your arm. Of course as a consumer in this instance I agree 100%, they're taking the piss :rolleyes:(y)
 
We’re lucky to have a big driveway and live in Windermere and let any motorhomers stay. Just ring us. Isn’t this what it’s all about? Helping each other out. We always wild camp, mainly because sites, generally aren’t where we want to be and we hate regimentation. Commercialising wilding sounds to be a contradiction in spirit if nothing else. Aghast!
 
It's not just a matter of taking the p as such, but the whole thing makes no sense, you have a couple of wild campers who presumably didn't pay anything, then all of a sudden try to make a business out of charging way, way over the top for a park in a field that isn't wild camping but just a farmer's field of which there are thousands at a tenner.
Then it looks like they have about 6 which are within ten miles of where they live, are these friends of theirs that are in on it?
I could go on but I will only get jumped on.
It just doesn't make any sense.
 
chaser said:
It's not just a matter of taking the p as such, but the whole thing makes no sense, you have a couple of wild campers who presumably didn't pay anything, then all of a sudden try to make a business out of charging way, way over the top for a park in a field that isn't wild camping but just a farmer's field of which there are thousands at a tenner.
Then it looks like they have about 6 which are within ten miles of where they live, are these friends of theirs that are in on it?
I could go on but I will only get jumped on.
It just doesn't make any sense.
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A little bit of digging, and it appears that this is the family https://hughfellblog.com/about/
 
chaser said:
It's not just a matter of taking the p as such, but the whole thing makes no sense, you have a couple of wild campers who presumably didn't pay anything, then all of a sudden try to make a business out of charging way, way over the top for a park in a field that isn't wild camping but just a farmer's field of which there are thousands at a tenner.
Then it looks like they have about 6 which are within ten miles of where they live, are these friends of theirs that are in on it?
I could go on but I will only get jumped on.
It just doesn't make any sense.
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You can buy 200g of Dark chocolate from Sainsburys for 60p

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You can buy 180 g of dark chocolate which is 99% emission free for £24
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is one a rip off? or is one more ethical?

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pandas said:
good for them. Better watch out though judging by some on here there could be a witch hunt!
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Looks like a blog that was set up in 2016 that doesn't work properly and had two views.
 
I've had a quick scan through... you get exclusive use of the location for the nights you booked... has anyone found anything that says you can't bring more than one vehicle?

Because £50 for a couple of nights, split with my family and their vans, motorhomes and tents would be fine with me.
 
Guigsy said:
I've had a quick scan through... you get exclusive use of the location for the nights you booked... has anyone found anything that says you can't bring more than one vehicle?

Because £50 for a couple of nights, split with my family and their vans, motorhomes and tents would be fine with me.
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No the FAQ states one van per site per night
 

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