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Feb 4th, 2015, 18:09 | #31 |
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As a member of both Clubs we spend most of our time with the CC ... it is not snobbish. This is an oft quoted myth. IMHO absolute nonsense.
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Feb 4th, 2015, 18:19 | #32 |
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Feb 4th, 2015, 19:08 | #33 |
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Feb 4th, 2015, 19:45 | #34 |
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No disrespect meant but spent 90%+ of my holidays since birth ... 44 and a bit years .... on CC sites and never experienced this. During that time we have new 'vans, old vans and middle aged 'vans.
We appreciate high standards ... so the CC suits us fine ... if that is snobbish then I guess I must be a snob. I care not a jot for what van/car/motorhome my neighbours are in and suspect most other CC members are the same. Not so keen on the C&CC sites as (again IMHO) are not as professionally run, have stupidly narrow hardstandings and unmade roads. That said we love Dunbar and Lauder so maintain our membership for these sites. A very poor experience at Scone in 2007 showed the C&CC in a very poor light .... dirty facilities, a snappish warden team who found it acceptable to shout at two elderly ladies who had misunderstood an 'order' left a sour taste. We are having a weekend at Scone this year and are hopeful of a better experience!
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Feb 4th, 2015, 19:59 | #35 | |
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I just found people 'stand offish''. More so obsessed with their vans than getting involved in caravan life. Generally older people who looked seriously shocked and put off when they saw you had kids.
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Feb 4th, 2015, 20:20 | #36 | |
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Feb 4th, 2015, 20:30 | #37 |
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'Insular'. Yes that is quite a good word to describe it. Regards |
Feb 4th, 2015, 22:29 | #38 |
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Annexing of a state" appearing with masses of windbreaks
perhaps people use windbreaks for a reason. lets see. Wind barbaque shelter. keeping dogs in just to name a few. But Hey if you want to bash the windbreak followers your choice
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There has always been windbreaks erected ,you just need to look at old films to see that. Oh heck I don't need to look at them I was there at the time. I must be a pain as well because I use solar lights outside the awning as well. Maybe volvorocks was referring to the C.C rallies when he was speaking about snobs? |
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Feb 5th, 2015, 10:25 | #40 |
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Hm I have a windbreak (in fact two) but I use it in such a way that my set up still welcomes others should they want to stop and chat. My observation was that over the last few years that there seemed to be more caravans appearing to isolate themselves with windbreaks when no wind or bbq. However, I take the point that each to their own and maybe there is no intention to be insular. I was purely responding to the original statement and making an observation about how I observed (and other caravanners as per the CC ,magazine letters )caravanning appears to have changed over the past few years, it was not a criticism but perhaps my wording was inflammatory and I apologise.
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