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Up until last year I would have been astounded at £10 per night as since my late husband & I took up caravanning we have always used the C & C C weekend meets & Temporary Holiday Sites - brilliant value for cheap family holidays.
However in the last 12 months I have taken to using sites with facilities more as the children are growing up & the novelty of playing with a ball in a field has worn off - they require more sophisticated facilities now! BUT £16 is my top whack, I won't pay any more so the all singing all dancing Haven etc sites are out.
Used a folding camper for a few weeks last year in-between vans, Park Foot campsite in the Lakes tried to charge me double for an extra tent - I had mentioned that my son was sleeping in the underbed tent (that hangs underneath one of the bedrooms) - I explained that it took up no extra room but it took a lot of persuading that I should not pay any more for it!
At another site I had to convince them to count my teenage daughter as one of the two adults allowed in the basic price so that I only paid for one child.
And it annoys me if I have to pay extra for the dog - he never uses the showers or washroom facilities, nor he does use extra electricity.

Anonymous

Yes THSs are for members or accompanied by a member only, but I disagree with the organised part, just to avoid confusion I am talking about the CCC not the CC, we tend to keep to ourselves on site and have never had a problem doing so, maybe others have found it different. I may have got it wrong about the length of time but I seem to recall one going on for three months at one time, maybe that was an exception to the rule.

Maybe the old brain is getting addled.
Ken S.

andy

Thanks for the info peeps Very Happy

As it is I joined the CC... only cos when I got insurance quotes for my van most were offering discounts for CC members and the saving was more than the cost of joining the CC. I'll have to have a gander at the CCC web site and try to decide if it's worth being a member of both organisations.

Oh... BTW... I've just booked our little break for next week. The kids are off school and we have pursuaded them to come along with us for a few days. They reluctantly agreed to come providing it was just a few days Laughing

We are going to avoid the bank holiday weekend and we've booked four nights at a site at the south end of Bala Lake... tuesday through friday.

Cost - £12 per night

That's much better than our last trip out which was £12 for just the two of us + dog and no awning. This time we are taking a 17 yr old and 15 yr old AND putting up our awning + POWER and use of their facilities like dish washing area and such.

Much better VFM IMO Cool

I'll let you know how it goes

andy

Anonymous

andy_m

Enjoy your Bala trip, we were up that way last July, stayed at the CCC site, ended up with an ambulance job to Wrexham, certainly a trip I won't forget, apart from that we thoroughly enjoyed it.

Ken S.

MandyandDave

Some sites I've been on, charge more for the dog than the kids! whys that??

peejay · Campsite DB Admin

M&D wrote;

[quote:f43ff1c5eb]Some sites I've been on, charge more for the dog than the kids! whys that??[/quote:f43ff1c5eb]

Probably because after leaving the showers, they consume more electricity with the hairdryer drying their coats than children, and just think of the cost of supplying a dog walking area. Rolling Eyes

pete.

andy

[quote:edc3c65db3]Enjoy your Bala trip[/quote:edc3c65db3]

thanks Ken Very Happy

Is the CCC site the one that's on the lake just off the main road? We stopped there about eight years ago. Great site for getting onto the lake with canoes. This time round we'll be stopping round the other side of the lake near the little railway station so we'll have to drive up to the public car park each day. I don't think you can access the lake from the railway side.

andy

Anonymous

andy_m

I dont' think so, I don't know yours but this one is on the left about a mile north of Bala and laid back off the A494 easily missed, from memory entrance is opposite an old school house or something similar.

Ken S.

andy

[quote:4516395f57="KenS"]andy_m

I dont' think so, I don't know yours but this one is on the left about a mile north of Bala and laid back off the A494 easily missed, from memory entrance is opposite an old school house or something similar.

Ken S.[/quote:4516395f57]

oh... right. I'll look out for that for future Wink