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monkton

There is an article on P.11 of Motor Caravan (April 0 Cool

which may be of future interest to members. The new scheme will allow motorhomes to park up for the night at participating pubs.

The scheme is the brainchild of Kevin Bird of The Drift Inn, situated on the A1 north of Newcastle.

For approximately £30 you will be able to subscribe for a year. The first night's stay will be free and subsequent nights charged at the landlords discretion. Apparently there are already 120 premises signed up. It is understood that these will be available all year. Accepted places to wild camp will also be included.

I said above that this may be of interest to members in the future. This is because membership has not yet been opened but it is understood that this will be made available during March 08.

The website is

johnandcharlie

Looks useful, but potentially expensive. It does kind of oblige you to spend the money you save on beer, food and crisps for Charlie. Or is that just my lack of willpower?

monkton

You've got the same problem as me John.................willpower......lack of that is.....lol. Take your point though.

carol

Rapide561

Hi

It is an interesting idea.

Somewhere on MHF is a thread about an article in Practical Motorhome about pub stops and so on. I think it is a good idea. Instead of a tenner for a pich, it;s a tenner for pie, chips and peas, and a pint or two!

Russell

oilslick

Well we quite often stay at pubs. I always ask first and we often eat and drink or just drink! It is in the land lords interest to let us stay if he wants to maximise his income. I dont really want to join a club do do this!

I am also surprised at the comment about it also applying to wild camping?? well thats what we do all the time now... so no advantage here either.

If it was a full blown version of aires however that might be worth it. I cant however ever see that happening in UK and if it did it wouldnt be long before the vandals / boy racers wrecked it.

wynthesurfer

This topic has come up quite often lately and I have posted my views in other forums ! I stop over at pubs all the time and spend money in them, mixing with the locals, if I arrived at one of my regular stops to see the car park full of motorhomes I would drive on ! if I want to go to any meets then I will, but want to have the choice of who I socialize with and not because we have only one thing in common.I have stopped at pubs with campsites and have seen many come in have a orange juice then go back to their fridge just to get a cheap night hookup. For those that already stay at pubs then carry on ! those that already don`t then don`t !

Alfa_Scud

Ahhh I read it a bit wrong there, oops.
I thought you were saying it was 30 quid to join then only your first night was free.
What you actually meant was that your first night at each site was free, then maybe chargeable after that.
In that case it does look better value.

It's all clear now - I think Confused