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I mentioned last month that on our long visit to Norfolk that we hadn't seem many Eribas on the road, which got a variety of responses. We have just had our annual stay on Meathop Fell C & M Club whilst we have our Troll serviced at Adventure Leisure at Tebay.

This year we were really shocked at how empty the site was. Some years we have struggled to get a hardstanding pitch and have driven around a bit to find one we liked. We arrived on Sunday and the choice of pitches was amazing. By Tuesday the site was incredibly quiet. I seemed to often have the gents shower block almost totally to myself.

When we stayed at the Poolsbrook C & M C site just off the M1 at the end of June that was also very quiet compared to previous times we have stopped over on our way back North.

Are other people seeing the same? Is it just the awful weather or are Club sites pricing themselves out of the market? Or perhaps the new booking system is having an effect?

I would be interested in what other people think...........

MikeT

£40 a night mid week during term time just might have something to do with it - yes I know the facilities are spotless, the pitches are well maintained and the flowers are usually very pretty but we would rather spend £20 have slightly less luxury shower facilities and treat ourselves to a coffee and a danish with the other £20.

We have carried on our C+CC membership for so long since our camping days that we can now stay on many of their sites with hook up for under £15 - more coffee and cake for us.

Denise & Phil

I think the 20% deposit may have put some off, as well as the high prices. I noticed that they are going to drop the deposit to 10% so maybe they have also noticed the loss of bookings. On the upside I have noticed that a lot people are not blocking out all the weekends on the popular sites.

They’re just too expensive. We belong to both clubs, for Red Pennant in the case of the CMC but mainly for the CL’s and CS’s. For example we’re taking the grandkids away in the school holidays, so one Eriba, two adults, two children £25 a night. Bargain, may be a slight lack of facilities but we consider ourselves as camping not having a 5 star resort holiday.

We're at the CMC site in Teesdale/Barnard Castle and I would estimate that it's 40% full. Most of the motorhomes on site disappear during the day, making it look even emptier. When we were at New England Bay a few weeks ago that was even emptier.
People suggest it's high prices and there may be some truth in that, but that should mean that cheaper independent sites are packed out, but they're not. I suspect people are just not using their vans so much, which may mean a lot of vans being sold soon and used prices dropping, which will make the price of new vans look expensive and hit new sales.

We had a seven week trip last year to Devon & Cornwall. We too much preferred the south coast to the north. The roads were equally bad, tight with stone walls hidden in hedges but the villages and the actual coast seemed prettier. The weather was better too but that’s just luck. Our favourite site was a CL (or CS) on the Ramehead peninsula. Basic facilities but stunning coastal views.

I walked the dog round the site last night and counted 30 occupied pitches on a 96 pitch site in high summer.

Noticed on BBC News site that they're reporting that travel agents are taking lots of last minute foreign holiday bookings.

That will be the lovely summer weather we’re experiencing 💦⛈

Anyone else had the questionnaire regarding use of CMC sites and alternatives?

Who from and how delivered?

If snail mail we've not been home for the last 10 days.

Yes - too busy tiling downstairs toilet to be bothered with it
MikeT