York Rowntree caravan club has always been hit and miss with the nose in or out, this time when I visited they insisted I went nose in. The reason this time was privacy, they dont want the van doors facing each other. I didn't protests time as the site is so busy, however there is no way you could go nose out with an awning as the white pegs are almost touching the hedges..

Another reason not to book Rowntree, even though they have space when we want to go. We have been told that space is at a premium anyway on the site.

Went backside in in at Meathop Fell couple of weeks ago and no issue for wardens

MikeT

Rowntree is the only site I get the nose in grief, booking is a nightmare , you have to book 12 months in advance..

I always prefer nose in with an Eriba because the lounge is at the back and you can look out at what's happening on site. If nose out then the view tends to be a wall, fence or hedge and the vans either side. Of course having a fixed bed at the back sort of negates that and you really need a motor mover to actually achieve it.

Thanks Colin. Will have to look it up.

When we go to York was usually try to get in York Caravan Park & Storage. This is a private site on the Malton bus route into York. It has 8 or 10 big private bathrooms that have a big shower, sink and toilet. However it got a bit pricy and difficult to get a pitch.

We also stayed on Ashfield Touring Park just off the ring road. This was a good site with nice toilets but again I think it can get busy.

As you can guess York is just over an hour from Clitheroe so we go a fair bit outside high season to go to concerts or the Theatre. A top place when it isn't bursting with day trippers.

Mike

You must've been pushing it over Blubberhouses Mike. We lived in Burton Leonard for 15 years and York is 45 minutes away from there. From Clitheroe Google suggests almost two hours, though it's A59 all the way.

I never give the wardens the option I tell thm if I am going in nose first or not depending on whether I am putting an awning up their normal response is just make sure you are limed up with marker post

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Mike, I agree with what you say about York and day trippers. To us it felt like a tourist attraction and not a town.

Colin

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Indeed we are

I tend to keep away from tourist hotspots fullstop: they never live up to expectations and I always feel ripped off.

That said, I visited Arundel Castle, Blenheim Palace and Portsmouth Historic Dockyards over the past year and they were surprisingly pleasant mostly due to the lack of the throngs: the guides told me it was the best time to visit in order to take ones time, browse and ask questions of the staff:)

Theres plenty of the rest of the country to explore and visit without queues and high prices I feel so I guess thats what Ill do next year (Northern England, Scotland and maybe Ireland) until I feel conditions and prices return more to normal in 2023 for some mainlaind Europe trips:)

Andy

You are clearly right . I have a habit of saying many places are just over an hour away when they are not.

You'd be shocked at how many places are just over two hours from Clitheroe though.............................................!

Mike

Yes JCh I see the irony of Colin's and my judgements on York.........................

I guess I don't feel like a tourist as we have spent so much time in York over the last 50 years and know it very well and avoid the tourist hot spots......................but that probably makes me just more of a tourist, but perhaps a selective one

But also I had to go to York a lot with work over the years, so does that make me less of one.....................................?

Paradoxically I am a real old grouch with any tourists who dare to come to Clitheroe, blocking up the roads and filling the car parks....................always full of holiday smiles and wearing shorts whatever the weather...............................

Oh well, probably guilty of double standards as well

MikeT

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Andy

You are clearly right . I have a habit of saying many places are just over an hour away when they are not.

You'd be shocked at how many places are just over two hours from Clitheroe though.............................................!

Mike

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