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Brighton CAMC

23 Friday Aug 2019

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As we all know, Brighton is a great town to visit with loads to do and inundated with good restaurants and pubs. The open all year 155 pitch Brighton site is outstanding and so easy to get into Brighton from it. Unsurprisingly this Caravan and Motorhome Club site is kept immaculately and gets a five star rating from the members. Top that off with sunny weather……..

Christopher Macgowan

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Brighton CAMC site – open all year.

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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Spent some time this week at one of my favourite sites. With the Brighton Marina a leisurely 15 minute stroll away and Uber on hand for a trip into Brighton itself, it is hard not to like.

The wonderful weather accompanied me from Crystal Palace and I was able to see the two Airstreams which now join some of the other alternative accommodation available on site – with more types to follow on areas of the site not suited to caravans and motorhome pitches.

There’s a lot of talk at this time of year about winter storage and how to prepare for winter and come through it unscathed without any frozen pipes or frost damaged equipment. It’s an important subject if you are to avoid an unpleasant and unwelcome bill next spring when you start touring again. For my part, my motorhome is in use throughout the winter so I just keep it ticking over on the days it and I are languishing at home. It is on permanent Red Alert to depart at a moment’s notice.

Christopher Macgowan

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After Brighton it’s Hereford.

02 Sunday Aug 2015

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Brighton, Christopher Macgowan, Hereford, Ludlow, motorhomenews

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After a few days in Brighton Faye and I are spending the weekend with friends in Hereford. Beautiful countryside and excellent  company coupled with our first ever visit to Ludlow – what a place that turned out to be.

Christopher  Macgowan
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Brighton Caravan Club Site.

30 Thursday Jul 2015

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I’ve spent a few days at the CC’s Brighton site. If ever there was a site in peak condition this is it. It is a hugely popular 17 acre 215 pitch site on the east side of the town and is open all year. Brighton of course is a fabulous place with a lot going on; throw in a bit of sunshine and the seaside and no wonder the site is popular. Indeed during my stay there was not a spare pitch to be had and it is very much a “destination site” with holidaymakers booking up sometime ahead to accommodate school holidays and term time.

Christopher Macgowan

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The Caravan Club opens doors to the great outdoors

01 Monday Sep 2014

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New camping pods are now available for those wishing to experience the latest twist on camping.

Europe’s premier touring organisation, The Caravan Club, is renowned for representing over one million caravanners, motorhomers and trailer-tenters as well as welcoming tent campers onto many of its 200 sites across the UK. However, The Club is now offering a new camping experience in the form of cosy wooden pods, extending the choice available to outdoor enthusiasts.

On the 15 August, The Club introduced the aptly named pods; ‘Belle’ and ‘Rock’, to their Brighton Site, near to the East Sussex coast. With ‘Eye Pod’ and ‘Paddington Pod’ on their London Abbey Wood Site and ‘Bonnie’ and ‘Clyde’ on their Scottish Strathclyde Country Park Sites, available for booking from 18 September.

The pods are designed to bridge the gap between tent camping and caravanning, providing a permanent structure which offers the essence of a tent but does not require any erecting and is therefore a convenient and ready-to-use option, just like a caravan.

UK Sites Product Development Manager, for The Caravan Club, Ellen Shotts, says, “The Caravan Club understands that the overriding reason why people choose to caravan or motorhome is because they enjoy the outdoors. The ethos of The Club has always been to enable access to the outdoors, therefore these pods allow The Club to extend the choice available, giving people the freedom to choose how they wish to experience it.”

Shotts continues, “The pods are simple and basic in design, providing an accommodation option on site that can be used to peoples own level of requirements. Unlike a tent they are well insulated and have beds, a table and chairs and heating, with lighting and electrics included. Club Sites all have full shower and washroom facilities on hand completing the package. Due to their level of comfort the pods are available for booking 365-days-a-year ensuring that camping doesn’t have to be seasonal.”

The new pods are a cost effective way to holiday in the outdoors but also provide a viable accommodation option for those on a budget, who wish to visit a certain area. At £35 a night they are cheaper than most hotel or B&B rooms. The pods have beds for two and the space to accommodate two small roll-out or inflatable beds on the floor for children, along with a porch area for cooking, making them perfect for families of four who have previously tent camped.

The six pods are a trial for The Club, and while the two in Brighton have already proven extremely popular with over an 80% occupancy rate since it was available for booking, The Club is hoping to receive further feedback once all six are in situ.

The Club plans to roll-out additional pods to other sites on its UK Site network and is keen to hear if people like them as they are or if they have any ideas of how they can be improved upon.

For pod bookings and enquiries please contact the sites directly:
Abbey Wood Caravan Club Site, London – 0208 311 7708
Brighton Caravan Club Site, East Sussex – 01273 626546
Strathclyde Caravan Club Site, nr Glasgow – 01698 853300
For further information visit http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/camping-pods

Christopher Macgowan
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BRIGHTON AND SHEEPCOTE VALLEY

01 Monday Aug 2011

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Brighton is a great place to visit and I was there this weekend in gorgeous sunshine. The restaurants were full and I did wonder whether perhaps we really do have a two speed economy.

I managed to avoid being gathered up by one hen night party which seemed intent on expanding their number by collaring any male or female deemed to be alone – one poor chap had a very close call as he was not particularly tall and two of the revellers literally picked him up and made off with him into the darkness. It was fortunate his wife or partner emerged from the loo at that point and retrieved him rather like a prize in a tombola!

I stayed at The Caravan Club’s Sheepcote Valley site which is ideal as it is just a twenty minute stroll from the marina and a tad more for the city centre.

Christopher Macgowan
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