Welsh Aires

A welcome development. Thanks, MJF.

But I thought that the thread was about music... ! 
I suppose that the inevitable air to be sung at that aire is Ar Hyd y Nos!

Cymro

I can't imagine why anyone would want to stay in a carpark by a RW line for £16.50 a night plus £3 for a tank of freshwater!  You can't even put up an awning or sit outside the van.  I think this is more about councils clamping down on unauthorised wild camping.

Caraman wrote:  I think this is more about councils clamping down on unauthorised wild camping.

I saw the original proposals by Gwynedd Council and If I remember correct that was the idea …. However I agree at £16.50 it will have very little effect

I think the only way of stopping unauthorised wild camping is for it not to be free and the way of achieving that is through fixed penalty fines.

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Jack boots don't come into it.  I hate paying to park my car.  I'll always park somewhere free if I can, even it involves a walk.  But if there is a parking restriction in force that could result in me having a fixed penalty fine, I won't park there.  Surely it should be the same for unauthorised wild camping, the difference being there doesn't have to be a sign banning it because it is already banned.

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Peter - I have no problem with aires if people want to use them but if they are remotely like the one shown in Criccieth, we wouldn't use them regardless of price.  My preference is the wide selection of private sector campsites that are already available in this Country, including many less expensive CLs and CSs which they don't have on the Continent, at least not that I have found.

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It was a lazy post, sorry.

What I should have added is that for the last few years Campra have been reaching out to local authorities to demonstrate how the local economy can benefit by accommodating motorhomers for a couple of days at a time.

Campra hold a paragraph 5 Exemption Certificate from Natural England and are using it to certify 5 van sites tailored for motorhome use. As with any CL, CS or commercial site, its a personal choice whether a site suits you or not.

There is a Campra site in Backworth Park in the Northeast, the park was halfway between home and primary school and I played in it as a child. Its a great location to use if in the area.

Monty-Plym wrote:The way things are going you will soon be getting a fine for stepping on the cracks in the pavement. 

Many years ago I was told that if I stepped on the joints in the pavement a big black bear would jump out at the next corner and maul me!

Apparently I was told that to make me look where I was walking! 

I still tend to avoid the joints, but paving slabs are not the right pitch for my stride.