So for the 2011 season we have pretty much fudged it.  By putting through a small increase which is unlikely to benefit or influence our over booking.  The increase comes as a £5 daily charge per car, per night, on site.  This will help us manage the unauthorised and un-paid arrivals of the naughty general public.  The positive side to this will be that hopefully families will bring one car instead of two and maybe some folk can look into lift sharing and not bring a car at all.  The only way we know how to ensure that our regulars can always come, is to move to a private membership system.   I know you've been hearing about this almost since we first started, but I am determined to have the systems in place for the 2012 season.  Watch this space.

The other big decision was regarding day visitors.  We've always taken a relaxed attitude about day visitors and we've been happy for non-camping family and friends to visit. But unfortunately you can't trust everybody to be reasonable and we had some campers booking in 2 or 3 places, followed by 20 or 30 guests showing up for a party either for the kids or something more adult.  Some of which enjoyed it so much they didn't go home at night.   Reluctantly, because these situations are so unmanageable, we have decided, like every other campsite in the country, to not allow day visitors except on full payment.