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Parking at Aldburgh

I have a message elsewhere asking about the position of parking and you have given me the answer, I will go and see on Sat the 17th if the notices are up yet, this will probably be the last time I will go to Aldeburgh to spend my money and a lot more people besides me will probably feel the same, if I can't park by the sea I don't want to go, the place reeks of money and snobbery so that lets me out anyway,
 
well there you go, they may ban motorhomes but then they may lose their business in local shops and amenities too. instead of banning on the grounds that 'some people empty chemical toilets into the sea' (the local water company for a lot of years did a lot more than that in some parts of the coastline) why didn't they provide somewhere this could have been done safely and sensibly. as for the 'eyesore' there are far worse eyesores on the coastline than a motorhome
 
janeandbob said:
In our paper today : http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/...gory=News&itemid=IPED14 May 2008 13:20:09:600

Copy Paste and Cry!

Another good reason for us to go to France we have a lot to learn in this country. Many thanks Bob.
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just had a look at the site this is on, and it looks like a lot of old moaners are on it. ps i dident know you could spoil the sea veiw down that area if you want a good sea veiw look at the east coast up north. and we are a lot more welcoming up here .
 
shame on them

it seems to be the atitude of lots of councils in this country we just are not wanted
this is why i prefer to do most of my travels on the continent we are welcome to stay in most towns and villages and the services are provided for all to use and mostly free
 
Not sure if the emptying of chemical toilets is a fact or fiction to add sway to the banning. How can you spoil a view in the dark? This whole overnight camping parking business it totally stupid. I pay a fortune to keep my vehicles on the road and I'll be damned if some jobsworth is going to stop me.
 
There has undoubtedly been a problem there, in a popular location like that it is not really surprising that, left unregulated, problems will arise.

The sad thing is that the District Council, instead of recognising that there is a demand for a motorhome facility, which properly managed would certainly benefit local traders, decide to put a blanket ban in place.

Surprising given that, in the same county, Bury St Edmunds are encouraging motorhomes by providing dedicated parking spaces and allowing overnight stays.

AndyC
 
Simple answer to this. Find the Aldeburgh council website or E- mail and we all post our disgust at their action and that we are no longer going to take our long planned holiday in their area and we shall be taking our saved holiday spending power to a more motohome friendly area, we shall also be E-mailing the local chamber of commerce, that due to the Councils actions we shall not be spending any of our money in your members busineses. AS for emptying toilets into the sea........... Total myth, can you imagine wading into the sea emptying the elsan and trying to rinse as the just emptied waste crashes over you with the next wave,............. MIDDLE fingers up to the curtain twitchers of Aldeburgh........... never liked the place anyway.:mad:
 
posted to the EADT today by me

aldeburgh and Slaughden parking restrictions
camper vans parking on the sea wall, up to 60 on one night, and allegations that the vans damage the wall and owners empty chemical toilets in the sea.
In response to the above copy of your news item .
In over forty years of being involved in campervan/motorhome use I have never heard or witnessed any one emptying there chemical toilet in the sea or any where else other than a proper disposal point .
An average motorhome/campervan owner will spend lets say on average £30 per day i.e. on fuel or food ect in your local area.
If your estimated 60 campervans per night stay at Aldeburgh and Slaughden is correct this equates to a loss of local revenue of some £657,000 per year.
Can the town really afford to loose this amount of revenue ?
Surely the installation of a elsan disposal point would be the correct approach the cost of emptying I am sure could be recovered by levying by a small charge for its use as it is done by many councils on the continent.
As regards to adverts on the internet surely you should be glad that so many wish to visit Aldeburgh and Slaughden and support the local economy .
Erosion of the sea wall is mainly caused buy the sea not vehicles if your comment was meant to refer to the road surface may be it has not been maintained correctly
Camper vans do not drive up and down the road all day they prefer to stop and enjoy the views and local facilities if permitted
Yours t mason

it probably wont be taken any notice of but i hope all our feelings are similar
 
mandrake said:
i joined the site and posted my reply to them :D:D:D
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I did the same,
told them that bad publicity for aldeburgh
was now circulating the INTERNET
over that decision
which could lead to a loss of revenue
from the tourist trade

PS where is aldeburgh? :confused: :confused:
 
sundown said:
I did the same,
told them that bad publicity for aldeburgh
was now circulating the INTERNET
over that decision
which could lead to a loss of revenue
from the tourist trade

PS where is aldeburgh? :confused: :confused:
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Me too,Nick, I accused the local authority of being influenced by the local "snobs":mad:
 
sundown said:
I did the same,
told them that bad publicity for aldeburgh
was now circulating the INTERNET
over that decision
which could lead to a loss of revenue
from the tourist trade

PS where is aldeburgh? :confused: :confused:
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for me its somewhere up north then turn right
 
t&s said:
it probably wont be taken any notice of but i hope all our feelings are similar
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You may be surprised - I hear that the reporter who wrote the piece is considering writing another, putting the other side of the story...

AndyC
 
Its all gone too far in this country a bunches of local councilors everywhere seem to be able to dictate where we can go and what we can do on what amounts to our land what happened to the Magna Carta ! Just returned from 2 weeks in Belguim using the lists published by Leo. Great stops lovely people cheap diesel beautiful beer....S*D UK I know where I'm going from now on.
 
what can be done?

I felt so guttered about this I nearly emailed Jeremy Vine about this especially that France actually encourage freedom for campers. He does tend to be interested in local councils that have their idiocincrisy.
 
Having visited this spot MANY times and having counted 42 motorhomes one Saturday night last summer a local in the pub said the most he had seen was 49... so when did they ever have 60????

On supporting the local lifeboat station, the station manager said we were the only life during the winter months as over 40% of the town is now a 'second home'!

We'll be going this bank holiday weekend, so will report back on what we find, the locals say the shingle roadway is owned by the sailing club... until it requires maintenance!!!
 
Copy of letter sent to Clerk of Alde' Town Council

Dear Ms Lee,

Having visited your beautiful town many times, and having stayed overnight on the sea wall and for a weeks holiday at Church Farm I have been told that the local council is about to ban the parking of motorhomes on the sea wall.

Can you tell me if this is true please as we about to visit this bank holiday weekend? As we travel over 130 miles and spend 3 hours getting to your lovely town from our home in Northampton we don't want a wasted journey.

If this becomes the case I know the local economy will suffer, as we ALWAYS support the areas we visit. We always buy all news papers and magazines at the local news agents, have a meal at the Mill Inn or The Cross Keys or Prezzo's, Fish & chips, drinks at the White Hart and being boaters have 'adopted' the Aldeburgh Lifeboat station and are on first name terms due to our financial support with Lee & Steve etc This is without what my wife spend in the Fat Face shop!!

If half the motorhomes that visit spend half as much as us then you can see what I mean about 'suffer'. The lads at the station have already said that due to 40% of the property being a 'second home' we are the most life they see in the winter months.

I see from the article that motorhomes are being blamed for rubbish, wall erosion and the emptying of chemical toilets in the sea - I hope if true this is an isolated case, I have always advised people to use the boat yard or public toilets by the mill if they have the need. We have seen 'locals' leaving fish & chip wrappers to blow across the fields, fishermen leaving broken stools and chairs on the beach after a nights fishing... and if I had a pound for every yard of fishing line I've picked up walking on the beach, I could buy my OWN sea wall to park on, and without "All those motorhomes on the wall" the local kids could fly up and down even faster! I don't think a motorhome driving at 5MPH will cause as much erosion as a car at 20-30 MPH!!

I DO hope the article is incorrect and await your clarification on this matter.

Your sincerely,
 
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