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The
Kent Area of the British Caravanners Club (BCC) consists of a
membership of 50 or so regular Caravanners of all ages and who
come from all walks of life, some of whom camp most weekends,
others just pop out 3 or 4 times a year.
We have a
very good youth following and with the aid of our Youth Leader
try to teach them the basics of good camping as well as having
fun. After they reach 12 years old they can take the Camping
Club Youth test which enables them to be members in their own
right and attend C.C.Y. rallies without their parents.
We have many more members who join through our parent club The
Camping and Caravanning Club, but sadly most of whom do not
attend our weekend rallies and do not know what they are missing
out on.
For most weekends and for a couple of weeks at holiday times we
can be found enjoying the Kentish countryside, staying at farms
and places of interest throughout Kent.
The Camping and Caravanning Club has many special interest
sections such as ourselves, Motor home section, Canoe group and
Folk group to name but a few.
As well as these our parent club (The Camping and Caravanning
Club) is split into Regions and smaller groups called District
Associations (DA's) there are two of these in Kent alone.
All members of the "The Camping and Caravanning Club" are
automatically members of their local DA, but can attend any DA
rally in the country, and they are invited to most of the
section rallies to "try them out" to see if perhaps they might
like to join that section and broaden their possibilities for
camping. Most of the Special interest sections charge a nominal
£3 or £4 per year extra membership fee, but for this you will
receive information on that sections rallies throughout the
country, and be able to attend any of them.
Our sites are often quite basic with only fresh water and toilet
emptying facilities available, but having said that most modern
caravans are equipped with hot and cold running water, modern
chemical toilets, 12 volt lighting and showers. Sites can vary
from public places like Chatham Historical Dockyard, Port Lympne
Zoo, Whitbread Hop Farm to name but a few, (where we are often
able to negotiate a concession on admission), to simple
privately run farms and country estates.
Wherever we go we are able to call upon resources like Sports
Equipment, A large Marquee, Generators and Music equipment, all
owned by our section to put on our own entertainment's like
Discos, Dances, Quizzes, etc. even in the middle of a Farmers
field.
So if you own a caravan why not pick a weekend from those that
are on our website and come along, or contact us,
Whether you join in the weekend activities or not we are sure
that you will soon discover that we live up to our title of:-
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