Broughshane Aires

Yes they have been repaired. Well at least they were fine when I was there the end of last year.

No..

I was there on Sunday and was told it wasn't working.
It was our first visit and I was really surprised to see how nice the aire was. No photos I have ever seen do it any justice.
This will be rectified soon...

Whats the £5 charge for then

Subject: Broughshane Aires - Posted: 06.10.2011 - 23:53 - 4
The Aires in Broughshane was installed in June 2003 and was the first outside mainland Europe, it is on private ground owned by the village and was paid for by the village with no council input, only recently a small cost of £5 per night was introduced to help pay for the maintaince, a new token unit was fitted recently and new tokens were needed as well and like everywhere else at the minute ,funds are in short supply I felt it important that users understand that so we can continue with the roll out of Aires, much has been done recently and hugh progress has been made, once planning is completed the one in Donaghadee should be installed. there is others coming as well,I cannot stress how important it is that we all play our part unfortunatly there are always some who by by splitting the electric, refusing to pay even the small charge etc, set back what we have been working on for the last 11 years.
The Aire in Broughshane has been a hugh success and the Village do appreciate the motorhomes coming, the residents of the Fold that overlooks the Aires enjoy seeing all the travellers from all over the world coming to the village, and we hope it will continue, because without this Village taking the step into the unknown and spending close to £8000 as well, Aires outside of mainland Europe would still be a long way off.
I was unaware that the unit was off but I have already contacted the maintaince electrician to call tomorrow to check it out.Willie

Thanks Willie. That answers the £5 question.

Good to hear you have a contact to inform as I was going to suggest it to a few friends until I heard it wasn't working.

I had a look at Donaghadee the other evening. The unit is in place behind site fencing, but the access/parking bays are not complete. It was dark but it looks as if it will accommodate 2 mhs
Brian

you can get tokens in the thatch pub in the main street.

Your electric supply will run for 10hrs from the time you insert your token, so if you insert your token at 12 noon your supply will run out at 10 pm on that day regardless of whether or not you are using it.

Ally that aerial you have, stick it on eBay it will fetch around £50 always someone looking for them

Happens a lot, it is only a minority but they are going to ruin it for the rest of us.

Yes. Get better advice when setting up an Aire.
Use the same system many French villages do. A credit card pay barrier on entry. It costs a lot to set up but then it cost a lot to place 3 bornes and 3 useless drive over drains (which cannot be driven over) for 6 Motorhome spaces like Portglenone.

Once again poor advice given.

I've not been yet, but is there a sign clearly stating there is a charge and how to pay it?

There is a problem.

Nowhere to pay between 12:30 Friday and 9:00 Monday.
I would imagine that is the busy period.

As far as I am aware they were/are considering removing it, I'll let Willie elaborate.

it helps meeting people too, I have had mhomers call at my van to see if I wanted tokens or payment taken to the thatch as they were heading in.
I thought it was a very apt thing to offer, you make acquaintances, the aire gets its money,and an offer of coffee sometime over the weekend....

win win for all

enjoy your motorhomes and if I am about its coffee no sugar......ta

Arrived at about one on Sunday didn't think we would get in on an Easter weekend surprised to see only one other Motorhome on site mybe some are catching on that you do have to pay well worth a fiver for the walks good food and of coarse beer.Left Monday just before eleven and still only the two of us have been here loads of times but I'd rather see two on paying than it full of ????? Edd

Plug van to lecky or not if you stay on an Aires and there is a charge then it should be paid,these facilities cost a lot of money to set up and maintain.
The people who think that everything should be free once you purchase a Motorhome are doing a great disservice to the Motorhome community .
Why are Motorhomers not being made welcome at some locations? because of the abuse of others who feel once you own a Motorhome all other expenses should be covered by someone else.

If you read my post i at no time said i did not wish to pay at a aire,what i said was why do folk require to plug in & what do they require the lecy for,surly the van should be able to run days on the service batterys for lights etc,sorry if i caused any confusion.

Re ensuring people pay.
I stayed in a place in Spain which had pop up individual barriers to park you needed to get a key, to get they key you had to go the local coffee shop or bar and pay the amount to get the key to open the barrier, as most people arrived when the bar coffee shop was open no problem, deposit taken for the key.

Another option is a key code simplex lock so that is people want to enter the space they could phone a number (times specified) and the code would be given over the phone subject to collection of the fee arrangements made.

Both require additional expenses but probably cheaper than a barrier and less maintenance fees/issues.

Shame you have to consider resorting to this as its a great service the village is offering.

I seen people staying on an aire which has an additional charge for electric un hooking at the time the collector was due to visit and plugging in after the collector had left, to mind this is theft pure and simple. We all like good value and as cheap as possible but lets not ruin it by taking the p*ss.