Random people walking over others' pitches

philboy20 replied on 25/05/2021 08:15

Posted on 25/05/2021 08:15

Is it just me or is anyone else noticing the amount of people who feel its ok to walk behind your caravan or alongside to take a shortcut ie to the water points, there are paths to follow but clearly they feel the need to cut through hedges etc the worst I have seen is at Chester fair oaks this week.

I am sorry to say it but most of the culprits are the motor home owners with there water bottles topping up there water we have a nervous dog who is always tied up and protected by windbreaker or awning but when you step out of your awning and bump in to the motorhome guy next to you nipping through the hedge for water it gets a bit trying and upsetting for the dog, especially when there is a path 30 yards further up clearly for that purpose.

Its so bad at Chester there are numerous gaps in the hedges where people have basically burst through and created new shortcuts  

eurortraveller replied on 25/05/2021 08:37

Posted on 25/05/2021 08:37

Sorry it was trying and upsetting for your dog, but looking at the layout plan for that site it would have been better for you to pitch around the perimeter rather than in the centre. 

DavidKlyne replied on 25/05/2021 08:47

Posted on 25/05/2021 08:47

A topic which often comes up on this forum. It was covered here recently at length.  https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/sites-touring/uk-sites-touring/why-do-people-walk-across-other-peoples-pitch/  By human nature I expect people will always seek out the shortest route between two points. Sometimes site design is such that it encourages people to take short cuts. If people are actually forcing their way through hedges perhaps you need to highlight it to the wardens?

David

philboy20 replied on 25/05/2021 09:20

Posted on 25/05/2021 08:37 by eurortraveller

Sorry it was trying and upsetting for your dog, but looking at the layout plan for that site it would have been better for you to pitch around the perimeter rather than in the centre. 

Posted on 25/05/2021 09:20

Hi there is a perimeter there is a hedge! this was the only pitch we could get as the sight was very busy on arrival, in fact as I finished writing this post I just watched the motorhome guy across from me walk right past my car through the hedge between 2 other caravans and up to the water tap and subsequently back with his 5 litre can of water to top up.

No matter where you park this shouldn't happen 

JVB66 replied on 25/05/2021 09:25

Posted on 25/05/2021 09:25

On the site we have just left we were on a hardstand that was separated from a footpath by a grass strip, on the route from the office complex , but the extra two steps to the footpath was two far for some who would (until i moved the car)cut across in front of our c/van over the hardstandundecided

EmilysDad replied on 25/05/2021 09:38

Posted on 25/05/2021 09:38

It seems that's another plus point for a quiet CL .... We've had the whole site to ourselves this week .... 😊

mickysf replied on 25/05/2021 09:48

Posted on 25/05/2021 09:48

No need to be sorry, I just believe that many of these offenders, motorhomers or otherwise, are very new to our pastime and don’t understand the etiquette of us oldies. At the moment some all over our lives don’t understand 2m let alone pitch ownership and what is considered common and what is not. Is the middle of that grass finger shrouded in ‘law’ as out of bounds to all others or it’s use by others just what we consider plain bad manners.

Vulcan replied on 25/05/2021 09:55

Posted on 25/05/2021 08:15 by philboy20

Is it just me or is anyone else noticing the amount of people who feel its ok to walk behind your caravan or alongside to take a shortcut ie to the water points, there are paths to follow but clearly they feel the need to cut through hedges etc the worst I have seen is at Chester fair oaks this week.

I am sorry to say it but most of the culprits are the motor home owners with there water bottles topping up there water we have a nervous dog who is always tied up and protected by windbreaker or awning but when you step out of your awning and bump in to the motorhome guy next to you nipping through the hedge for water it gets a bit trying and upsetting for the dog, especially when there is a path 30 yards further up clearly for that purpose.

Its so bad at Chester there are numerous gaps in the hedges where people have basically burst through and created new shortcuts  

Posted on 25/05/2021 09:55

Just another sign of the times I'm afraid, I would find it embarrassing walking so near to someone's outfit. What exactly is it about Rule 3d that members do not understand?  

 

staffy 13 replied on 25/05/2021 10:01

Posted on 25/05/2021 10:01

hi folks must agree each member as payed £200 plus for these pitches so as i see it that pitch belongs to you and nobody else until you leave.

JVB66 replied on 25/05/2021 10:01

Posted on 25/05/2021 09:38 by EmilysDad

It seems that's another plus point for a quiet CL .... We've had the whole site to ourselves this week .... 😊

Posted on 25/05/2021 10:01

I can understand thatcool

nelliethehooker replied on 25/05/2021 20:19

Posted on 25/05/2021 08:37 by eurortraveller

Sorry it was trying and upsetting for your dog, but looking at the layout plan for that site it would have been better for you to pitch around the perimeter rather than in the centre. 

Posted on 25/05/2021 20:19

Why put the blame for other people's inconsiderate actions on the OP? 

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