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  

Cornersteady replied on 31/05/2021 09:56

Posted on 31/05/2021 09:34 by Rocky 2 buckets

I’d still love it if someone can explain to me how a person walking on a small bit of grass(or other) that you rent for a tiny part of your life takes away from you or hurts you in any way. I’m genuinely stumped by the whole thing. It’s going full Lord of the manor thing-it isn’t yours, you don’t suffer🤷🏻‍♂️. It’s just a thing that some folk suffer from I think.            
please will someone explain how & in what way it hurts them?🤷🏻‍♂️ 

 

Posted on 31/05/2021 09:56

Yes as I said elsewhere the grass strip is no man's land and doesn't bother me at all. Sorry is is that no-person's land.

Takethedogalong replied on 31/05/2021 09:57

Posted on 31/05/2021 09:34 by Rocky 2 buckets

I’d still love it if someone can explain to me how a person walking on a small bit of grass(or other) that you rent for a tiny part of your life takes away from you or hurts you in any way. I’m genuinely stumped by the whole thing. It’s going full Lord of the manor thing-it isn’t yours, you don’t suffer🤷🏻‍♂️. It’s just a thing that some folk suffer from I think.            
please will someone explain how & in what way it hurts them?🤷🏻‍♂️ 

 

Posted on 31/05/2021 09:57

For me, and bare in mind I am female, I don’t like others I don’t know getting too close to me Rocky. I have had a couple of encounters in the past with men who thought I might be interested in their genitalia, one particularly strange individual who crept up on me while I was reading, leapt up tackle in hand and shouted “boo”. (He found it hard to run with his trousers round his ankles, and got more than he bargained for, as I was young and fit and frightened him more than he frightened me.) I am also super wary at the moment of dog thieves, although our old lad didn’t ought to be a prime target. Not particularly what you’d expect on a Club Site, but that instinct is there now, and as I stick to prescribed routes around Sites, unless well away from other outfits, expect others to do the same. So for me, it’s a protective instinct. I doubt that you would come across any female sadly who doesn’t have a tiny bit of this wariness in them. Sometimes it’s reactive to something that has happened, sometimes it’s learned growing up. 

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JVB66 replied on 31/05/2021 10:19

Posted on 31/05/2021 09:56 by Cornersteady

Yes as I said elsewhere the grass strip is no man's land and doesn't bother me at all. Sorry is is that no-person's land.

Posted on 31/05/2021 10:19

No mans land grass strip? a Range Rover from a C/van on a pitch some distance behind us has now twice used the grass strip between us and the C/van next door as a way of not having to use the one way system. they have just done it again this morning 

I think words may be exchanged when they get back ,our dog was in the shade under our c/van luckilyyell

Takethedogalong replied on 31/05/2021 10:22

Posted on 31/05/2021 10:22

It tends to be me who reacts as well AD, rather than OH. I find quiet, but meaningful words, trying to explain why something isn’t a good idea has the better effect. Wading in like a screaming banshee just ups any tension, but I am still wary. The mildest of individuals can over react when caught red handed doing something they shouldn’t have been doing.....

Takethedogalong replied on 31/05/2021 10:25

Posted on 31/05/2021 10:19 by JVB66

No mans land grass strip? a Range Rover from a C/van on a pitch some distance behind us has now twice used the grass strip between us and the C/van next door as a way of not having to use the one way system. they have just done it again this morning 

I think words may be exchanged when they get back ,our dog was in the shade under our c/van luckilyyell

Posted on 31/05/2021 10:25

You need some Caltrops JV, or quietly let down two of their tyres. One isn’t good enough, they might have a spare. Two usually needs the rescue and recovery......🤣

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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 31/05/2021 11:23

Posted on 31/05/2021 11:23

Thank you TDA you are the first one who has answered it fully as opposed to-‘it’s rude’, ‘I paid for it not them’, ‘it’s mine’. I appreciate the insight👍🏻. The positive thing is-the Dinosaur age is slowly coming to an end. Evolution will always pass some by but I’m reliably informed the age of ‘man is good woman bad’ is slowly runnning its course. My niece is the head of a Dept that has men much older than her & younger. She still enjoys her work👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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