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  

Tammygirl replied on 31/05/2021 19:27

Posted on 31/05/2021 16:33 by

This  was caravanning in the 1950s. My grandfather had one of them.

Posted on 31/05/2021 19:27

 I remember staying on a site like that in Great Yarmouth, Mum, Dad, Sister, Brother and me. I think it would be 1964.

replied on 01/06/2021 07:10

Posted on 31/05/2021 19:27 by Tammygirl

 I remember staying on a site like that in Great Yarmouth, Mum, Dad, Sister, Brother and me. I think it would be 1964.

Posted on 01/06/2021 07:10

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vbfg replied on 01/06/2021 08:23

Posted on 31/05/2021 19:27 by Tammygirl

 I remember staying on a site like that in Great Yarmouth, Mum, Dad, Sister, Brother and me. I think it would be 1964.

Posted on 01/06/2021 08:23

You were very lucky as I would have loved a caravan holiday when I was a child. What facilities did it have, or not have, compared with the modern vans?  After a number of very wet camping trips in my 20s I toyed with the idea of buying a caravan.  I had towed a cattle truck with a very large horse on a number of occasions so wasn't too daunted about towing.Unfortunately, due to various reasons, I never got around to it but around 35  years later (8 years ago), I decided that due to the amount of traffic these days and not liking the idea of reversing a caravan, I eventually took the decision to buy a motorhome instead. I just with that I had made the decision a lot sooner.

commeyras replied on 01/06/2021 10:02

Posted on 01/06/2021 10:02

I see that this thread has wondered off a bit but vbfg's post caused me to reflect on my childhood experience.  In the early 1950's when I was aged 6 - 10 (twin brother and elder sister)  my family had a very old caravan which they had towed to the Warren Caravan Site near Abersoch in N Wales.  I know the Warren is now an excellent site but then it offered few facilities and was polar opposite to the one pictured with loads of space around the caravans.  There was a toilet block with showers (Hot and cold).  The caravan was pretty basic, Elsan wc, gas lighting,  no mains elec, no fridge (milk kept in an evaporation box),  no water pump, kitchen area very small but really can't recall much on that!  However, my memories are of wonderful holidays meeting up with the same families who came each year. Playing in the sand hills,  walking over the LLanbedrog Old Man or on the beach into Abersoch.   And, of course, the weather was always perfect!  On a note relevant to this thread, there was no way anyone could walk over 'our' pitch as on 3 sides there were gorse bushes.wink

On thread I will put in my tu'penth.  I do not like people taking a short cut over my pitch but have found that on the rare occasions it occurs  a gentle word usually works -  supported by judicious placing of sun loungers.  But really, it is not the end of the earth!cool

 

JVB66 replied on 01/06/2021 12:59

Posted on 01/06/2021 12:59

The Range rover that had driven over the grass finger between us and the family next door ,has been spoken to by the site manager after apparently. Being accosted? by another member further along and has left early this morningsurprised

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