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  

neveramsure replied on 30/05/2021 17:03

Posted on 30/05/2021 16:38 by Takethedogalong

Won’t be anyone walking over our pitch this week. Gorgeous CL, no facilities beyond the fill and dump, and a very very nice cafe outside the CL perimeter. Bring it on. 😁

Club Sites are starting to sound distinctly less than perfect at the moment, not sure if it’s the clientele this year, or something else....... Either way, it won’t be bothering us, they are a second choice only for us nowadays. 

Posted on 30/05/2021 17:03

That sounds lovely TDA, hope you enjoy your stay.cool

I’ve been on loads of great CLs and people don’t tend to walk over your pitch unless they are stopping for a chat.smile

Maybe the answer is to buy loads of windbreaks.undecided

That reminds me: I remember seeing one lady caravan owner who had a couple of dogs and she actually fenced off her pitch with some wire mesh to keep the dogs in. It would be just as effective keeping people out.laughing

Takethedogalong replied on 30/05/2021 17:07

Posted on 30/05/2021 17:03 by neveramsure

That sounds lovely TDA, hope you enjoy your stay.cool

I’ve been on loads of great CLs and people don’t tend to walk over your pitch unless they are stopping for a chat.smile

Maybe the answer is to buy loads of windbreaks.undecided

That reminds me: I remember seeing one lady caravan owner who had a couple of dogs and she actually fenced off her pitch with some wire mesh to keep the dogs in. It would be just as effective keeping people out.laughing

Posted on 30/05/2021 17:07

It’s where we met up and said hello Nevers! College Farm at Alkborough. Gosh that seems a long time ago now, but it’s a lovely place. Well laid out in that huge landscaped garden, with the Meadows one side. Hoping to see some Bitterns again👍

Tinwheeler replied on 30/05/2021 17:38

Posted on 30/05/2021 17:03 by neveramsure

That sounds lovely TDA, hope you enjoy your stay.cool

I’ve been on loads of great CLs and people don’t tend to walk over your pitch unless they are stopping for a chat.smile

Maybe the answer is to buy loads of windbreaks.undecided

That reminds me: I remember seeing one lady caravan owner who had a couple of dogs and she actually fenced off her pitch with some wire mesh to keep the dogs in. It would be just as effective keeping people out.laughing

Posted on 30/05/2021 17:38

CLs definitely don’t lend themselves to pitch crossing in my experience. Perhaps a shuffle along the back hedge to reach the EHU bollard and that’s about it.👍🏻

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Takethedogalong replied on 30/05/2021 18:05

Posted on 30/05/2021 18:05

Nevers said....That reminds me: I remember seeing one lady caravan owner who had a couple of dogs and she actually fenced off her pitch with some wire mesh to keep the dogs in. It would be just as effective keeping people out..........

We have seen quite a few effective “fences” down the years. Good at not only keeping things in and safe, but keeping idle so and so’s at a distance as well, not to mention any passing opportunists. We used to use a windbreak across entrance to our pitch in Cornwall that had individual hedged pitches. Gave a big of privacy as well, which is a whole new topic😯 We had a week on YRP Club Site during the heatwave in 2018(?), plenty of flesh on view there I can tell you, and not all of it fully controlled😂😳

Cornersteady replied on 30/05/2021 18:28

Posted on 30/05/2021 18:28

I've posted before I don't mind at all if people use the grass strips that often separate pitches but draw the line at 'my' actual gravel.

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