Should users be fined?

Part of the problem must be the "white peg" which leads to the same patch of grass being used time and again for the awning

Can agree with this

Sorry Fysherman, but the site owner was not wrong!  He showed us pitches where we could clearly see where people had had mats etc.  

When we left, the only place the grass had yellowed was where the mud flaps had been, and where we had our table and other stuff.  

But this goes against all science, at least as I understand it.

"The grass where the actual groundsheet was. was still green and perfectly fine!"

I am at a total loss to explain how this is possible so I wont try. It's a strange one.

newer sites tend to all hardstanding so this might become an issue of the past?

Hi Corners, you are a teacher, how can grass make chlorophyll through a groundsheet?

I am sure LR is not making it up but this is puzzling me.

Perhaps Biology is not your subject though. Bet you could find out from a collegue?

Plenty of light coming in from the awning 'windows' doors & roof.  You can disbelieve me if you want to 

Hi Corners, you are a teacher, how can grass make chlorophyll through a groundsheet?

I am sure LR is not making it up but this is puzzling me.

not sure I follow you, my post merely stated that there will be fewer grass pitches as time goes on so the issue of needing groundsheets will diminish, I was not following on from LR just making a point about the the OP question 

Plenty of light coming in from the awning 'windows' doors & roof.  You can disbelieve me if you want to 

Hang on,  please read my previous post. I dont disbelive you but I am asking how a groundsheet (which must block daylight) allows chlorophyil to be made.

Hi Corners, you are a teacher, how can grass make chlorophyll through a groundsheet?

I am sure LR is not making it up but this is puzzling me.

not sure I follow you, my post merely stated that there will be fewer grass pitches as time goes on so the issue of needing groundsheets will diminish, I was not following on from LR just making a point about the the OP question 

Ok, never mind. I just thought you might have been able to help answer something.

Ok lets drop it as its all getting confused.

If awnings are a problem, imagine the problems created by tents which invariably have impervious groundsheets. The answer seems to be in excellent pitch management.  A commercial site site we often used as tent-campers, and now as caravaners, always has its grass pitches in perfect condition. How? Tents are only allowed to remain on a given grass pitch for a maximum of 4days ...THEN the pitch is 'rested' untill recovered. If a tenter does not want to move mid-stay, he has to use a harstanding pitch. If pitches are still recovering, they will turn business away if necessary.

Perhaps a similar policy could apply to awnings?