Misrepresenting sites online

I think no mow May is a good idea, but that doesn’t mean rubbish around or not cutting grass near to pitches. As for flowers etc, unless shrubs, aren’t those up to the wardens? Depend whether they are interested in gardening or not. 
We regularly visit CLs and don’t want pristine sites, not what camping is about.

PS to above,I agree about out of date site photos. I think that applies to many club sites. I would have thought they should be refreshed every couple of years.

It would have been interesting for you to have posted some photos to illustrate what you mean?

David

On our a last site last month the HS pitches were just as tidy as before but it was the larger grass strips in-between that had not been mowed, I quite liked it but Mrs C wasn't as keen on the appearance but we both agreed (really) that as long as the pitches themselves were good and tidy it didn't really matter as to the 'star rating' which for us is more to do with pitches and facilities, and the state of the grass around them wouldn't put us off coming to club sites or membership.

I think from other threads that actual grass pitches would be kept mowed?

Funny though that some complain about sites looking like car parks and should be more rural looking when the club does there are complaints the other way? 

As others have said No Mow May is not only a good idea but one many of us who enjoy the great outdoors in our caravans, motorised or otherwise, would very much support. This initiative should be managed correctly though and support nature, it’s not a lazy option to do nothing. My observation of this notion across the sites we have visited this spring has been most positive with site staff showing a real interest in it and a passion to help our wildlife.

Perhaps the long grass is the cause of my great nieces tick bites and being treated to stave off lyme’s disease 

No mow May is a good idea, I do that at home.

However its MAY, not June or July the sites should by now be back to a tidy appearance. Given the price that is being charged I think members are right in expecting things to be kept tidy.

There are sites that have left 'no mow areas' for wildlife, our council has also done that on 2 of the big parks we have. The rest though should be cut. 

Just a thought about no mow May. My niece’s house has a park opposite their front garden. The grass wasn’t cut in May but this has now been done. Coincidentally, immediately after cutting there has been a big increase in the number of flies, many of which find their way into her house. Now my thought, and this may be way off beam, is that the long grass prevented birds, and particularly starlings, from getting at and eating the flies and, as importantly, their grubs. So not cutting the grass may be depriving the birds from soft food that they need for their young and subsequently creating a later fly infestation.Ticks have also already been mentioned earlier in the thread. These live in long grass, the long grass that children play in.

This may be a rubbish hypothesis but does anyone else agree with this thought?

Actually John I do agree.

I find the sort of long grass in parks and concil run areas have a detrimental effect on Birdlife. I prefer areas to be planted with wildflowers, an oxymoron of a statement I know, but at least then the birds can get in amongst the flowers and the insect life, especially  Bees etc, have a ready made food bank.

Leaving long grass that purports to be for 1 month for 2-3 months is lazy and/or cost cutting exercise.

Just as an addition to my post above, I saw the grass in question again yesterday. When it was cut it was about a foot high. This cut grass is just laying where it was cut and, apart from being wet by recent rain, it is drying out. How long before a discarded cigarette causes a fire? Even more reason to think that 'no mow May' has a lot of unintended consequences especially in public areas like parks.