Plea to CL Owners

Perhaps they are having problems mowing the grass because of all the rain and the ground is too soft for the mower.

Should have stayed at Forton House this week. Out all day yesterday and came back to find the grass, which wasn't overlong to start with, nicely mown and tidied. Croquet, anyone?!! 

Or too wet for the mower! We are behind with our lawn mowing, even with a petrol mower, as it just clogs the blades. It is nicer though if not too long on CLs.

I don’t know we can support the “plea” as cutting grass on CLs has mixed blessings. If not effectively picked up then we find walking autumn dew damped grass into the van can be a curse.
Whilst not liking grass to be too long it being uncut at up to 100 mm presents us less problems than recently cut grass that is not well collected.
For the neatly mowed pitch we would seek out the main sites, but we much rather a rural CL, longer grass and all.

I'm a bit less tolerant. Don't like to see it longer than 60-70mm. Any sort of dampness above this length results in footwear choice tending towards wellies. The other thing is that the longer the grass, the harder it becomes to cut or dry out enough to cut.

If the ground is too soft and wet to take a mower, surely the site should be closed until it dries out? I certainly wouldn't take a motorhome onto ground like that.

I don’t know we can support the “plea” as cutting grass on CLs has mixed blessings. If not effectively picked up then we find walking autumn dew damped grass into the van can be a curse.
Whilst not liking grass to be too long it being uncut at up to 100 mm presents us less problems than recently cut grass that is not well collected.
For the neatly mowed pitch we would seek out the main sites, but we much rather a rural CL, longer grass and all.

Our main bugbear with sites is when they do nto pick up the grass after it has been mowed.

If I may share a canny trick I've picked up over the years re grass clippings, this trick also works with Autumnal fallen leaves(non Autumnal too) if I know there is grass on any pitch not just CL pitches I wear Wellingtons, then on returning to my LV/Tent/pod etc I kick them off & enter my 'abode' wearing socks. I hope you at least try this canny trick out, it works. Its good to share

If I may share a canny trick I've picked up over the years re grass clippings, this trick also works with Autumnal fallen leaves(non Autumnal too) if I know there is grass on any pitch not just CL pitches I wear Wellingtons, then on returning to my LV/Tent/pod etc I kick them off & enter my 'abode' wearing socks. I hope you at least try this canny trick out, it works. Its good to share

Rocky ...I can only see one problem with your post,it would mean that users of CLs etc would have to think, that as they are on grass it could mean wearing adequate footwear for the conditions, 

As most sensible people will know,it not bad weather etc its inadequate clothing that causes "distress"

My brother in law got away with quoting the adage “No such thing as bad weather just inadequate clothing” to his children for years but now he is older & colder they just quote it back to him .