Am I an outdated fuddy duddy?

Semantics I know but is the phrase ‘asked to respect’ helpful within a rule? Rules are frequently misunderstood, go unread, ignored. Some are unaware of them and even when aware the interpretation can differ between folk. Of course, politely asking or having that friendly chat can help but at the end of the day it boils down to an individual’s choice to abide by disregard the rule. I guess when ignored the reasons why will possibly defines one’s character more than the rule itself.

Me either but they’re all rules that are ignored, that was the pt TC👍🏻.

If they banned BBQs, then pitch invaders are welcome to set up Maypole dancing on my temporary bit of rental, and I'd provide the refreshments.

And thats my point. They weren't ignored.

Your earlier post implied they were ignored, Timbo, but not to the point of causing a nuisance.

I’m a little confused now.🤔

Well I don't think so at all.

A person chooses to break the rules not the design of the site. Just because it's easy to do so isn't really an excuse or a defense. It is just rude and unacceptable behaviour.

It's easy for my car (by design) to break the speed limit that it's me that has to press down the accelerator and decide to break the speed limit. 

I find it sad that some of those posting here think it's OK to walk across other people's pitches. And, especially that those of us who still respect the good practice of not doing so are living in the past. I find that insulting. No wonder arguments sometimes get heated and personal in this place.

To me this attitude encapsulates the lack of respect in society today, especially among the younger generation, but also, seemingly, in some of those of older years.

Would you freely walk across other people's (unfenced) gardens when out on a walk? I doubt you would. And, yet, you yourself make the comment that you are renting your space for a period of time; that is exactly right. For those x days it is your space for which you have paid; the right to use it is your entitlement and not the entitlement of all-comers - just as your garden is your space. I certainly believe you should expect that space not to be made use of by people who are too lazy to take the proper route. Your analogy about the price of beer is also entirely misplaced. It is not the same thing at all. Of course, we'd all like to buy beer at 1970's prices, but how is that the same as losing the kind of respect for other people that once used to be more prevalent in British society.  

I do not think you have to walk across other people's pitches in order to be sociable and make friends. That is a poor excuse for invading someone else's space. I always talk to my neighbours or other passers-by given even only half a chance. I travel alone most of the time and being able to chat with other members and campers is really important to me. I am upset by those who ignore one or who refuse to make eye-contact. But I jolly well would not dream of walking across some one else's pitch in the hope or expectation that that will enable me to make contact. Instead I would expect to be frowned upon because, as SteveL quite rightly states above, to do this is just plain rude.

On a different point, I agree with Tinny that a rule about crossing other people's pitches is hard to enforce. However, I strongly disagree with the notion that a rule that is hard to enforce or which people regularly break should be done away with. Adopting such an approach, in more important matters of law and social cohesion, would lead to chaos.

I accept that walking on other people's pitches is a minor transgression, but I remain of the view that good manners and respect for others is such that it should not happen. It's no use telling those of us who are annoyed by it to chill as some have. It won't spoil my time away, but nor will I ever see it as acceptable behaviour.       

Some people find it unacceptable that it happens and some are not and that's fine we all have different scales of what annoys and what doesn't and by how much, and how much privacy we expect, not that you can expect much on a campsite but I think someone walking so close as they can look into my caravan is breaking my privacy 'zone'. 

I always use hardstanding pitches and on the sites I use there's always a grass strip between pitches and if someone want to walk on that it's not my space or pitch and I don't mind that at all but stepping on 'my' gravel is literally overstepping the mark and shouldn't happen. Perhaps as I use a HS it is obvious where 'my' pitch starts and ends and perhaps not so obvious on grass but close enough to peer into as the OP writes is just wrong, in my view.

If it happened to me I would certainly have a very polite request not to do it.

Some pitches are hard to define. It’s Exeter.

A while ago at Rookesbury Pk a male was actually clearing a way through the hedge at the rear of our pitch. Politely asked if he was new to the club as his actions were not acceptable. Didn,t come that way again although we received dirty looks for rest of week.