Am I an outdated fuddy duddy?

GrahamCraik replied on 14/01/2023 16:01

Posted on 14/01/2023 16:01

Good afternoon Campers. 

I have been camping in tents, a caravan and more recently a campervan for the last 50 years. I was taught and have always believed that it is rude to walk across or through other people's pitches. This weekend, we are staying at Henley Four Oaks and we have recently stayed at Cirencester, Tewkesbury and Moreton-in-Marsh.

I am somewhat saddened that in all cases, people have walked right through our pitches, within feet of our van, to take a shortcut to wherever they are off to. 

 People are close enough to peer in through our windows. 

Am I right in thinking this is rude and inconsiderate behaviour? Or am I just being old-fashioned in these enlightened times? 

 

DEBSC replied on 16/01/2023 16:35

Posted on 16/01/2023 16:35

There are people who don’t actually think about what they are doing and people who just don’t care. This subject has been discussed many times before and I have mentioned before about the woman who constantly squeezed herself along past our tourer and the hedge to get to the facility block, when she only had to take a few more steps to the path, that was until OH rigged up our electric cable to block her path. On our static site when our neighbour challenged someone for walking over his pitch/garden they said he didn’t own the pitch, our neighbour told him he rented it and how much he paid for it in ground rent each year. We did have someone stroll across our pitch right past me while I was sitting out, they were told in no uncertain terms. However one chap, when taking a short cut and challenged did apologise and he clearly hadn’t even considered what he was doing. Not everyone minds and often they think no one else minds.

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