Why do people walk across other peoples pitch

clarinetman replied on 29/04/2021 19:12

Posted on 29/04/2021 19:12

Just had a lovely 5 day stay at the Hebden Bridge site, one of my favourites, although it is a very small site some people still can’t walk around the road to get to the water,waste and toilet dump instead walk across someone else’s pitch. Is it me or particularly in this age of social distancing does this annoy other members.

When ask politely to stop invading my space and maintain social distance they got grumpy.

Still the site is lovely Hebden Bridge just starting to get back to something like normal whilst observing the social distancing rules, unlike my pitch invader.

harryb replied on 30/04/2021 08:21

Posted on 30/04/2021 08:21

Looking at a normal pitch layout, I will give hard standing as an example, your pitch is 9 or 10 metres wide with a grass apron before the layout starts again on the next pitch. So pitching according to club instructions, car, van and awning, that is equal to about three metres each. If someone walks through between the two pitches on the grass apron then they are about four metres away. I can’t see a problem with that. Just to back that up, you are sat outside your van at the front in the sunshine near the site road and someone walks past then they could be a lot closer to you and your van than three metres and this is a normal occurrence

However to walk passed on the gravel of your pitch then perhaps that would be a no no and maybe that is what the rule covers. 

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Posted on 30/04/2021 08:48

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Takethedogalong replied on 30/04/2021 09:08

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:08

Farm field is usually our chosen option๐Ÿ˜ I don’t mind having munching cows, or meandering horses next door. And visiting chickens and ducks are very welcome. Paradise would be a friendly pig not far away. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

 

SteveL replied on 30/04/2021 09:15

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:15

Personally I don’t have any problem generally with folk using the grass divide. Although I wouldn’t. However, where this involves crossing cables I am not so keen. So easy to trip over one and damage the connector when it’s dark.

SteveL replied on 30/04/2021 09:20

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:08 by Takethedogalong

Farm field is usually our chosen option๐Ÿ˜ I donโ€™t mind having munching cows, or meandering horses next door. And visiting chickens and ducks are very welcome. Paradise would be a friendly pig not far away. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

 

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:20

You don’t even need to be on a farm.๐Ÿ˜‚

Ray Gill Dino replied on 30/04/2021 09:42

Posted on 29/04/2021 20:20 by Tinwheeler

No, only a 2m lead ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:42

Yes a big dog and secure 2 metre lead usually sorts most.

Takethedogalong replied on 30/04/2021 09:52

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:20 by SteveL

You donโ€™t even need to be on a farm.๐Ÿ˜‚

Posted on 30/04/2021 09:52

Bliss! Was it friendly? That doesn’t look British Site by the way, strict rules over here around pigs wandering loose. 

We had a friendly donkey on a site in York that liked to say good morning. And Ostriches over the fence in South Wales that tapped on the window. They freaked our Airedales out to much, we had to move van further away from the fence. ๐Ÿ˜‚

I’d much rather have a visiting pig than a human trip hazard with a full pee pot!๐Ÿคฃ

SteveL replied on 30/04/2021 10:10

Posted on 30/04/2021 10:10

Yes friendly, would take carrots / apples if given. It was on a site on the outskirts of Lourdes. It had a little zoo area for the kids. On an evening the chickens, pig and donkey were let out to wander through the site to the other end where they spent the night. We hardly saw the donkey he was in such a rush to get back to base for his supper and wouldn’t stop for a photo opportunity.๐Ÿ˜‚

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