Dissapointed

That was one positive of our stay at the Gatwick site. 🛫🛬 We did not need to worry what volume the TV was on 😂 I think if we had an awning we could probably have had a karaoke 🎤in it and nobody would have objected.

Agree 9:30 is rather early to start objecting. Given the general background noise on most sites at that sort of time in the summer months, I am surprised they considered it necessary to complain.

I have some sympathies for the parents of the children, could it be that your voices increased in volume due to lubrication?

Most sites I've been on have a 10pm noise curfew which seems to be a good compromise. 

It is possible that the lady who complained had a genuine concern about getting her children to sleep although she has been painted as the villain in this case. Four adults in an awning can create a lot of noise which perhaps they don't realise. I am not sure the time of day is particularly relevant, but if you have very young children 9.30pm is quite late. Was it not an option to be inside the caravan rather than the awning? 

David

Why!

Should a whole campsite turn in for bed at 7.30pm perhaps because that is what time a neighbours children go to bed. Parents of children cannot expect complete silence in the evening, a time for silence is already the accepted norm so why should this particular person try to force an earlier time on someone else and ruin their evening.

It's all pretty innocent stuff but a fast game of dominoes can make quite a clatter. 

As an aside - we also enjoy dominoes in the awning. 

Life isn't black and white.

If it was a reasonable request I would have answered that we would tone it down a little to at least keep a sensible balance.

On a C&CC site a couple of weeks ago a party erupted with about 6 adults at 2.30 AM. The wardens shut it down about 30 minutes later.

I did suggest that if it had been a CC site the police, fire brigade and the CC militia would have been a lot quicker than that

Agree, 9.30 is too early to be complaining. 

Is there a "silence" time in the rules?

Most other sites use 10pm or 11pm.

I would find 10pm reasonable.

Down side of staying on a Club Site, pitches are quite close together. Agree with others about 10pm, a reasonable compromise during school holidays. Don't let it put you and your friends off, it's only your fourth outing and with many more, it gets easier to choose your Sites and pitches to gauge who might be around you. 

It has happened to us all, conversely, we once found ourselves next to a howling baby, poor little thing cried all through two nights. Parents said sorry, but we had had enough and moved pitches. Don't blame the baby or parents, just one of those things, but stressful if it is next to you. 

Put it behind you, chalk it down to experience, and carry on touring.