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Topic: Oh my god its wet

Qwerty73

01/9/2012 at 10:31am
Location: Preston
Outfit: 2009 Camplet concorde

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Set up last night on a site and it just became a bog! It was wet but just got worse as we set up.

I know there has been a lot of rain but this was ridiculous!
The owner did say choose your own pitch but it was this or another which seemed equally bad but i am shocked they rented it out.

Is there a minimum level you should expect from a site owner and a pitch?

I probably should have abandoned it but with two small children sometimes a Dunkirk spirt is needed. Ironically, i fear, we may need rescuing from across the water

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lissabuff

01/9/2012 at 12:04pm
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if you dont think its safe to get around reasonably well i would query as to why the owner is allowing people to get on site, but end of the day really its your call ,any where close to you that may be in better condition unferfoot you may want to up and go to[where are you to locationwise?

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Qwerty73

01/9/2012 at 12:14pm
Location: Preston
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We have decided discretion is the better part of Valor and called it a day just need to pack up and not try and get mud on everything as we go. I'm a novice and have learnt from the experience (the owner knew this and that it was a trailer tent) but I really would have expected more from them. If it hadn't been a camplet I think it would be marooned and sunk by now! I personally fetl its a poor show by the owner who now has a badly marked pitch!

We are Northwest area.

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griff10553

01/9/2012 at 12:25pm
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Hope you get it down and packed away without mud all over it.

What is the name and location of the site so I make sure I don`t book on it?

Griff

PigletandTigger

01/9/2012 at 12:48pm
Location: Dorset
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What do you expect the site to do in this weather?

Site owners get criticised for cancelling people and then criticised for allowing them onto pitches. I have a nasty feeling that after this awful season we'll see fewer small sites next year as site owners decide that it isn't worth their while operating.

You may feel happier booking a hardstanding pitch in future.

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Qwerty73

01/9/2012 at 6:23pm
Location: Preston
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To be fair to the owner they only charged me for 1 night and I would go back I just felt that this pitch was bad and would have been best cordoned off.

Griff
I dont wish to name the site specifically as I think it was a bad combination of the worst summer ever and my naivety in assessing the situation. My tent is down safely and just needs a bit of sorting out to remove some of the mud from the rubber ground skirt (hopefully) so lesson learnt!

Also to be fair having spent £4700 for the TT, having 2 small kids and a lot of water/ mud I was probably being very precious about my recent investment!
whilst the campers next to me didn't bother too much about the mud with a new tent and their kids

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ianclose

01/9/2012 at 9:24pm
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Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 01/9/2012
You may feel happier booking a hardstanding pitch in future.

We had a hardstanding back in June as all the grass pitches had been closed. It flooded early one morning and all my rock pegs fell out of the ground.

alisonme

01/9/2012 at 9:53pm
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It is supposed to be fun at the end of the day, and if conditions are really bad, it's not!

Better luck next time!

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All the best,
Alison

the black fox

02/9/2012 at 8:04am
Location: flint north wales
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we faced a similar dilemma earlier this year ,due to our lovely summer .we were on hardstanding ,but step out into the awning and it was a pond ,its not the site owners fault its just the weather ,however due to the stress of getting it all down soaking wet then having to re-erect camper in the garden ,spread the awning and other bits thoughout the garage to dry for a week or more ,i decided enough was enough ,sold up and bought a caravan.end of story .

mascot

02/9/2012 at 1:27pm
Location: brighton
Outfit: Suncamp 400se

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We just got back from a very soggy Paignton. After 2 days of rain we were rained out. I spoke to reception and without any hesitation they offered us a caravan (at a cost of £25).There were several already cleaned and waiting for rained out campers. They knew the pitches we were on were prone to water-logging after all the rain this summer, but we were put there any way. Our neighbors also moved to a caravan. Some of the worst things were, bought a gas refill (unused), a new mattress topper (unused), new BBQ (used once) and had to stay in a tin can with absolutely no atmosphere or people to talk with at all.

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Qwerty73

02/9/2012 at 5:18pm
Location: Preston
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Hmmm you win on the bog front

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mascot

03/9/2012 at 7:59am
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I went back in the evening after moving the gear to the caravan for this photo. It had dried out a bit by then. We took the TT down in the morning after the canvas had dried a bit. The previous picture was the following afternoon.

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mzzy

03/9/2012 at 11:33am
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What a nightmare! Mud + camping =

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mattsurf

03/9/2012 at 2:31pm
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Brings back horrible memories of May half term this year - you remember, the jubilee week, with hurricanes (well almost) and floods. We were camping with our TT in the Forrest of Dean for the week - the canvas kept out the rain, the groundsheet didn't keep out the bog, and my event shelter came back slightly the worse for wear. As a result I bought a new TT with zip in groundsheet - our friends faired far better with their Outwell tent with sown in groundsheet. We have been camping for the past 5 years over the May Half term, however, after this year we are really not sure that we want to go back - I am sure that this summers poor weather with have an awful effect on UK Camping

alisonme

03/9/2012 at 9:20pm
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We did exactly that after being flooded out a few years ago, traded in a Camplet for a Jametic, and we've been fine ever since. Sometimes it goes wrong, but we've had far more good camps than bad!

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Alison

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