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Quote: Originally posted by PaulDG on 09/6/2007

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I'm afriad I don't understand the problem either - from what I've seen, prejudice against tenters being allowed a gazebo comes from caravanners who have twin axel rigs and double extended awnings who look down on the scum in the tent field who don't have fully colour co-ordinating kit and want them off the pitch as it spoils the view.

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Quote: Originally posted by rexgrant on 09/6/2007

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Hi all
With a gazebo the shape is the problem.They are a perfect Giant Kite. 

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But the shape is the same as a day tent....?

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Have you had some very negative experiences with caravanners then, PaulDG?

No.  But I've had less than perfect experiences with site wardens who seem determined to regulate what campers under canvas get up to while allowing caravanners to pretty much do as they want.

This seems to come from the sort of warden who's never actually camped but has toured in a van.  To them it's entirely natural that a caravan needs hookup, water, mains drainage and a double extended awning.

Then they insist that tents must be in the boggy bit of the field with no EHU, no 'canvas touching canvas' ('it's a fire risk you know!'), furthest to walk to the showers & toilets.

(We've decided we can't fight this so we're surrendering. We're in the process of buying a FC which with its awning has a 'canvas touching canvas' structure but is apparently entirely safe...)