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try telling a 2 yr old to keep quiet when its light and the birds have been singing since 4am, im a night owl, not a morning person, and we try our best to keep noise to a minimum

Quote: Originally posted by Lilli on 08/7/2007

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 How he loved to lead the family in a little sing along in the awning at night. He even encouraged the little ones to do a spot of dancing to some of his merrier numbers. They'd put down some sort of vinyl on the floor and there was a loud clippy clippy noise as they skipped their way through the country dances.

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Well we have been camping for a couple of years now and only once were we kept awake at night and that was at a UK Campsite meet up in Settle, so just for sport Elizabeth and i got up really early and made as much noise as possible.

We are early risers and i am always up at 5am, i make sure i am quiet, Elizabeth doesnt wake normally until 7am.we enjoy our evenings also, elizabeth plays til she cant no more and falls asleep imediately, Peter and i enjoy a few glasses of wine and we read or play cards. 

We behave ourselves and respect other people (if they deserve it )

Wow what a thread !!!

Gonna put my tuppence worth in now.I have an 8yr old daughter who absolutely loves camping and everything it involves.We have house rules which are based on consideration,courtesy and commonsense-way better than the 3Rs lol.These house rules become tent rules while we are camping.It has nothing to do with control but self respect and respect for other people.I also go to smaller campsites which also have rules ie no noise between 11pm-7am so everyone gets a good nights sleep.6m firebreak so we are not looking into the nearest unit.No cars on site at night-if you go out and come back late you need to park in the overnight car park and walk.The only noise if you can call it that is the sound of the dawn chorus-no sweeter sound in my opinion.

Before our daughter was born ,we used to camp in a field in our little Khyam Highlander tent,trangia and a stand pipe nearby for water and it was heavenly but we were often woken by sheep outside our tent-how inconsiderate they were  Then we didn't camp for a long time while our child was not sleeping at night,teething,colic and all the other problems that come with babies.Now she is at an age where she appreciates the fun and pleasure of camping,but people keeping you awake at night,there's no fun in that ,is there?

Quote: Originally posted by outdoor crew on 11/7/2007

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Before our daughter was born ,we used to camp in a field in our little Khyam Highlander tent,trangia and a stand pipe nearby for water and it was heavenly but we were often woken by sheep outside our tent-how inconsiderate they were  

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Quote: Originally posted by greenhill on 13/7/2007

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We've found ourselves in a catch 22 position this year. Last year was our first year camping, over 2yr old slept well considering (8-6/6:30). Unfortunately this year we went with little baby (who was no trouble) and 3yr old who only slept 10:30 - 5 It was so stressful trying to get her to sleep (without screaming in protest) and keeping quiet in the morning when she was so excited that apart from a big church holiday we booked a year ago we're not going camping again this year   If we were on a noisy site then our 3yr old's noise wouldn't have been a problem but we'd have little chance of getting her to sleep anyway. Not sure what the future holds for us camping...

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