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Personhoppyben
26/2/2008 at 10:29am
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Me and my family have invested in a tent and are virgins to camping and are planning to book up for a week about whitsun time.i have noticed on various sites there are different pitches and was wondering what a hardstanding pitch is and what are the best pitches for tents.


Personrhondda reg
26/2/2008 at 10:35am
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hardstanding pitch is exactly what it says it is, hard. more often than not a bed of stone chippings, not very comfy if your in a tent. in my oppinion dont think you could beat a grass pitch for a tent it`s more comfort and easier to get the pegs in .

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Personhoppyben
26/2/2008 at 10:37am
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Thank you for replying a great help

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Personmrselvis
26/2/2008 at 11:11am
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Generally Ben hardstanding pitches are for vans and motorhomes to stop damage to the grass with the wheels.  You could request one if you didn't fancy getting your groundsheet dirty! But you'd need a bit of padding underneath.

 



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Personpippa10
26/2/2008 at 11:15am
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Not all hardstandings are unsuitable for tents. Some are a honeycomb of plastic embedded in the grass which would be suitable.

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Personrexgrant
26/2/2008 at 2:18pm
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Hi Most site with quarry waste filling have a membrane about six in below the filling and the sites refuse tents and awnings to be pegged on this type of hard standing.
There are a few private site that accept tents on all weather hard standings filled with pea gravel, what the base is I do not know, possibly puddled with clay?? but the members who have stayed at these sites say they are fine, no damage to ground sheets, you just require longer than normal pegs.
Rex.

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Personrexgrant
26/2/2008 at 2:24pm
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Quote: Originally posted by pippa10 on 26/2/2008
Not all hardstandings are unsuitable for tents. Some are a honeycomb of plastic embedded in the grass which would be suitable.
Hi Margaret
We did stay on a site with a pitch like you say and did not realise until we were on the pitch it had the inset. The trouble I believe is that the mud will come through the plastic for tent use but it will stop the ground been dug up with vehicle wheels spinning.
Rex


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Personcj camper
26/2/2008 at 8:21pm
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wouldnt think it would be comfortable on a hardstanding with a tent i stick to a grass pitch.

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