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Had to laugh when we were away - went away for the day and on our return found that we had new neighbours. Not a problem of course, but they pitched so close and wedged in right near the front gate - there were two tents in their wee group. Thing was the entire field was nearly empty and there was loads of space everywhere else!  Why do people do that!

I think too if you set your bleedin' tent alight I'll be mighty peed off if you take mine with you

Apart from the fact I don't want to hear them fart and snore and don't want them to hear me fart and mutter either!

Its not like we had the best pitch either, we had to go at the bottom end of the field as it was busy when we arrived.

They did turn out to be not awful neighbours despite their proximity, I thought it was a bad omen when I got out the car and said hello cheerfully only to be greeting with a grumpy grunt and look by the woman as they were tackling pitching their tent for the first time. Lots of bickering and mean words as they got through it together - got there in the end - but thankfully they turned out to be a couple and one pair of in-laws who laughed a lot and were warm and friendly to one another!

Oh dear. Mind you, it was probably his only chance to let the chils know and gave him a bit of time with the child which sadly many dads don't get once partners split.

Our closest neighbours this year turned out to be from just up the road to where we live. Good job we did not have words!

Quote: Originally posted by Howslo on 21/8/2008

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As far as I know, the should be 6m minimum between tents by law.

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It varies depending upon local authority planning regulations, usually between three and six metres but occasionally less.

Had to laugh when we were away - went away for the day and on our return found that we had new neighbours. Not a problem of course, but they pitched so close and wedged in right near the front gate - there were two tents in their wee group. Thing was the entire field was nearly empty and there was loads of space everywhere else!

I hate those sort of in your face inconsiderate morons, it's a kind of bullying. not only unsafe, but puts a dampener on your own bit of free space.

we had an odd neighbour on a site in Belgium a few weeks ago......

He was camping solo and was struggling to pitch a small tent so we helped.. sorted.

We noticed that the HH on his tent was only 850 and it had been raining.

The following morning he said his tent leaked badly and was popping home to get a bigger tent.

He returned later with a larger cheapo tent and got on with pitching it.

A while later, we returned from the supermarket and found him waiting for us.

The cheeky git asked us if we could take the weathermaster windbreak down so he could peg his last few guylines !

We told him sorry but no, it is attached to the tent.

If we were taking his pitch then that would be different but for some reason unknown to mankind, he decided to throw the fly on the floor and pitch it right there without considering where the guys would go.

And he had tons of space on the other side for crying out loud

Who sang "People are strange"? They got that right lol

Angie