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I have noticed in the C&CC book that a number of pitches are sloped. Is this just for caravans or tent pitches also.

Plus if you do have a slope how do you pitch your tent? With bedrooms sloping down (though difficult with bedrooms either end) And what about tables etc....

On a sloping pitch always pitch your bedroom area on the flatest bit and sleep with head at the top of the slope

If you book a tent place an the pitch you are offered in very sloping ,refuse it,ask for a different pitch

Quote: Originally posted by Surfspud on 28/8/2008

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I have noticed in the C&CC book that a number of pitches are sloped. Is this just for caravans or tent pitches also.

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On C&CC sites caravans tend to be given fairly level pitches and sloping pitches are used for tents.  This causes a lot of contention as caravans can be levelled whereas tents cannot.

Yes, so a bit unfair really.

We have a tunnel tent with bedrooms either end. This means if we are on a slope and pitch so that we are feet down, the kids at the other end will be head down. Unless I swap their bedroom round which I guess is possible.

As for the table, we do have one with adjustable legs but only two heights so not much help as if we were sloping that much i wthink I would complain.

non slip matting and a trowel.

http://picasaweb.google.com/btp.co.uk/Eweleaze2007

http://picasaweb.google.com/btp.co.uk/Eweleaze2008

if you do a search there are more tips out there :)

We always sleep with head higher than feet, saves you waking up with an headache, or was it the wine?

We normally carry a small bag of beer mat sized carpet squares and 10mm high wooden blocks as fillers if needed. These are useful if the pitch is uneven as well as sloping.

Hope this helps

Steve & Sheila

Nicholaston Farm in the Gower has to be the most severe slope we have pitched on, we were clambering back up the airbed every hour through the night as we were literally sliding down and off the end (not such a problem on a normal airbed as it is not so high to fall off but we have one of those Queen size raised airbeds that is 20 inches off the floor).  Cooking was also a problem, the frying pan wouldnt stay on the stove, I had to hold it over the gas the whole time and also lift the bottom end of the pan to stop the contents of the pan from coming out the bottom.  I wouldnt do it again but the view from the tent was stunning so I guess some people put up with the hill to take advantage of the outlook.

Quote: Originally posted by Domino666 on 29/8/2008

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 guess some people put up with the hill to take advantage of the outlook.

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that site look great to me :)  You have the same windbreak as us i see.  Ours ended up a bit of a mess what with the wind and rain and all the kitchen stuff sliding into the corner.  It is folded over at the top to let the water drain out :(  We did get the table level though

We are used to the slope at eweleaze. It isn't a campsite just a farm that allows camping for one month a year.  Even the fishing beds didn't quite compensate for the slope but luckily i had some foam wedges, for the foot end, specially commissioned from an ebay seller (mentioned in another thread) so we didn't slip too far down.

The combination of wind, rain and slope was hard work but i would't miss it for anything :)