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Quote: Originally posted by SpampMan on 13/4/2009

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It can only get worse now it's too expensive to go to Benidorm...

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Quote: Originally posted by Liddenham on 13/4/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by SpampMan on 13/4/2009

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It can only get worse now it's too expensive to go to Benidorm...

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Thanks for that cheery thought, SpampMan!

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The Gallaghers must camp a lot as I think they were pitched 50 yards from us last weekend at Gibraltar Farm, Silverdale. Oh I do love a bit of Rod Stewart at full volume on the car stereo at 7am.

And why do they have to scream at the top of their voices even when the person is standing next to them?

Quote of the weekend from their 9 yr old, "Mum, dad says if he looks at me again I can punch him hard in the back."

Lovely!

This can ruin a holiday can't it. We had two caravans pull on pitches across the site road from us two seasons ago, they had a family between them so had to walk a few yards to get to each other. They spent the week going out every day shopping for booze, playing loud music until the small hours & jsut about getting on everyones nerves. The elderly couple next to us were very upset by their behaviour.

They were the same on site last year, strutting around like the rest of us should be glad they were there, thankfully they were well away from us & I'm just hoping they've sold their caravans & taken up going abroad again this year. I certainly won't miss them.

BB

I also think that the more facilitys you have the worse it can get.The larger sites etc.

We never go on school holidays although we have a severn year old, and very rarely do weekends all because of this.

We have been members of the caravan club and camping and caravan club through the years for this reason, (so as the warden can keep a eye on things even when your not there, football and caravan window come to mind)

I check the reviews to way up the sites also.

Surely you can get bad neighbours whatever type of holiday you have, not just camping.  It's the luck of the draw.

A couple of years ago, my Dad and his wife were staying in a ground floor apartment in Spain.  Dad got up in the morning, stepped out onto his terrace and then felt something wet hit his head.  He looked up and two balconies above was a lovely chap urinating.  Lovely...

Perhaps a good behaviour deposit might work, you wouldn't rent yout flat out without security would you? I would happily pay if I thought it might encourage others to respect reasonable limits on site.

Will it be worse this year seeing as how the world and his wife are going credit crunch camping?

Earplugs will be 'de rigeur'!

It seems par for the course these days to behave with as little respect for others as possible. Every morning this weekend I woke up at 6am, my choice, but I like to sit there in peace and quiet watching the world wake up, that is until a Geordie father across from me tells his young son to "shut the f*** up or I'll give you a right *******!!"  This kid was about 6 or 7 years old, is it any wonder the youth of today are generally like they are with parents like this? I have no problem telling these "people" what I think but I chose to keep my mouth shut because I didnt want to wake anyone else up, but he'd probably done that by himself!

On another note, and sorry if I seem to be holding a grudge against our North East friends, I was gob smacked on returning from a trip to the shops to see our parking space occupied by a 2 man tent. We have a Montana 6 which was side by side with our friends tent, to any half intelligent human being it would have been obvious that to the left of our tent was where we parked our car but not to this kind chap who decided to stand there and stare at me when I returned as though to say "tough"

I've a feeling this year is going to be a little less friendly than previous years  

Oh...don't say that !!  The trouble we encountered was on an independent farm site...and we've got to know the owners well over the years so it did make things awkward.  I would have understood it if we'd been on a commercial site ( which we would avoid like the plague anyway ! )...but No, these no hopers turned up like bad pennies...sorry, but just thinking about it makes me angry..  I don't care where people come from but I just think a few manners and a bit of blimmin' thought for other people doesn't cost anything.  But they seemed to turn up bold as brass and they were there to have a good rowdy time and beggar anyone else,. !!....it was quite obvious they thought we were 'stuck up'...well, if being polite and quiet and thinking if others is being stuck up then I hold my hands up !!.....

If we'd left we'd have disappointed our daughter...but if it happened again I think I would definately go to the trouble of moving the tent.  My husband wasn;t keen as he thought they'd take it as an insult and we'd come back to our tent slashed one day....you wouldn't have put it past them to look at them !!

I never thought about the credit crunch affecting this, so now I'm a little more worried !!...it was evident they'd been to argos and filled the car full of tacky gear ( no offence to people who buy from argos !! )...but you know.....it adds to the picture !...a cheap sagging tent....and god knows how many air beds they spent two hours with the electric inflator going...!!....( while F'ing and Blinding how long it was taking...them not us !! )....

We're going again to the same site because we love it...only this time we've booked a pitch where there is only one 'neighbour'..the other side is the loo block and water tap...with a fair gap between...so we have only got the one side to worry about !!  Hopefully, it won't happen again - but when I pull up and see a gap next to ours I'm on pins wondering who's going to turn up next...same if someone leaves during our stay...and you think...Oh, Gawd...who are we going to get next ....??? 

Great - we go caravanning and this year will also be camping to get away from idiot neighbours at home so we really don't want to encounter the same when we're away! 

We did previously have our caravan on a seasonal pitch on a privately owned park and, apart from one muppet who liked to drink too much, and "exercised" his two dogs by opening the caravan door and letting them go.  We had our water barrel "watered"  and also our brand new Isabella awning .  The park owners really didn't seem to care so we're no longer spending our money there.   That said, it has now changed hands but I'd be worried that the same idiot would still be there.

We do EHU in both caravan and tent but are members of both clubs and will mostly be using their sites.  Fingers crossed for a quiet summer for all who're looking for just that.