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Sorry for all the questions all of a sudden but we need to make a decision and stop faffing about! (well ok I need to stop faffing about, my DH has decided!!).

This is more out of interest than anything else but is it harder to find a pitch if you have a larger tent? I suppose what really mean is, does it cut down the choice of campsites available?

We just like to like to have as much choice as possible although we prefer quieter sites.

Thanks again.

Having a larger tent does slightly cut down the number of sites you can use or you can do what the warden at Ninham suggested to me and book 2 pitches. However I have found that the best sites I have been to have had 'free' camping and there size does not matter.

I love my big tent and enjoy the fact that I do not have to worry about rain as we can happily live in our tent but am going to buy a weekend tent for one or two night trips.

There is a thread pinned at the top of the UK campsites section called sites accepting large tents so you may find some useful info there.

Carol

Sites accepting large tents

.... http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=4&TopicID=27296&PagePosition=1

Personally we never had a problem when we had our Vango tunnel (7 metre + in length). We found it seems to be down to the type of sites you use. The more entertainment/swimming pools on sites etc the more of a problem there seems to be. We like sites with nice toilets/showers and maybe a kids play area and like i said have never had a problem.. When you book the site always tell them the size of the tent and at least then you will know if its a problem before arriving.

Also we are members of the C &CC and i have noticed that they now ask automatically what size pitch you require (even if you book online there is a bit for pitch size). there doesnt seem to be extra charges for larger either.

We have a big tent.  Just make sure that you know what size pitch yours takes up. Call beforehand and judge what is best by what they say and what tone of voice they use.  Inevitably, if you call them and they say, "well that doesn't matter" or "we have the perfect pitch", then you will feel at home.   We prefer smaller, quiet sites so it could be different on the morecommercial venues.  Have fun.