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28/6/2022 at 2:48pm
 Location: N. Ireland
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We were recently on a pitch in County Kerry, Ireland, in between 2 other units. One was a teenage couple (Dublin reg), dressed very inner city, tracksuits, leggings, etc) the other was an elderly couple (UK reg), well turned out at all times.
One couple were loud in general, banging the doors of their campervan (once about 30 times between 11pm and half 12), talking very loudly till well after midnight, generally oblivious to other people nearby.
The other couple you would hardly know they were there, kept themselves to themselves but always pleasant. The day they packed up and left we didnt hear a thing.
Now ..... which couple do you think matches with which ?


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28/6/2022 at 3:05pm
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The teenage couple were the well behaved ones!


via mobile 28/6/2022 at 8:20pm
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My money's also on the young couple being more considerate, mostly because I just don't think you can stereotype people.

That said, we've just left a site near Argelès (in south-west France), where, towards the end of our stay, we were awoken at around midnight by a van arriving on the pitch behind ours. The newcomers made absolutely no attempt to keep the noise down and were slamming about and talking loudly for a good half hour. To add insult to injury, they then cut through a gap in the hedge and walked across our pitch, taking a short-cut to the sanitaires (despite that the path was just one pitch away from theirs).

In this instance, they were a young couple, totally ignorant of camping etiquette and clearly with little respect for others.

Over the years, we've found most campers to be amiable and considerate, but there's always going to be an ignoramus now and again, that's life.

In our case, I blame the site for letting people on at such a late hour without restricting them to the area around reception. Then again, anyone who walks over occupied pitches is a bit arrogant, whatever their age and however they present themselves.

Rant over!


29/6/2022 at 8:32am
 Location: EAST SUSSEX
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People walking on my pitch drive me nuts.

We were on a site near Pont du Gard once- kept awake by loads of loud noise and shouting. I decided I'd worked out which caravan it was coming from and was plucking up the courage on day 3 to go over there and have it out with them. Fortunately before I did we went out past a sign that announced the fete going on in the village at the top of the hill for the last few nights!

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29/6/2022 at 12:42pm
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Strangely we found that "pitch invasions" were more common when we were tenting. Now we caravan, it is less often.

The worst example was near Argeles sur mer when we returned to the tent there was a couple having violent sex behind our windbreak, since then the odd person walking across has seemed quite tame.


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via mobile 29/6/2022 at 2:28pm
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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 29/6/2022
Strangely we found that "pitch invasions" were more common when we were tenting. Now we caravan, it is less often.

The worst example was near Argeles sur mer when we returned to the tent there was a couple having violent sex behind our windbreak, since then the odd person walking across has seemed quite tame.






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via mobile 29/6/2022 at 5:41pm
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Elderly couple would have had the campervan. Young people can’t afford campervans.

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via mobile 29/6/2022 at 5:49pm
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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 29/6/2022
Strangely we found that "pitch invasions" were more common when we were tenting. Now we caravan, it is less often.

The worst example was near Argeles sur mer when we returned to the tent there was a couple having violent sex behind our windbreak, since then the odd person walking across has seemed quite tame.




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via mobile 29/6/2022 at 7:12pm
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If only I had that good an imagination 😜


via mobile 29/6/2022 at 9:59pm
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Yes of course the young uns were the well behaved couple
Just goes to show, judge a book by its cover, etc, etc.
People walking over our pitch sends me mental too. Once we had a corner pitch, we counted over 200 times that people cut across the corner in one day, including one child 18 times who had obviously been sent out to walk the dog until it did it's business .... somewhere other than their pitch.
People, eh.


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30/6/2022 at 10:18am
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What's the problem with people cutting across the side or corner of your pitch? OK, walking right through the centre where you have all your things spread out would be a bit different, but just skirting the edge or cutting across a corner doesn't seem the worst thing in the world. Though I don't (as a rule) cut across occupied pitches, I may trespass a few cm on the edge sometimes, sorry!

I find the further south you go, the more relaxed things are....except for one site in Switzerland where the site rules specifically stated you weren't allowed to walk on occupied pitches. At one site in Italy kids were running straight through the pitch next to us to get to the friends behind....the occupiers didn't seem to have any problem with it at all.


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30/6/2022 at 11:15am
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Quote: Originally posted by Vampgirl on 30/6/2022
What's the problem with people cutting across the side or corner of your pitch? OK, walking right through the centre where you have all your things spread out would be a bit different, but just skirting the edge or cutting across a corner doesn't seem the worst thing in the world. Though I don't (as a rule) cut across occupied pitches, I may trespass a few cm on the edge sometimes, sorry!

My attitude is, if you havent paid part of the pitch fee then you're only welcome on the pitch by invitation. Cutting a few feet off the corner is one thing, walking right beside the car, bikes, van, etc is another - and the time I described above was another.

Quote: Originally posted by Vampgirl on 30/6/2022
I find the further south you go, the more relaxed things are....except for one site in Switzerland where the site rules specifically stated you weren't allowed to walk on occupied pitches. At one site in Italy kids were running straight through the pitch next to us to get to the friends behind....the occupiers didn't seem to have any problem with it at all.
In the words of our hotel landlady in the Tyrol during our honeymoon in the 90s, just after we had hung some smalls out on the balcony to dry : "This ..... is Not .... ITALY".



via mobile 30/6/2022 at 1:25pm
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The campervan slam. Not much you can do about noisy sliding doors on older VWs. When I had my T25 I always got out at night to go to the bog. No way was I going to sleep that close to a partly filled Porta Potti.

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30/6/2022 at 1:54pm
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I too suspect the younger couple are the better-behaved ones!

As for campervan door slamming, I try to minimise the force required by opening a window. I also avoid closing it completely until after both the dog and I have had our respective last No. 1s for the day before going to bed.

As for people cutting across my pitch, even just in the corner - I don't like it, and I don't do it to other people.

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