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i dont mind people on my pitch having a chat or admiring our stunning tow vehicle ( and that happens at least once a trip) but it really gets on my tits when they walk over our pitch carrying a cassette toilet tank to the emptying point using it as a shortcut and the same goes for the shortcut to the water point.

sheer bad manners imho

If you go to Parkfoot at Pooley Bridge, a lack of taps on the touring pitches mean you have no other choice than walking on to others pitches to get water.

Makes you feel uncomfortable when you need water, and the price they charge you would think they could manage a standpipe to each pitch.

Land mines - that would fix it, if only it were allowed!

I think the majority feeling here is that it's just sheer ignorance and bad manners to to cut through someone's pitch.

When we're out walking on site, we almost always have the dogs with us so we stick to paths and make sure we're well away from people's units.  We previously had a seasonal pitch where the idiot of a neighbour's idea of walking his dogs was to let them out the caravan door then settle back down in front of the TV with another can of lager, the dogs then did what male dogs do and found the first object on which to make their mark.  That was usually our Aquaroll or what was then a brand new, £800 awning!  Not impressed at all!  Obviously, we didn't expect the dogs to know better but their ignorant owner should.

We were at a concert at Loch Ness a couple of years ago and went up to Inverness on the morning of the gig.  Whilst we were away, this muppet arrives in his motorvan and parks it 1.23 metres from our door - yes, I measured it!!  How he thought we'd helicoptered in the caravan I don't know because he seemed genuinely surprised to find that we wanted to park the car where his motorvan was languishing.

After the concert, we were kept awake for ages with the sound of his engine running to power things up - no EHU available.  We managed on battery.  Again just someone being ignorant and thinking only of themselves.

We had the last laugh with him, though.  Lots of rain that day and night so be next morning, we were able to get out with the Land Rover towing the caravan but his rear axle was almost a tyre's depth into the mud - it's wicked I know, but I hoped he really struggled to get out!  If he'd parked where he should, he definitely would have been able to drive out without any problems.

Sorry, ranted off topic a bit there but I do feel better for it!!

Quote: Originally posted by Fat Bum on 13/7/2009

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I've got better things to worry about than people walking across our pitch when on a campsite!

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It really doesn't matter...

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I do think that some people just like to have a moan and are not happy unless they have something to moan about!!

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Quote: Originally posted by bev+jon on 13/7/2009

i dont mind people on my pitch having a chat or admiring our stunning tow vehicle ( and that happens at least once a trip) but it really gets on my tits when they walk over our pitch carrying a cassette toilet tank to the emptying point using it as a shortcut and the same goes for the shortcut to the water point.

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Particularly when said cassette toilet is leaking its contents lol.

Quote: Originally posted by vwstarbug on 13/7/2009

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We not only had a whole family - parents, kids, grandparents and dogs - walking through our pitch but when the dog decided to have a dump in the middle of it - that was the last straw.  All they said is that the dog had been in the car for about 6 hours and needed to go.

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worst we had was at argeles in france 2 years ago. a dutch family used our pitch as access to the level below where there tent was. i was sad enough to make a barracade of roofbox,bikes, windbreak, rotary dryer as a prevention technique.

sadly it didnt work,they still walked through en route to the pool so on our last night i horribly unscrewed the cap on the wastemaster enough to let the smelly water trickle down the bank to the general area of their pitch....

revenge was sweet...if not a little smelly..lol

Quote: Originally posted by Fizz35 on 13/7/2009

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But where does a pitch end? If they r a metre from your tent walking past is that classed as being on your pitch?  I don't know as new 2 camping! I wouldnt walk cross someones frontage if i could avoid it.

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