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25/4/2009 at 8:12am
 Location: Lancs
 Outfit: Luna Quaser 525
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We have booked a hardstanding pitch for this summers holiday.

Do you any of you  put any type of ground sheet down when you have booked on a hard standing or not?  I don't see the point of taking our groundsheet with us if we are not going to use it.

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25/4/2009 at 8:41am
 Location: Bristol
 Outfit: Lunar Conquest 544 a
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We put a ground sheet down to make it more homey , steping out of your caravan on to gravel isn't nice at the best of times , also you can have bare feet in the awning .

atb

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25/4/2009 at 9:15am
 Location: Shropshire North Wales borders
 Outfit: Adria Win
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I just put a couple of cheap mats down to step onto. That way the teens can leave their mucky trainers outside.

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25/4/2009 at 9:22am
 Location: Lancs
 Outfit: Luna Quaser 525
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When you say a you put a groundsheet down what is it made from?  We have a breathable foam type groundsheet, but I didn't know it it would rip if the ground was stone chipping.

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25/4/2009 at 9:28am
 Location: South Gloucestershire
 Outfit: Sterling Excel 550 - Honda CR-V Mk4
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Hi,

We put down a Coleman black plactic groundsheet and then Bolon over the top. There is sometimes a bit of damage where the chairs have dug in but nothing to worry about.

Mr UM



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25/4/2009 at 9:48am
 Location: Milton Keynes
 Outfit: Bailey Alliance 66-2 Motorhome
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If its a typical Caravan Club style hardstanding we don't bother but then we don't tend to use a full awning but use a Caravanstor canopy.

David



25/4/2009 at 10:19am
 Location: Bristol
 Outfit: Lunar Conquest 544 a
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Quote: Originally posted by caravan21 on 25/4/2009

When you say a you put a groundsheet down what is it made from?  We have a breathable foam type groundsheet, but I didn't know it it would rip if the ground was stone chipping.


It's like a plastic weave breathable ground sheet , quite tuff , haven't had any problems with ripping .

atb

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25/4/2009 at 10:47am
 Location: Lancashire
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always put down the breathable ground sheet because it makes it feel warmer and not uncomfortable to walk on.if you have children they can hurt themselves in a fall in the awning.some of the stones are really sharp.the other thing is you do not need to keep changing to hard shoes each time you go into the awning.

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26/4/2009 at 9:19pm
 Location: Wirral
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We used our open weave breathable groundsheet on a caravan club hardstanding and our chairs ripped holes in it. We haven't bothered since. Would like to have a groundsheet down for our main holidays though. I'm thinking of buying a plastic groundsheet to go under the breathable one. Hoping that will provide enough protection to stop it from ripping. 


27/4/2009 at 2:03pm
 Location: South Wales
 Outfit: Pageant Provence
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Yeap - we use a groundsheet too - more homely - and as someone else said - you can walk around in your bare feet.

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27/4/2009 at 2:52pm
 Location: eaton bray beds
 Outfit: Discovery and Gobur 12 2T
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We use a breathable groundsheet for the benefit of the dogs paws

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27/4/2009 at 3:59pm
 Location: Northants
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We use a breathable groundsheet, to save our young duaghter from grazed knees.  However, we have never had a problem from chairs ripping it.  I have tripped over the corners a couple of times though!



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