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Like miss baritone we do it to create an enclosure for the dogs. However we only use a 3ft high wind break so we can sit outside and see and be seen by passers by who want to chat. I said that once we had our van we would become less sociable but it really has'nt made much difference to us.

Hi

Lots of people use them to contain  small children and dogs within a boundary, which I can understand completely.   Others seem to like to have a privacy 'fence' all around their pitch just to stake out their territory - LOL! 

I must admit to making the assumption that people using windbreaks would rather keep themselves to themselves.  So, if you want passers-by to stop and chat to you, windbreaks might be putting them off.  If it drives you mad if anyone steps onto your pitch, then get a load of windbreaks!

If you go caravanning in France, individual pitches usually have shrubs or hedges all around them anyway, doing away with the need to put up a fence. France is a big country though and space is not so much of an issue there.  Here, hedges would reduce the numbers of pitches you could squeeze in.

Traditional wooden pole windbreaks are also rather heavy kit to carry if you don't absolutely need one.  Personally, we wouldn't want to be loading the extra weight and I don't like anything that can get blown adrift in high winds - it keeps me awake at night worrying.

Mrs U-M

our wind breaks are alittle compound for our dog to walk in and so she has a boundry, otherwise she thinks she owns the site, also a place she cam do her business and can be cleaned up easy without anyone standong in it.

mike

Quote: Originally posted by Ulti-Mates on 27/7/2010

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If you go caravanning in France, individual pitches usually have shrubs or hedges all around them anyway, doing away with the need to put up a fence. France is a big country though and space is not so much of an issue there.  Here, hedges would reduce the numbers of pitches you could squeeze in.

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This just reminded me of a tip which really works - if you have hedges bordering your pitch particularly in France or Italy where mossies are a problem, pitch nearer to one side of hedging and line the hedge with windbreaks - cuts down the number of midge bites considerably (French local told me this and my OH who gets eaten alive was down to just the odd bite last year).

Quote: Originally posted by mikecandsarhab on 27/7/2010

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our wind breaks are alittle compound for our dog to walk in and so she has a boundry, otherwise she thinks she owns the site, also a place she cam do her business and can be cleaned up easy without anyone standong in it.

mike

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 lots use windbreaks for dogs and stuff its not that i have noticed its wind breaks set up like we did here just one at the end of the van with an opening and allthough we used the side door most with there windbreak at the front didnt use there side door they used one at the front thats why i was confused

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