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Oh I am not prescious over my caravan or even a snob . I do however have a nice van and car which I saved hard for and which I look after so they last. I am quite willing to have a laugh and let kids play and to help people out when they have forgotten stuff etc  BUT I draw the line at other peoples lack of respect for property.

On returning to our van on saturday pm I found the family behind us playing cricket. Fine there was adults with them so one would expect all would be ok. I could cope with the ball going under the van or in fact keep taking it out of the dogs mouth when it rolled within the 2 metre lead area. Then it bounced off the bonet of the car!! Then it rolled in the awning and the child stuffed its hand it the awning to retrieve it (good job the second dog we had with us did not decide to protect its bed space in the awning eigh)!! nthen another child from the same group began playing skipping with the excess electric cable which had been coiled under the van. I knocked on the front window and the child stopped this game. Finally the tennis ball hit the caravan which is when I snapped and marched outside to ask them to refrain from hitting the car or the van again or to use a soft ball. I recieved looks of sheer astonishment at my grumpiness!!! Is it all too much to expect...... we had a group of 6 children who played ball games with soft balls and a ban on hitting them too far or kicking the football off the ground.  and they managed to not hit anything. A ball from the other side rolled under the van and the child and parent came accross to politely ask for it back. No problem there.

Once is an accident

Twice is preventable but

Three times is entirely annoying

Quote: Originally posted by Crazyplace on 11/7/2011

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I did think about offering them a soft ball but to be honest if they cant work it out for themselfs I wlonder if they wouid actually realise why you suggested it.

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I think you were incredibly patient we would have asked them to stop after the first time.

Quote: Originally posted by michael on 11/7/2011

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.i still say a high fenced area would help.

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Get `em herded in!

lol.no to play football.

Quote: Originally posted by neil and lena on 11/7/2011

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you are right to feel annoyed I certainly would not have been so tolerant .
Another reason why we only use C.C and C&CC site,s because at least if you have any problems the warden should intervene .
I had a similar situation on a C&CC site last year and before I involved the wardens I spoke to the parents who were quite unhelpful and thought there little cherubs were doing know wrong kicking a football next to a line of caravans , there tune soon changed when I told them that should there children cause any damage I would expect full financial recompense and should they refuse to pay I would pursue it through my solicitor .
Sorry but my car and van cost me 43k new last year and I'm not going to stand by and let it be damaged needlessly by a thoughtless family .

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We do stay on alot of club sites and rules are obeyed but I just dont get why even on sites where there are no ball game rules common sense and respect should not prevail.We have a swing ball for times when there is not room for a safe game of ball, we have jumbo snakes and ladders, skipping ropes. all sorts of games suitable for non ball game areas.  We regulally camp on club sites in groups with upto 16 children from 6 to 14 years old and have never had a complaint re their behaviour in fact have often been complimented on their behaviour. I am pleased I was not being grumpy I was begining to wonder if i was turning into victor meldrew

It is annoying when you've got kids who want to play football or tennis and they're not allowed.  What would be great would be an area where ball games are allowed. 

A few years ago we specifically went to the C&CC site at Woodall Spa (which still says ball games are allowed in the new big sites book) because ball games were allowed.  We had a whole field virtually to ourselves and the kids got told off for playing football. 

The year before we'd been to their Sandringham site where ball games aren't allowed and perhaps we were naive but they got told off for playing swingball!