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I don't think anyone has said they want complete silence between certain hours just not excessive noise, you can happily sit outside having a chat until 4am if you so choose but is it such a hardship not to raise your voice? low chatter wouldn't keep anyone awake same goes for teaching kids not to scream at 7am, get them to play quietly, my brother & I had no problems with this when we were kids camping.

Simple good manners I'd have thought.

As a caravanner without kids (too old now and the wife doesn't want to start again!) my rules for kids on site are

Just comply with the site rules and observe normal campsite etiquette. Ball games in the designated area; no walking across another campers pitch etc.

My rules for parents

Just comply with the site rules and observe normal campsite etiquette. Ball games in the designated area; no walking across another campers pitch etc.

keep an eye on your kids, know what they are doing when and where. Kids will be kids and need a steer every now and again whether it be on a camp site or elsewhere.

Ensure that your kids observe the one way system. Apart from not wanting the car bumped, its just so much in your kids best interests.

Be with your kids

So more rules for parents because if there is a problem on a site with kids, from what I have seen its actually the parents to blame.

Oh and its always nice when your kids say "good morning".

Phil

Quote: Originally posted by jennifernn on 19/8/2011

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I was agreeing that total silence is not what is expected by most of us, just that people should be as quiet as possible and remember that some of us like a good night's sleep.

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Hi Jen, my post wasn't a reply to yours, sorry, it just read that way because it was next to yours in the list, it was a response to the people posting incorrectly saying some of us seem to expect total silence.

It's frustrating that if anyone puts a post mentioning they dont like balls/bikes near the vans then they're accused of hating all kids and if anyone mentions not liking loud noise at antisocial hours they're accused of expecting total silence, neither of which is true.

Quote: Originally posted by RK1234 on 19/8/2011

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I don't believe it's a case of children not welcome at sites or people hating children, I think it's a case of people wanting consideration & respect shown for themselves and their property.

For example, not amusing if you've spent thousands on a caravan to have somebody damage it with a cricket ball, or some oaf open their car door onto your parked car and put a dint in it.

Unfortunately, there seems to be an increasing number of camping yobs who are oblivious to anybody but themselves, hopefully with this type, the camping novelty will soon wear off.

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