I may be wrong but.....have I prejudged

[Bognor Saint]

We have just returned from a week in Devon. Our daughter and family had booked a static caravan at Ladram Bay (5 star holiday village). As there are also touring pitches we joined them for 4 nights. The touring pitches are laid out in terraces and you are guided to your pitch. We couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be quite a number of travellers occupying one of the terraces (19 plate Range Rovers, new caravans and 19 plate motorhomes) Accompanied by Irish children and washing machines etc. My wife visited the toilet block on arrival and returned saying that there was vomit on the floor and faecal covered toilet paper flicked around. These toilet blocks are very modern and the staff worked hard to maintain them. The Range Rovers seemed to prowl the area and were used to travel the 40 yards to the toilet block. There was an unease among other campers and nobody left any furniture etc out.
I couldn't get my head around why suddenly travellers were paying for the privilege of using a campsite and gave them the benefit of the doubt. It was this evening after arriving home that the penny may have dropped. The chap who had taken us to our pitch apologised for the delay in attending to us saying that 7 units had arrived earlier and had helped themselves to several pitches and chaos had ensued. This must have impacted on people who had pre booked and no longer had a pitch available. As the title says I may be wrong.

 

[Podney]

How unfortunate for you. But did you have a nice holiday,hope so.

 

[hilldweller]

As the title says I may be wrong.

Equally you may be right - it's only a few quid, get out of there.

 

[TinaLes]

Wonder what the pitches will look like if & when they leave.
Cant see the owners collecting the site fees either, probably paid for one night to get in, now lets see how long it takes the bailiff to move them.
Assuming your assumptions are correct of course
Were they noisy at night?, any bonfires?
Les

 

[Lot lover]

If it looks like a duck etc

Being open minded, giving people the benefit of the doubt just wastes time in reaching the inevitable, correct conclusion.

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[Rob Hammond]

We have just returned from a week in Devon. Our daughter and family had booked a static caravan at Ladram Bay (5 star holiday village). As there are also touring pitches we joined them for 4 nights. The touring pitches are laid out in terraces and you are guided to your pitch. We couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be quite a number of travellers occupying one of the terraces (19 plate Range Rovers, new caravans and 19 plate motorhomes) Accompanied by Irish children and washing machines etc. My wife visited the toilet block on arrival and returned saying that there was vomit on the floor and faecal covered toilet paper flicked around. These toilet blocks are very modern and the staff worked hard to maintain them. The Range Rovers seemed to prowl the area and were used to travel the 40 yards to the toilet block. There was an unease among other campers and nobody left any furniture etc out.
I couldn't get my head around why suddenly travellers were paying for the privilege of using a campsite and gave them the benefit of the doubt. It was this evening after arriving home that the penny may have dropped. The chap who had taken us to our pitch apologised for the delay in attending to us saying that 7 units had arrived earlier and had helped themselves to several pitches and chaos had ensued. This must have impacted on people who had pre booked and no longer had a pitch available. As the title says I may be wrong.

No ya spot on .

 

[BRASH]

Don't you just love em?

 

[Drifter]

On a brighter note, if you are on a grass pitch they could do a proper tar job on it in five minutes for fifty quid

 

[MattR]

On a brighter note, if you are on a grass pitch they could do a proper tar job on it in five minutes for fifty quid

Since when would a proper tar job be done?

 

[Drifter]

Since when would a proper tar job be done?

I bet you’re that fella that would ask, but why would a chicken cross the road? ?

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[Guigsy]

When we were in France near the Verdon Gorge, we stayed slept overnight in a pay-on-entry car park that allowed motorhomes. There were travellers in the car park over the road, which explicitly stated it wasn't for overnight stays, caravans or motorhomes, but they didn't seem to care.

However, we had no issues with them. The locals didn't seem bothered by them. They seemed to be keeping pretty tidy and were quiet overnight. Is it just in the UK that they've got a reputation?

 

[Rob Hammond]

When we were in France near the Verdon Gorge, we stayed slept overnight in a pay-on-entry car park that allowed motorhomes. There were travellers in the car park over the road, which explicitly stated it wasn't for overnight stays, caravans or motorhomes, but they didn't seem to care.

However, we had no issues with them. The locals didn't seem bothered by them. They seemed to be keeping pretty tidy and were quiet overnight. Is it just in the UK that they've got a reputation?

Their reputation precedes them.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

We were on a site once at the other end from the same, they have the ginormus gas bottles, plants in pots...you name it.
A fight kicked off and they ended up outside our caravan (yes we were tuggers) so we phoned the police, well we didn't want our caravan or car damaged or anybody else's......Can you believe they asked me to make myself know when the police arrived, lets just say that my voice was rather shrill when I asked her if she was mad, what kind of idiot did she think I was, it was clear that she was.

 

[BRASH]

Caution, sweary word

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[DaveandJen]

Unlikely to find travellers on Motorhome and Caravan Club sites due to their Membership Cards being sent to their home address.

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[MattR]

When we were in France near the Verdon Gorge, we stayed slept overnight in a pay-on-entry car park that allowed motorhomes. There were travellers in the car park over the road, which explicitly stated it wasn't for overnight stays, caravans or motorhomes, but they didn't seem to care.

However, we had no issues with them. The locals didn't seem bothered by them. They seemed to be keeping pretty tidy and were quiet overnight. Is it just in the UK that they've got a reputation?

The French police will turn up with clear warnings not to cause problems etc. and, according to other reports on this forum, will draw their weapons to show that they are serious. The UK police seem to roll out red carpets and regard the issue as a civil matter.

 

[walburga]

About ten years ago we were on the aire at Honfleur when about 30 to 40 'traveller' vans came on. The guardien wasn't around at the time, but when he turned up and saw them he was on the phone to the police (or mairie office) straight away. It resulted in 3 or 4 police vans turning up and the very quick removal of all the unwanted visitors...no arguements off them. They didn't go far, just relocated to the rough ground by the Aldi (or Lidl) adjacent the aire.
Try ejecting a similar lot from a GB car park!

 

[Hymer 1961]

We were staying at the Camping and Caravan Club site in St Neots a few weeks ago and experienced the same MO. A load of travellers had booked online and duped/tricked their way in and occupied a few pitches. Loads of feral kids running around throwing rubbish everywhere. Transit vans coming and going and two shiny new BMW’s driving around the site doing goodness knows what. I was very grateful for the Strickback Growler Alarm and Non Starter.
Fortunately they left before we did and once the wardens had picked up the rubbish all returned to normal.

 

[SpeedyDux]

We were staying at the Camping and Caravan Club site in St Neots a few weeks ago and experienced the same MO. A load of travellers had booked online and duped/tricked their way in and occupied a few pitches. Loads of feral kids running around throwing rubbish everywhere. Transit vans coming and going and two shiny new BMW’s driving around the site doing goodness knows what. I was very grateful for the Strickback Growler Alarm and Non Starter.
Fortunately they left before we did and once the wardens had picked up the rubbish all returned to normal.

A couple of weeks ago at C&MC Cirencester Park site I noticed at about 10 am a 4x4 pickup and a white Sprinter van both pulling caravans suddenly drove in past the entrance and along the site roads at about 10 am - there are supposed to be no new arrivals before mid-day. I don't know how or why the barrier was raised, but it is possible that Travellers had hooked one of the electronic passes out of the not very secure box where you drop yours as you depart. All you would need is a piece of wire. That pass would raise the barrier, without paying any site fees or showing a member's card. They all headed towards the remote end of the site. We were leaving anyway the same morning. We assumed the Wardens had seen them. C&MC needs to rethink their security.

 

[busby]

The French police will turn up with clear warnings not to cause problems etc. and, according to other reports on this forum, will draw their weapons to show that they are serious. The UK police seem to roll out red carpets and regard the issue as a civil matter.

French gypsies seem a different breed to our Irish Travellers,,,You don't see rubbish strewn about where they camp,,BUSBY.

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[Johnen]

Had French gypsies near us on a couple of occasions on a campsite. They are totally different from the irish travellers, they are still a big family unit, but not noisy or intimidating, in fact they always greeted us in the morning and nothing disappeared from the camp site.

 

[frogijock]

Several years ago whilst living in France we stopped at aire in a village on the N10 , when we pulled in we saw it was inhabited by about 7 traveller's vans, as it was late afternoon and having travelled 300 miles we decided to stop, at around 8 pm a few of the mothers came out and called all the kids in for the night, at no time did we have any problems and found them all to be friendly and talkative, they also kept the place tidy all rubbish bagged. It appears to be only in the U.K. There is a problem and that seems to be predominately from Irish traveller's

 

[mike mcglynn]

Unlikely to find travellers on Motorhome and Caravan Club sites due to their Membership Cards being sent to their home address.

We were on a CMC site recently and the warden told us that they were taken over by travellers and it took weeks and many thousands of pounds to get them off the site .

 

[mike mcglynn]

Had French gypsies near us on a couple of occasions on a campsite. They are totally different from the irish travellers, they are still a big family unit, but not noisy or intimidating, in fact they always greeted us in the morning and nothing disappeared from the camp site.

We ha d the french travellers take over a public park near us they were very organised and had their awnings out a big paddling pool for the kids and bbqs set up ,it was just like a normal campsite they were there for a week or so then left .The park was very clean after they left as they had bagged all the rubbish ,what set these people apart was the fact that they had no vans all the caravans were towed by cars .

 

[Lot lover]

frogijock - perhaps the travellers see the rubbish strewn streets etc and believe that this is the norm in U.K. When in Rome .......

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[Richard n Ann]

They're the product of a tolerant left wing society. Trump would sort them out ??

 

[Hollyberry]

French gypsies had a piece of land, which I think they owned, on the main Brantome road. They went off travelling part of the year but when they came back there were probably 5 caravans, loads of kids bikes and toys etc around, chickens, dogs etc.. but the large bins were outside the gates ( kept shut) abs the garbage seemed to go in them. When they left to go travelling the site was left clear and tidy. They do seem to be a different breed to UK travellers.

 

[movan]

Slightly different but after my very first MotorhomeFun meet, long time ago, I couldn't get over the fzct thst there was NO RUBBISH left in the field after everyone, bar two of us, had left.

Up till then I had wildcamped and the first thing I felt compelled to do when parking was collect all the strewn about rubbish, in the countryside, into a black bin bag.

We have a lot of dirty litterlouts in this country.

 

[Rob Hammond]

French gypsies had a piece of land, which I think they owned, on the main Brantome road. They went off travelling part of the year but when they came back there were probably 5 caravans, loads of kids bikes and toys etc around, chickens, dogs etc.. but the large bins were outside the gates ( kept shut) abs the garbage seemed to go in them. When they left to go travelling the site was left clear and tidy. They do seem to be a different breed to UK travellers.

Maybe the French authorities don’t tolerate them causing any mayhem unlike are pc brigade ?

 

[MattR]

They're the product of a tolerant left wing society. Trump would sort them out ??

I guess you're thinking that he would round them up and out them in permanent camps.

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