Pitches

[dulvil]

Wouldn’t it be nice if pitches were designed like this with the corners cut off. It would be cleaner and save so much maintenance for the owners

 

[Gromett]

I could tell you a story. When I first went fulltiming I was staying on a small CL and the owner was chuntering about people making a mess of the corners and often getting stuck.
I suggested he put diagonals on. After 2 years he did it. They still went over the grass. A few months later he made the diagonals bigger... I was there when
this was put in. a few days later I sat and watched someone pull out to leave from the pitch. Their front wheels followed the edge of the new diagonals and the back end went across the grass again.
A later incident had someone reversing on to the pitch and they tried to follow the edge and ended up with their front driving wheels on the grass digging a hole.

I came to the conclusion, it doesn't matter how big you make the diagonals, there will always be some pratt who still gets their wheels on the grass and screws things up.

 

[shawn&emma]

I work on a site and we have the corners cut so as to make it easier, even take them to the pitch so they are backing on using drivers side so have a better chances of reversing, that’s another story all together lol. Stil end up driving on the grass, and most times that just when they are in the car without the caravan attached.
as Gromett has said, it wouldn’t matter how much room they had they’d still drive on it, partly I believe it’s a lack of respect. Most of our pitches are over 10m in length and the times people manage to drive of the back is unbelievable, Motorhomes worst for this, not being able to judge their lengt.
Must go, need to get me spade to cut another turf for those ruts.

Shawn

 

[dulvil]

I work on a site and we have the corners cut so as to make it easier, even take them to the pitch so they are backing on using drivers side so have a better chances of reversing, that’s another story all together lol. Stil end up driving on the grass, and most times that just when they are in the car without the caravan attached.
as Gromett has said, it wouldn’t matter how much room they had they’d still drive on it, partly I believe it’s a lack of respect. Most of our pitches are over 10m in length and the times people manage to drive of the back is unbelievable, Motorhomes worst for this, not being able to judge their lengt.
Must go, need to get me spade to cut another turf for those ruts.

Shawn

It should be £10 pitch,£5 electric,£3 each wheel on grass ,£6 if wheel spins

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Having been on some club sites I find it hard to believe how lazy some caravan owners are.
Having put their caravan in place they then want to park up the side so have 2 wheels on the grass or in front and drive over the grass when they go out.
All the sites I stayed on have car parks close by.
Best one was one person had parked in front of their van causing everyone going past to go part over on the grass then chewing it up

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[Mikey RV]

I work on a site and we have the corners cut so as to make it easier, even take them to the pitch so they are backing on using drivers side so have a better chances of reversing, that’s another story all together lol. Stil end up driving on the grass, and most times that just when they are in the car without the caravan attached.
as Gromett has said, it wouldn’t matter how much room they had they’d still drive on it, partly I believe it’s a lack of respect. Most of our pitches are over 10m in length and the times people manage to drive of the back is unbelievable, Motorhomes worst for this, not being able to judge their lengt.
Must go, need to get me spade to cut another turf for those ruts.

Shawn

It’s just lack of respect and crap driving. If there was a rock there they wouldn’t do it.

 

[busbuddy]

I went to the cmc site ferry meadows in november last year, a caravan came in and stopped 2 pitches away and started to unhitch ready to motor move it onto his pitch. A motorhome came up behind, at speed, made no attempt to slow or wait and swerved around the outfit driving straight through 3 empty pitches leaving tyre tracks in the grass and mud on the hardstanding. They then found a pitch, reversed on perfectly, got out, didn't like it, got back in and drove further round...ignoring a give way and making a couple on bicycles swerve out of the way, found another pitch and settled.
The caravanner and I stared in disbelief and the same sentiment came from the cyclists as they came past, the caravanner complained to the warden, as he didn't want to be blamed for the tyre tracks, the warden just said "it happens all the time"
When the caravanner went to fill his aqua roll the motorhome driver did the same and gave a cheerful "afternoon" to which the caravanner replied "stop driving like a t***er you d***head" and then the motorhome driver walked off in a huff.......laughter could be heard from many surrounding pitches

 

[jdk62]

Is some of the problem not the width of the access road? I have been on sites and the road is very tight and makes it almost impossible not to encroach on the grass with at least one set of the wheels.

 

[Shrimp]

Basically we (not us Funsters, of course) seem to have cultivated a ‘don’t care’ attitude!

 

[Jim]

I agree, it doesn't matter how big the splay, some will still go on the grass. Especially when they are leaving . But my pitches are tight.

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[The Old Man]

It’s just lack of respect and crap driving. If there was a rock there they wouldn’t do it.

Or, possibly a nicer ambience;

Where I am right now.

 

[chaser]

I went to the cmc site ferry meadows in november last year, a caravan came in and stopped 2 pitches away and started to unhitch ready to motor move it onto his pitch. A motorhome came up behind, at speed, made no attempt to slow or wait and swerved around the outfit driving straight through 3 empty pitches leaving tyre tracks in the grass and mud on the hardstanding. They then found a pitch, reversed on perfectly, got out, didn't like it, got back in and drove further round...ignoring a give way and making a couple on bicycles swerve out of the way, found another pitch and settled.
The caravanner and I stared in disbelief and the same sentiment came from the cyclists as they came past, the caravanner complained to the warden, as he didn't want to be blamed for the tyre tracks, the warden just said "it happens all the time"
When the caravanner went to fill his aqua roll the motorhome driver did the same and gave a cheerful "afternoon" to which the caravanner replied "stop driving like a t***er you d***head" and then the motorhome driver walked off in a huff.......laughter could be heard from many surrounding pitches

Agreed with your post all the way to the last paragraph, it wasn't up to the caravanner to be a miserable b..... to someone who only wanted to be pleasant, that's the warders job

 

[SpeedyDux]

[Podney mode ON]

Landmines! If that doesn't work, shoot them!

 

[maison]

A few years ago we were on a Dutch owned site in Southern France. After a night of heavy rain I saw two motorhomes frantically spinning their wheels and getting bogged down, making a real mess of the grass.

When we were due to leave I went to reception and explained that I didn’t want to get bogged down or destroy their pitch so the owner came with me bringing the sites tractor.

When he saw the damage caused to the other pitches he cursed the stupidity of people who didn’t ask for assistance. He then attached his tow rope to our motorhome and started to pull us out before I had time to release the handbrake!

The result was two parallel furrows of about three metres across the pitch and about six inches deep. They would have been longer but I managed to release the handbrake.

Fortunately he saw the funny side of his mistake and we helped him fill in the furrows on all three pitches before leaving.

 

[poppycamper]

[Podney mode ON]

Landmines! If that doesn't work, shoot them!

Naw just shoot em.... landmines would make too much mess of grass

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[Mikey RV]

Or, possibly a nicer ambience;

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Where I am right now.

Hidden valley I think.

 

[Podney]

Yep,shoot ‘em!!!!

 

[Mikey RV]

I will not go on the grass to get on a pitch even it means shunting around a few times. We were on a campsite in Somerset when we had the RV, 40 ft long and 12 ton. The pitches they had built for RVs were big concrete slabs which were nice but to get on them would have been impossible if the site was full. The day we arrived was not full so we got on by using another pitch to shunt about. Before I was due to leave I asked the warden when the caravan opposite was going because I could not get out without going on the grass. He said don’t worry about it, but I do I said I am twelve ton and will wreck your grass. As it happened the guy opposite went before us so I got out without going on the grass.

 

[Minxy]

Bollard!!!

As in put some strategically placed bollards on the edge of the roadways then they will be more careful with how they reverse as they won't want to 'hurt' their pride and joy.

 

[Brains]

Bollard!!!

As in put some strategically placed bollards on the edge of the roadways then they will be more careful with how they reverse as they won't want to 'hurt' their pride and joy.

We live on a residential road, we have 2m bollards at the top to stop lorries, a Van can just about squeeze through, but I'd not dare take the MoHo.

The inside faces of the pillars are scratched back to the metal as they have been hit so many times.
The pillars have had to be reinstalled at least 3 times in the last 18 months as they have been knocked out.
And yesterday a boy racer managed to take out both of them. (He also wrote off his car and blocked the road a school chucking out time for a couple of hours )

So in short, bollards are just targets!
(As in the photo above, the half rounds at ground level look like the best option)

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[poacher]

What is the fixation of owners / developers having to have pitches at 90 degrees to the 'road' ??

Asking for a friend

 

[Tea Bag]

Where I am right now.

Hi.
Somewhere VERY nice.
Tea Bag

 

[Landy Andy]

Pay enough money and you get plenty of room to manoeuvre.

 

[dulvil]

What is the fixation of owners / developers having to have pitches at 90 degrees to the 'road' ??

Asking for a friend

I’d like to know that too

 

[Minxy]

We live on a residential road, we have 2m bollards at the top to stop lorries, a Van can just about squeeze through, but I'd not dare take the MoHo.

The inside faces of the pillars are scratched back to the metal as they have been hit so many times.
The pillars have had to be reinstalled at least 3 times in the last 18 months as they have been knocked out.
And yesterday a boy racer managed to take out both of them. (He also wrote off his car and blocked the road a school chucking out time for a couple of hours )

So in short, bollards are just targets!
(As in the photo above, the half rounds at ground level look like the best option)

I don't think the scenarios you mention will be occurring on a campsite!

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[Gellyneck]

Bollard!!!

As in put some strategically placed bollards on the edge of the roadways then they will be more careful with how they reverse as they won't want to 'hurt' their pride and joy.

So in short, bollards are just targets!

Yip, a Hymer motorhome arrived on site a couple of nights ago and reversed into the pitch EHU bollard taking out three pitches. Fortunately, there was an empty bike rack on the back that took the hit.
Warden says it happens all the time!
Third time on different sites we've seen it happen!

 

[Gellyneck]

What is the fixation of owners / developers having to have pitches at 90 degrees to the 'road' ??

Asking for a friend

I’d like to know that too

Guess it's the easiest way in and out of a pitch as at an angle may make entry easier but exit much more difficult (or vice versa).

 

[Landy Andy]

Part of the problem will be that people don’t always want to park the same way around. Some will want to drive in, others reverse in, and need even more room for a caravan. Possible on the hitler camps where you are told which way to park I suppose.

 

[SpeedyDux]

What is the fixation of owners / developers having to have pitches at 90 degrees to the 'road' ??

Asking for a friend

The municipal campsite at Bernay has pitches arranged in chevron formation. Only one way to back onto the pitch or drive off.

 

[Jim]

And as we speak, some guy turns up. Too rude to bother with knocking on the door, parks himself up where he enjoyed his stay with us last August. Yes in January, with 7 hardstandings to choose from he just drove straight across the field. He's presently looking for another site for the weekend, and if he was ten years younger he'd be nursing a thick ear too

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