If I was a Warden...
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Now, remind me why we enjoy our camping overseas again
.To be waited on by exploited staff who are paid peanuts for long hours to enable a "cheap"holiday
'pomme frite sur votre epaule' comes to mind
...and you dont think our wardens are also paid peanuts?
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Some people in this world are exploited and that is terrible but I doubt they are work on campsites.
Very few sites overseas are CC approved. More like never even heard of the CC
1...Seven day weeks on the mentioned site
2 Probably because they are not good enough to be
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Now, remind me why we enjoy our camping overseas again
.To be waited on by exploited staff who are paid peanuts for long hours to enable a "cheap"holiday
'pomme frite sur votre epaule' comes to mind
...and you dont think our wardens are also paid peanuts?
Write your comments here...
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a site with no toilet block. Cleaning that puts me off the job given the attitude of some people.
That's a good point! If people sat in a better attitude then some, if not all, of the off target shooting might be eliminated.
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I wonder if these overseas site managers check the hot and cold water temps to prevent legionella spreading or check that the ehus are tripping correctly and in good working order on a monthly basis. Whether the cleaners remove the showers heads every quarter and descale or disinfect them to prevent legionella spreading? #justcurious
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From my experience of sites on the continent, particularly France and Spain, they cram us in, they are not particularly interested in demanding one set of defined behaviours (rules). They expect us to live cheek by jowl and enjoy it whilst doing so.
However, that may just be it, we seem to be far more tolerant abroad when we expect this type of 'buzz' and diversity on a site and just accepted it as the norm. Thing is we don't quiet accept this on our club sites. I for one enjoy both experiences but
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From my experience of sites on the continent, particularly France and Spain, they cram us in, they are not particularly interested in demanding one set of defined behaviours (rules). They expect us to live cheek by jowl and enjoy it whilst doing so.
However, that may just be it, we seem to be far more tolerant abroad when we expect this type of 'buzz' and diversity on a site and just accepted it as the norm. Thing is we don't quiet accept this on our club sites. I for one enjoy both experiences but I know which I prefer when back home.
I dont recognise this description of continental sites Micky but then I am fortunate in not having to travel in the peak weeks of July and August. If you have found sites like this any other time I just wonder why you didnt just move on.
Just my experience as stated , I also said I didn't mind that experience. They, the Southern European fellow 'campers' did have a different cultural ethos towards their experience, they did have their siestas and did congregate in parties for dinner much later in the cool of the night, sitting out together until the early hours. We Northern Europeans tended to enjoy the afternoons and retire earlier in the evening. Like I also said I quite enjoyed these differences and I wouldn't think anyone complained about the 'noise' after 10:30pm Which could go on for several hours or for that matter, that made during their siesta period.
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I was more intrested in the "cram us in" remark,we dont use sites like that and mostly have much more space than you will ever find at 6m spacings on club sites.
I do however recognise your description of the southern european habit of cooking and eating late particularly the Spanish but its their country andwe have to accept it
the sites we were using tended to be in the more remote areas as they suited our needs (mountaineering, walking and kayaking). For the most part they were in stunning settings with breathtaking views but the price paid was the sites owners had to make the
most of the limited useful space available, consequently we were often very close to our neighbours. However, we often found them hospitable and very friendly neighbours, often inviting us to join them for drinks and a chat.0 -
The sites on the bank's of a lake in Italy ,on the bank's of the Rhine and Mosell in Germany also a site we saw at Santa Susana in Spain were well crammed in ,6mtrs would have been luxuriuos
With 35000 sites (at least) in europe its a matter of choice and we dont choose sites like that.
Write your comments here...but then ,we saw this in peak holiday time
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The sites on the bank's of a lake in Italy ,on the bank's of the Rhine and Mosell in Germany also a site we saw at Santa Susana in Spain were well crammed in ,6mtrs would have been luxuriuos
With 35000 sites (at least) in europe its a matter of choice and we dont choose sites like that.
Write your comments here...but then ,we saw this in peak holiday time
Thats why we are at home now but even in May when the excellant site we use in Portugal was pretty near full it didnt alter the size of the pitches and we could have got two Club site offerings into ours. Its a matter of choosing carefully and moving on
if its not to your liking, not something that is that easy here...But as is stated all the time but seems to get lost, if this little island had the space of "other countries"
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