How safe are your camping neighbours…
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I just treat every other caravanner as a danger. The 6m rule is based on sense and experience. As is washing one's hands after touching anything not belonging to oneself.
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In the days of primus stoves (remember those - paraffin fuel and meths to light them) a family in a tent close to ours decided to cook in their tent and fasten it down as it was cold and windy. The stove was next to the canvas which caught fire. Within seconds the whole tent was an inferno - exit family, screaming, under the base of the tent (no fitted groundsheets in those days).
They all survived but it was one of the most frightening things I have ever seen. I expect people haven't changed and many equally dangerous things still happen.
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In the days of primus stoves (remember those - paraffin fuel and meths to light them) a family in a tent close to ours decided to cook in their tent and fasten it down as it was cold and windy. The stove was next to the canvas which caught fire. Within seconds
the whole tent was an inferno - exit family, screaming, under the base of the tent (no fitted groundsheets in those days).They all survived but it was one of the most frightening things I have ever seen. I expect people haven't changed and many equally dangerous things still happen.
Same thing happened to a family close to us several years ago whilst on a site which permitted tents. It took seconds to destroy their tent and was very scary to watch. Even with our fire' bucket at the front of our van it was just too quick for it to
be of any benefit.
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I too have seen a tent "go up". It took seconds only.
Chap inside had the presence of mind to cover himself up with a sleeping bag then when the tent had nearly burn out stood up and hopped out of the remains.
Bet that was his last ciggy in a Force Ten.
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I was asked to help an infirm couple get a fridge working on gas; it had not done so for years, actually from new. First thing I found was the gas hose was so perished and cracked that it literally fell into pieces when I lifted the cylinder. Apparently
they had not changed the gas cylinder in all their years of ownership. [Van kept in France for annual holidays].The gas cock to the fridge was off, by the way. With a new hose it worked no trouble.
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I am married to the Fire Service. Busy Club Sites with their tiny pitches all jammed together are not for us! Exploding gas cylinders travel a lot more than 6 metres. We only use them in quiet months, and then can usually be found well away from everyone
else!
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I am married to the Fire Service. Busy Club Sites with their tiny pitches all jammed together are not for us! Exploding gas cylinders travel a lot more than 6 metres. We only use them in quiet months, and then can usually be found well away from everyone
else!...That's why the fire service can get between pitches because they are not crammend together ,its no diferent on cls with the "herding instinct" of people at times
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I am married to the Fire Service. Busy Club Sites with their tiny pitches all jammed together are not for us! Exploding gas cylinders travel a lot more than 6 metres. We only use them in quiet months, and then can usually be found well away from everyone
else!...That's why the fire service can get between pitches because they are not crammend together ,its no diferent on cls with the "herding instinct" of people at times
Not the Cls we choose! Plus if I tie the dogs up outside on a long lead, you would be surprised just how far away I can "persuade" some folks to pitch!
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I am married to the Fire Service. Busy Club Sites with their tiny pitches all jammed together are not for us! Exploding gas cylinders travel a lot more than 6 metres. We only use them in quiet months, and then can usually be found well away from everyone
else!...That's why the fire service can get between pitches because they are not crammend together ,its no diferent on cls with the "herding instinct" of people at times
Not the Cls we choose! Plus if I tie the dogs up outside on a long lead, you would be surprised just how far away I can "persuade" some folks to pitch!
..so it can happen
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Never fails! Works on those lovely beaches as well, where you start off all on your own and then someone else gets all nervous about remote places. We don't use tie ups for dogs on these though, just give them a bone each, and tell them to "guard".
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I guess that proves TDA's point.
Actually, off lead and running loose aren't the same thing.
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Thats the deep irony AD, they do as they are told, so , sit, stay. They never go more than a few metres from us even off the lead, which on the carefully researched beaches we visit means that we will either have the place to ourselves or be amongst like
minded dog owners, on beaches that do allow dogs. We dont like dogs allowed to run about out of control either, it isnt fair on anyone. If we got onto a beach and found others down there before us, quietly enjoying a picnic, then ours would stay on long leads.
They dont venture far anyway, these are softee Labradors, more interested in if we have any food!0 -
I guess that proves TDA's point.
Actually, off lead and running loose aren't the same thing.
They are in my book. Dogs are not permitted on the beachs we use but some tend to ignore the rules and having to watch your feet on the sands is not pleasant.
Off lead means not tethered but they can, and should be, still under control. Running loose means just that - running out of control. See, it's not the same.
It sounds like you don't go to the best choice of beaches. Or maybe you're referring to some not in this country.
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There are a lot of reminders on sites about not barbequeing/cooking in tents and awnings. Think there was a rather sad case of someone dying from fumes a couple of years ago?
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There are a lot of reminders on sites about not barbequeing/cooking in tents and awnings. Think there was a rather sad case of someone dying from fumes a couple of years ago?
Yes, there was a case in this area. It prompted the warning posters we see on CC sites now.
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Lack of common sense isn't restricted to campers. A few years ago we were on our boat, moored alongside an island on the Trent. In front of us was a very small motor boat - powered by a petrol outboard. The people in front were having a BBQ and when the
thunderstorm started, they picked up the BBQ and carried it on board, placing it in the cockpit under the canopy - next to the engine and fuel tank. Needless to say, we left very quickly.0 -
I'm afraid they are amongst us in all walks of life.
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.... as I dont approve of dogs being on beachs and certainly not running loose.
glad it's not up to you to make the rules then, obviously though you're not on your own. Just the other week down in Littlehampton, swathes of pebble beach, not a sole in sight but notices to say no dogs ... either not on a lead or not at all. Molly loves
nothing better than running on a beach.0
