Street Furniture - Englethwaite Hall

WK57ABF
WK57ABF Forum Participant Posts: 51
edited May 2018 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

One of our favourite sites - really beautiful as are the adjacent walks in the woods and around the ponds. Was surprised to see this eyesore on a visit last year.

i have been negotiating this corner for 21 years without the help of coloured stones in a variety of very large outfits - please take them away and restore the beauty of this site.

John

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited May 2018 #2

    I am sure you can get, and have got round this corner many times, but it appears that others can't and have chewed up the grass a bit. 

  • charlie25
    charlie25 Forum Participant Posts: 100
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    edited May 2018 #3

    We are staying on this site and have seen a motor home take out the chain fencing on the corner as you come onto the site. So there are some bad drivers.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited May 2018 #4

    We were there as the first site of our current trip, and I can't say that, although I did notice the stones, they didn't detract from the beauty of the site IMO. I can fully understand why the wardens had coloured them as some of the corners are a bit tight for large units.

  • Kennine
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    edited May 2018 #5

    Painting the stones is probably a punishment for those who break the site rules. laughing

  • ggregu
    ggregu Forum Participant Posts: 214
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    edited May 2018 #6

    We were there last BH and the chain fencing had been destroyed opposite one of the serviced pitches. Personally I have no issues with features being made more visible for those who struggle to drive on the site roads.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited May 2018 #7

    Sounds like standard military practice. If you can move it, pick it up. If you can't move it, paint it. If it moves by itself, salute it.

  • Justus2
    Justus2 Forum Participant Posts: 897
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    edited May 2018 #8

    I am constantly amazed at the difficulty which some members seem to have whilst negotiating bends on site roads. Many corners have wheel marks on the grass unless posts or stones have been put there to help minimise damage. 

  • EasyT
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    edited May 2018 #9

    I am more amazed by the fact that on certain sites caravans regularly run over the grass edge on the inside of a particular curve and the obvious problem is not addressed. I am remembering noticing arrivals just after me doing the same as I had done and catching the edge of the grass on the inside of the same bend. Was the reason that we were all bad drivers/towers or that there was no widening on the inside of a 90 degree bend? If so many get it wrong at such a bend (maybe too relaxed after a long drive) then I personally question the alignment and lack of widening at such a point on a relatively narrow site road. 

     

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