Dogs and Touring
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M, I was asked for the number of dogs I was bringing when I made my booking this morning for the Regatta...
will you be bringing yours?
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....then perhaps all the multi dog owners are up the road.....it's certainly very quiet here in the amazing sunshine......snore.....
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I remember reading about that in "What Tiler" magazine.
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and I wonder what the percentage is for over here?
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lol, so what excuse do you make for Dave then?
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I second MM's point......I've witnessed many a slip in 'teacher's' postings but don't point them out as its bad form.
however, when that teacher decides to pull up folk for the same thing, you'd hope he had it right...
now, in my opinion, David is using the word 'revolt' as a verb, and in that case, he has his grammar spot on.
so, CS, I guess you missed some of the English classes to focus on maths...?
a similar example of AD's post might be...
'the dogs jump'.....where 'jump' is the verb.
no apostrophe required, or is there in CS speak?
yes, I could have said....'the dog's jump'.....(where 'jump' is a noun) but of course that would be silly because the dogs don't own the jump.
similarly, I read David's post to mean the pedants (you lot, plural) revolt (verb), n'est ce pas?
using as a noun (as it has to be for your comment to carry any weight) an apostrophe between the t and s in 'pedants' (pedant's) would mean the revolt (noun) belonged to one pedant....but that's not true
as there's more than one of you and I'm sure that's not what David meant.an apostrophe after the s (pedants') would mean the revolt (noun) belonged to more than one pedant....nearer the truth ...in practice and grammar....but again, wrong context.
so, neither is correct as it's obviously a verb.....the pedants are definitely revolting....
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why do always refer to David as 'Dave' when you want to run him down?
perhaps I should call you 'corn' in similar circumstances, seems fairly appropriate
BTW, you can call me Bol....or whatever you like
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After 45 years of touring, I don’t really feel the need.
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I do 10-12 weeks uk touring each year, so far more than the average bear.....
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That’ll be Yogi and his sidekick Boo-Boo. That sounds quite familiar. 🤔
We seem to have got rather bogged down in how many sites do and how many don't charge for dogs. What does it matter, really, which way the pendulum swings? No matter what extras a site might charge for, it's surely the overall price that we look at to judge whether it represents value for money.
Our opinions differ on whether charging for dogs influences people's behaviour or not. I don’t think it does, at least, not for the better.
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well, as it's a discussion, I think it does.....it certainly does affect some folk's (notice the apostrophe
) thinking....Ray said he would boycott all sites that charged for dogs...BTW, my little 'teaser' was for Corners....you've given it away already...
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Just call me a spoiler, Ranger Smith. 😎
Why does it matter how many sites do or don’t charge for dogs? It’s, as ever, down to the site owners which route they choose and down to us as individuals whether we use those sites or not. Don’t we weigh each case on its (no apostrophe required) merits and look at the overall picture?
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Last time I looked on their website they didn't accept dogs in high season ? have they changed their policy?
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Do you have a link to that as the figure I remember reading was more like 35%?
75% would be overwhelming for non dog owners. We tour mainly low season, when I believe the majority of dog owners are more likely to be out and about, and even then I would put the figure at little more than 50%, so an average of 35% seems more feasible.
It is not a poll we need, it is actual figures. Wardens always seem to ask if you have a pet with you, so the figure could easily be recorded.
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Hi Jacko, The two Sawyers (with great food, although the one is Catsfield is also nice) through the woods from the site, a shorter walk than Normanhurst and can be off lead unlike Normanhurst if you want, its very nice and there is also a tea shop in the village with the most wonderful cake cool a short walk away which is dog friendly and has fantastic scenic views from their garden terrace at the rear of the shopcool
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Thanks Milo, will definitely try Fairlight we love the area and so does the dog. Another place worth a try is the little cafe just as you go into Winchelsea, lovely breakfast.
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I agree with AD but it is worth noting that the UK has one of the highest dog populations in the world. I have rarely had problems with dogs but this year they have peed up against my windbreak, I have found dog poo on my pitch and been subject to constant yapping. It does seem to be that there are more dogs about with a higher percentage of persons not controlling them properly.
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My thoughts on the subject David. Sadly in the UK there are a lot of abandoned and neglected dogs. We tend to avoid euthanasia for them here and often people will take on more than one rescue dog. I think in Europe more dogs are also being rescued now, a friend in Germany has just taken on a little Spanish dog. With the increase I can understand why we see more dogs generally. Whether people pay extra or not is still irrelevant because it still won't stop those who ignore all the polite requests and rules about dogs on sites. The dogs can't read the rules but the owners can and that's where the real problem lies.
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As we tour now in the UK only and have so far annualy for about 200+nights on both club and comercial sites we have only once had an add payment for any of our dogs, and that was on Southlands site on IOW
It was before the club bought it
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Concern was expressed yesterday about the mention of dogs and children in the same sentence. I refer the honourable member for Barking to the writings of Oscar Wilde.
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"Some dog owners on this forum seem to be in denial about the effects of charging even concocting theories that it leads to more nuisance not less."
Well I hope you're not meanng me by that rather insulting remark, David. I say what I see - in my experience the worst nuisance from dogs has come on the few occasions when we've stayed on commercial sites charging for dogs, including the one I mentioned earlier in Cornwall. On club sites there are certainly more dogs but, in my experience fewer problems, but then we don't sit around on site all day so we may miss the constant yapping and piles of excrement left on site which others are so aware of.
Of course, where you stay there are fewer dogs and that may be down to charging or it may be down to British owners not taking their dogs abroad with them or our European neighbours being less inclined to own dogs. Whatever, please don't imply that I'm "concocting" theories to suit my opinions!
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Well said, M. “Concocting theories” is so rude when we speak of what our own eyes tell us or of our considered opinions. It’s certainly not a term I would use to describe someone else’s view.
Dog owner? Oh, how I wish😢
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PS have I missed outhe a question mark?
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glad you know your mistake (better than BB
)well done!
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