Why do people walk across other peoples pitch
Just had a lovely 5 day stay at the Hebden Bridge site, one of my favourites, although it is a very small site some people still can’t walk around the road to get to the water,waste and toilet dump instead walk across someone else’s pitch. Is it me or particularly in this age of social distancing does this annoy other members.
When ask politely to stop invading my space and maintain social distance they got grumpy.
Still the site is lovely Hebden Bridge just starting to get back to something like normal whilst observing the social distancing rules, unlike my pitch invader.
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You could always quote the site rules to them if it really bothers you. Rule 3d.
https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/uk-sites/club-sites/club-site-rules/
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A quick look at the site layout plan for Hebden Bridge plan will show why people from some pitches are cutting across other pitches to get to the only service point . Blame the site designer.
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No, only a 2m lead 😎
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So walking across another person's pitch is ok then ET is it? You would do it would you?
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Yes if it’s more convenient. And certainly so on that site layout.
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So you'd be one of WN's oiks then, would you?
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I do tend to agree. People will always take the shortest route between two places unless they are prevented from doing so. On many sites the Club don't seem grasp this point although, in fairness, on some of the newer sites they do seem to have addressed the issue. I appreciate Hebden Bridge is a small site but only one service point seems not that practical. Given that not so long ago they installed six service pitches on that site the addition of another service point shouldn't be too difficult?
David
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Black cotton looped around little sticks is very effective. Then you can let the dog(s) out.😇
Follow them back to their outfit, make a note of which one it is. Then patiently wait until dark, and carefully throw a few slices of bread on the outfit roof. Tap dancing crows/seagulls/magpies are really noisy at dawn.
😁😂😂😂 The campers revenge!
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This has been discussed before and I have never had the interest to get involved mainly because I didn't know the rule stated by Tinwheeler. What I would like to know is what is the definition of the pitch? Is it the base of the hard standing or does it include the grass portion between the two. I give hard standing as an example but a grass pitch would need a clearer definition to make the rule work. Looking at the rule wording does not make it clear what is the pitch and what is 'no mans land'
It would be interesting to know what pitch the OP was on.
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I agree this is one of my pet hates, mostly it is because they are lazy and ignorant. Especially at the moment with the COVID risk I will not hesitate to ask them to keep away. Luckily our keen to say hello Bull Terrier does normally put them of
We had it happen to us a couple of years ago at Tewkesbury and when I asked the man not to he apologised and said he was new to touring, wasn't sure why that should make it acceptable
In my opinion it is just bad manners and a poor site design is no excuse for it.
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I agree with harryb .... some people, it seems, consider the grass finger between pitches to be 'theirs' too, and while on some sites, it's possible to avoid this grass entirely it's completely unavoidable on others if you want to get to some service points.
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12" tent pegs with taught trip wires should do the job.
If you want to be a bit more subtle park your car on there pitch or set up your washing line as they have more sun.
Colin
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Just another aspect of ‘it’s all about me me me’ selfish ignoramous attitudes of a significant minority of people who have no respect or thought for anyone else. There may be a rare need to cross a pitch but site layout design is simply a poor excuse and in itself another example of the same mindset, blame someone else. If the perpetrators think it acceptable then i suggest asking for their address and turn up at their home with a rambling party taking a short cut through their garden quoting right to roam. I suspect they might not like it very much!! Rant over.
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"Why do people walk across other peoples pitch"
Quick answer. Shortest distance between two points.
As has been highlighted, are people getting exercised over other campers walking "between pitches". If delineating the boundary of one's pitch is of concern, perhaps a dozen 1 metre poles and sufficient barbed wire to stretch between them would suffice. Set at the top of the poles would be too high to step over and sufficiently low enough to be inconvenient to duck under.
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Looking at a normal pitch layout, I will give hard standing as an example, your pitch is 9 or 10 metres wide with a grass apron before the layout starts again on the next pitch. So pitching according to club instructions, car, van and awning, that is equal to about three metres each. If someone walks through between the two pitches on the grass apron then they are about four metres away. I can’t see a problem with that. Just to back that up, you are sat outside your van at the front in the sunshine near the site road and someone walks past then they could be a lot closer to you and your van than three metres and this is a normal occurrence
However to walk passed on the gravel of your pitch then perhaps that would be a no no and maybe that is what the rule covers.
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"Why do people walk across other peoples pitch"
They don't care or don't know
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Farm field is usually our chosen option😁 I don’t mind having munching cows, or meandering horses next door. And visiting chickens and ducks are very welcome. Paradise would be a friendly pig not far away. 😎
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Yes a big dog and secure 2 metre lead usually sorts most.
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Bliss! Was it friendly? That doesn’t look British Site by the way, strict rules over here around pigs wandering loose.
We had a friendly donkey on a site in York that liked to say good morning. And Ostriches over the fence in South Wales that tapped on the window. They freaked our Airedales out to much, we had to move van further away from the fence. 😂
I’d much rather have a visiting pig than a human trip hazard with a full pee pot!🤣
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Yes friendly, would take carrots / apples if given. It was on a site on the outskirts of Lourdes. It had a little zoo area for the kids. On an evening the chickens, pig and donkey were let out to wander through the site to the other end where they spent the night. We hardly saw the donkey he was in such a rush to get back to base for his supper and wouldn’t stop for a photo opportunity.😂
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