Grass with us whenever possible,hard standings can be a real pain,and vary from a concrete pad to a bucket of gravel thrown onto the mud. Generally much easier to peg on grass,and more secure once pegged.
------------- Silence is golden
Duct tape is silver
We've used hard standing but pitched right on the edge so that the awning is on the grass - best of both worlds - however, not all sites allow you to pitch that way so I would check first.
Prefer grass. Last hard standing we went on the small stones were quite sharp and pierced through a thick pvc groundsheet. The weather was rubbish and we were on a slope so the rain water came up through the holes. Really cross as decent ground sheets are expensive.
Prefer Grass in the summer, but use HS early and late season. Usually on a C&CC club site, where the gravel is more than just "thrown down", May 2011 had a grass pitch on a very wet Bank Holiday weekend, definitely wished we had been on a HS as we got stuck, and I ended up sat in the mud trying to get the unit off the pitch on to the site road. We could not tow it with the car, too muddy. I think the whole site heard my exclamation when I sat down.
Luckily several other campers, seeing our plight came and helped!
This May we are booked on an HS (just in case)
Yes the pegs take a little extra work, but on an FC there is only the bed skirts. We only use the awning on a long holiday in the Summer and that is always grass. Perhaps if we were using awning in May we might think again.
------------- Alan
2016
February C&CC Theobalds Park
March C&CC Salisbury
May C&CC Adgestone IOW
July Le Clos Auroy, Auvergne France
August C&CC Polstead
August C&CC Oxford
October C&CC Lauder
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: hardstanding or grass
