Probably of no concern to most but I just wondered what some might say if -
a) you were on a site where the owner was supposedly a keen recycler and environmentally friendly then saw him light a huge fire of branches and bushes, couldn't get it to light and chucked a load of petrol on it. Then when it's blazing away opens the back of his car and throws plastic seeding trays and plant pot trays on the fire.Black smoke everywhere..
b) when we got back to the caravan storage and I was doing my best to reverse the 'van into the tiny slot allotted,another caravan owner turns up and watches me and the wife struggle. Eventually (mainly because the wife said he was glaring out of his 4x4 at us) I jumped out,unhooked the caravan and the two of us pushed it back into our slot. Mr4x4 just carried on past us,again glaring out of the window. I can think of a few choice words but then again,who says he has to help? Even as we were dropping the steadies and tidying up Mr4x4 drove past (minus caravan - must be a pro!) still staring out with a face on. Is there a great snotty and snobby divide?
Oh well, just asking..John
------------- Too old to put up a tent but still like waking up to skies and grass...not a cold hotel
Not having a go at 4x4 drivers as such. He was in one and I mentioned it..needlessly too. A lot of them are..oops,needless judgemental observation...
If I did stick some fingers up then the missus would tell me off. After all,he didn't have to help. Oh well, I'm learning a lot about this caravan lark. Some divides never go away.
The other 'burning' issue annoyed me more. Not sure what they drive though.
------------- Too old to put up a tent but still like waking up to skies and grass...not a cold hotel
I don't think what car he was driving was a factor. We have a 4x4 and I can honestly say we would have offered to help, given the same circumstances you describe. Some people are just plain rude and have no patience. You get them on campsites as in every other walk of life.
As for the fire, it does seem a bit odd using petrol but perhaps the wood in question was quite wet and left him with little option? Was the smoke blowing in the direction of the campers?
a) Noxious. Not the petrol 'lighter fluid' so much - if he wants to take his eyebrows off with the flashback that's up to him - but burning plastic on an open fire. Bad, bad, bad.
b) Maybe 4x4 bloke was having a really bad day for some reason. Perhaps his wife had just given him an earful and he was glaring at you two quietly working together! Who knows... could have been anything.
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When people stair and give funny looks I find blowing them a little kiss and a wave works well what ever the sex. I would not use petrol far to expensive to get a fire going
Nothing wrong in burning waste on private land, as long as its not in a smoke free zone, and is safe to do so. Not everyone has access to the local council tip, ours would be a 40mile round journey, so anything that needs burning gets done in the paddock up on my Dads farm. We never use petrol or any other material to light the fire other than organic stuff that wont damage the underlying soil or make any chemical based smoke, most of the stuff we burn is old garden rubbish that will not compost down easily, such as woody hedgerow clippings.
There are good and bad drivers of ALL types of cars, not just 4x4s, maybe the look was more out of curiousity, and not ment to cause any offence. How do you know that the driver was not disabled? Maybe that he would have liked to have helped you, but was physically unable to, maybe he was only able to handle his own caravan because it had a motormover fitted, all the last statements are true for my OH and l, and l would be horrified if someone thought bad of us because we were unable to give them a hand pushing their caravan, especially as we drive a 4x4.
My advice would be to get a motormover fitted to your own caravan, then you would not need to rely on someone else to give you a hand on and off your pitch, they really are the best thing since sliced bread for any caravanner, and without one we would have been forced to give up our hobby several years ago.
Julia
------------- Just love to be out amoungst Nature and Wildlife
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a. Our council takes recycling seriously - the plastic trays would go into the blue bin (lifted every fortnight) and the organic waste is put into the brown bins together with the bags of food waste, or tied up in bundles at the verge. Weekly uplift for that bin, even through the winter. We shred a lot too. The only thing we put into the black bin is dog and cat waste, everything else is recycled. If the guy needed to add fuel, the wood was too wet. I was at a site at Aviemore, and people were putting their plastic bottles into their chiminea. They got the warmth as it melted, we got the stench of the burning plastic and had to go inside to escape it.
I visited the isle of Rum once, a while back, and dealing with the rubbish there is a problem - they incinerate a lot of it, but have to run away once the fire's started, as the aerosols go off with a very big bang.
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Topic: Couple of questions..
