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Topic: I must be getting old ....

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carol benham

18/8/2025 at 11:56am
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Sorry I just have to vent!

I've just returned from a week away in Norfolk on an adult's only campsite, not a huge one and it's main target audience is older tin tent campers however they really annoyed me because not only did they (more than one person and more than one occasion) think it was okay just to walk not our tent to talk to us uninvited but spread out making it difficult for me to get the car next to the tent without knocking their expanding empires over.

I'm now on the lookout for a field which takes 1 pair of antisocial tent campers and nobody else - does anyone know of a site?

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Bluntness helps. Recently told someone sharing an aire type spot I was happy to exchange a few pleasantries but no, I didn't subscribe to 'vanlife' & (alleged) like-minded folk sharing the outdoors with a tinny so wouldn't be joining him for a bevvy.

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When we were tent camping, we came back from a day away to find someone else’s tent guy lines crossing over ours, they were so close. And we can be as irritated as you when people come through our MH pitch when we’re sitting outside & step over our feet. Or people bring their dog over to “say hello” to our timid one. Or next door sits outside her caravan for her cigarettes & we have to go inside because of the smell.
I don’t think it matters whether you’re in a tent or MH or whatever, that very same site might be the best ever another time you go. Adult only is certainly a good idea though.

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Lack of respect for others is unfortunately getting worse. We had two bad experiences earlier this summer, both with groups of males on sites which supposedly didn't allow all male groups.

Then just this weekend three of my daughter's friends were camping and were harrassed by a group of young lads for hours. At 1am they called the police who did arrive and arrests were made.

Colin21

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Quote: Originally posted by carol benham on 18/8/2025
Sorry I just have to vent!

I'm now on the lookout for a field which takes 1 pair of antisocial tent campers and nobody else - does anyone know of a site?

Sadly I think that would be very hard to find as it wouldn't be worth any site owner's time and investment. 5 pitches is normally the minimum. Maybe a farmer might let you camp in a corner of a field, but I don't know how you would find such a person.

It is a shame how some people do behave these days. There is being sociable and there is being too intrusive, but some people just don't seem to know the difference.

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dk168

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Adult-only sites for me during the summer school holidays, smaller sites preferably no tent allowed if possible. Google Maps helps.

Early on in my camping journey, I thought C&CC was very regimented with their rules and regulations about how and where to pitch my tent.

I then experienced the polar opposite with no rules and no warden to deal with any issues such as noise and bonfire into the small hours in the morning.

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Colin21

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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 18/8/2025
Adult-only sites for me during the summer school holidays, smaller sites preferably no tent allowed if possible. Google Maps helps.

Early on in my camping journey, I thought C&CC was very regimented with their rules and regulations about how and where to pitch my tent.

I then experienced the polar opposite with no rules and no warden to deal with any issues such as noise and bonfire into the small hours in the morning.

DK

We never go anywhere during school holidays, not because of the children themselves but because of crowding and cost.

C&CC sites are not all particularly regimented these days. At least, not the ones we use. Sandringham, although it is a big site it has parts of the site where you can pitch any way round you like and you don't have to stick to neat rows, which we don't particularly like doing. They do enforce rules about spacing and noise though.

The small sites (CSs) that we have been on all seem to have huge pitches but they don't necessarily have wardens as such. The owners are usually nearby and will deal with any problems.

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Then there is the difference between available and over attentive owners. It's nice to know they are around, but we have had a few who won't leave you alone

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Tent - maybe try backpacking. Even in the school holidays, bank holidays there are areas where you can get well away from folk.

Vanners - off grids spots, CL's, Campra Aires. Weve been away a fair bit through the hols & not seen a right lot of folk never mind crowds.

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DeborahTurner

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Bright's Farm Suffolk. (Ssshhhhh!)

Deserted. No kids under 8 allowed. Pitches miles and miles apart. (also compost toilet and shower in a tin shed if you are OK with that sort of rustic style) .

Perfect for anti-social tent campers.

(small vans allowed too. No EHU or any other kind of hook up) (but no dogs)

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If there is one thing I hate it's people/adults are just as bad as the kids walking close to our tent. My 2 children have been brought up to respect others space on a camp site and the odd time they strayed on to a pitch we have always had a word with them.
We have before been sat out side the tent and had kids walk between us and the tent which was less than a metre.
Also had many times footballs kicked at the tent, a quick word along the lines of of you damage our tent your parents will be responsible for replacing it or repairing it, they soon learn to stay away. Like I said thou adults who you would think would know better rare just as bad as kids at walking across or close to our tent. We always book a super sized pitch as we like the extra space just because we have space dosnt mean you can let your kids play on the space!! We don't let our children play football or anything like that on the campfire as that's what the playfrilds are for!!

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