well, just back from 5 nights at lower polladras in cornwall, nr Helston. Lovely first two nights again. Third night, I shall call them the 'clampets' moved in in their tent next door. Two grandparents, two parents and two children, in a 4 man tent, and a massive tv and aerial (aerial was bigger then the tent!) - first night: chatting and tv on til 2am. So the next day we went to see the owners of the campsite to mention it, they were absolutely lovely and went and asked them politely to keep it down (the campsite has a 11pm curfew which is why we choose it) - the next night from about 8pm, the grandmother has a bottle of wine and starts shouting and swearing as lod as she can: I don't f**king care if I disturb everyone, ill disturb anyone I fing want to ... sorry for the noise (everytime she touched the tent zip) .... Best turn that tv down... get me another fing bottle of wine...- when they refused she drank beer. Her whole family at this point are getting upset and asking her to keep it down. At 1am another camper (we were in our tent feeling quite threatened) came over and banged on the door (tv still blaring) and shouted at them to go to sleep as 2am and 1am was way too late etc. The next day we returned for lunch and the rain was torrential - noticed their tent was soaking up, not repelling water (was quite an old tent) - came back after tea and they'd gone! Will admit breathed a sigh of relief! That night banking on actually getting a good nights sleep, but no, the caravan behind us decided to have a noisy drinking session - quiet talking this was not, loud, know it all conversation punctuated by screechy laughter (they were in their awning, not van) - I was so exhausted I managed to sleep at about 12:30am, but the owners did tell us they had to go over and ask them to keep it down shortly after. Last year we had no problems, after 11pm you could hear a pin drop and the first two nights was the same. To be fair the owners were wonderful with us and understanding. But what is it with selfish people? had hardly any trouble at all last year, yet we do seem to be coming across them more frequently this year :/ is anyone else feeling the same? Camping is a mixture of tolerance and consideration - why do people have to be so selfish?
------------- June 2015: seaview international 2 nights
July 2015: little winnick 2 nights
August 2015: lower polladras 5 nights
august 2015: tollgate farm 5 nights
august 2015: oakdown 3 nights
September 2015: tregarton park
family of 6 with young children
oh and left their pitch covered in fag ends and food :(
------------- June 2015: seaview international 2 nights
July 2015: little winnick 2 nights
August 2015: lower polladras 5 nights
august 2015: tollgate farm 5 nights
august 2015: oakdown 3 nights
September 2015: tregarton park
family of 6 with young children
Its just rude and selfish! Dont know why the minority feel its ok to behave like this. i dont mind people drinking and having a laugh, but tents/caravans are not as soundproofed as houses and if the campsite has a curfew (commonly 11pm) its not too much to expect it to be kept to! Most people manage to still have a few drinks and a giggle or watch tv/listen to music without it being an annoyance to everyone around them. Dont let them lut you off though, the majority of us campers are well behaved, considerate peeps!
------------- Jewelsm - a fair weather camper
August 2013, 14, 15, 16 & 17-Trevornick for two and a half weeks of sea and surf (and ever optimistic -lots of sun). Some other weekends if I can persuade DH
I know! I don't understand why people think its okay to discount everyone elses feelings :(
------------- June 2015: seaview international 2 nights
July 2015: little winnick 2 nights
August 2015: lower polladras 5 nights
august 2015: tollgate farm 5 nights
august 2015: oakdown 3 nights
September 2015: tregarton park
family of 6 with young children
The owners did :) the pitches are always lovely and well cared for when we go there :)
------------- June 2015: seaview international 2 nights
July 2015: little winnick 2 nights
August 2015: lower polladras 5 nights
august 2015: tollgate farm 5 nights
august 2015: oakdown 3 nights
September 2015: tregarton park
family of 6 with young children
Sorry to hear your bad luck. We've only had this once when the caravan next door had a drunken sing song until the early hours, at the time it really does put the question in your mind as to carry on with camping, you've looked forward to your holidays and it's ruined by inconsiderate idiots.
Best of luck next time. Gaz
------------- "sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy"
IMO it's the fault of the campsite owners. If you have rules then you must enforce them on behalf of other campers and this means being proactive and taking strong action quickly.
If a complain is made then the owners should warn the people that if they are caught breaking the rules they are out the following day. They should then walk the site shortly after curfew and find out for themselves if their warning has been heeded (they should be doing this anyway). If not then they boot them out. It's not rocket-science.
What often happens is that the owners are not even on site to observe any of it and take it as a "he said, she said" situation and issue soft warnings etc.
All we can do about it is to remind owners of their responsibilties and review their sites accordingly.
We have had this more times than I can count. We are now really careful about what where we stay now and generally select sites with very little facilities which hopefully means they are quiter. i.e Not Haven sites etc lol
But I think that no matter how hard to try to avoid this happening, there will always be times when you get camped next to 'clampit' style people lol
Quote: Originally posted by jeffersskate on 06/8/2015
Camping is a mixture of tolerance and consideration - why do people have to be so selfish?
Because that's the sort of people they are. Clampitt-type families crop up all over the place, especially in summer. They are the people who sit in their front gardens swigging beer from cans and bottles, shouting and swearing at each other and with the hi fi in the house blasting music out through the open windows so everyone in the neighbourhood can hear it. And if that's how they are at home they'll be exactly the same on a camp site.
------------- Tigermouse
I have a very temperamental personality - 50% temper and 50% mental
It is called challenging behaviour because it is a challenge to anyone to dare do anything about it. In a housing estate those that complain start suffering criminal damage and abuse in the street. The police never have enough evidence to take any action and if you stand up to them they are the first to rush off to the police to complain about you.
I have never been as unlucky as you, whenever we have away we have never had to endure such behaviour from the neighbours (and no, its not because we are the rude, loud, chav's from hell).
I imagine its hard to say anything as you know the next night its going to be worse once they know they have annoyed someone!
If I was aware that a site employed a security patrol, I wouldn't be booking there in the first place.
In fact, The first thing I look for on a site's review page is a the icon of a tent. The second is the icon of a security guard with a red cross through it!
2nd trip - Port Ban, Argyle. Teenagers on the beach having a fire until 2am in front of our tent.
3rd trip - Dalraddy, Aviemore. A separate kids tent set up far away from parents but directly opposite us. Kids chatted / laughed until 1am.
4th Trip - Sands, Gairloch (tent felled by wind) the one night we were there, a man decided to have a guitar playing singalong with friends / family until 1.30 am at the top of the campsite...
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: really bad experience
