My labrador knows the difference between doggie poo and fox's poo - he rolls in it normally!!!! Wish they did have owners to pick it up!
Sharon
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I'm beginning to wonder if I inhabit the same planet as the rest of you on here! (Mine's Planet Earth, by the way). We have been camping and caravanning for 22 years, across the UK and Europe, and in all that time, have never, ever, encountered the sorts of situation mentioned on here. Either we have been incredibly lucky, or some of you are extraordinarily unfortunate.
In the UK, we mostly use club sites (C&CC for preference, CC as second choice), although when the children were still at home, we did use commercial sites more extensively. In Europe, we have used everything from small municipals to large 4* complexes. Wherever we have been, we have found nothing worse in sanitary facilities than the inevitable muddy footprints. Almost without exception, dog owners have been meticulous about cleaning up after their animals.
I don't doubt that every one of the horror stories on here is true. But I do doubt if such irresponsible behaviour is common. Certainly, if you saw something like that, it would make a deep and lasting impression, but to let it put you off enjoying a wonderful hobby would be a great shame. I'm sure sooner or later, I shall be unlucky enough to come across something similar, but I hope I shall be able to treat it as what I am sure it is, a dreadful exception to the usual rule.
CAn I ask why people seem to need to colour their hair whilst on holida camping. We are relatively new to camping having only been away 3times but on each occasion the sinks in the ladies loos have been had the remains of hair colours (I mean not just the Dye but boxes, instructions, gloves etc............)
As most people only camp for a few nights (two weeks max) can these people not do it before they leave or is it they don't want the mess at home and are happy for someone else to clean it up???
Chrissie7 you`ve said something that me and my OH noticed a while ago. We are CC members and their sites we have used are far and away kept cleaner by the people that use them than some commercial sites.
I don`t know why.
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Quote: Originally posted by Griswolds on 24/7/2007
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I think what Silverwood is saying is that this kind of behaviour isn't limited to campsites.
My wife used to work for C & A when it existed in the UK and she used to dread being rostered to work on the fitting rooms. She could write a book about what was left behind in these places principally by the female of the species and their kids although men weren't entirely without blame.
Goodness knows what kind of upbringing the people who do this have had but it certainly isn't in line with anything I was taught.
Yes you do wonder what other campers homes must look like dont you
Perhaps they are quite happy to use loo's blocked up with half a toilet roll or even worse left soiled.
Perhaps their back gardens are covered in dog mess
Perhaps they really do live in Chav city
But it's not just limited to campsites....
Where I work blokes leave the shower block drying area swimming in water, yet there are squidgy tools available to clean up any mess. The kitchen area has a sink full of plates and cups lying in dirty water, we have cleaners, so it seems that the general thought process is "It's their job let em get on with it"
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Europe puts us to shame in terms of campsite hygiene (though their public loos leave a lot to be desired!) Whenever I've seen French, German or Dutch folks abroad they always clean out the showers after them - kids and adults. The only sites that we have found left in a state when in Europe have been the ones with lots of Brits on them.
You do kind of expect mess and noise on commerical sites its all part of it. But on the family run sites I find it heartbreaking that people can damage their property and leave the place like a hell hole. Most of these little sites are run by hard working honest families. I don't agree with slating people being noisy coming home from the pub, at the end of the day they are on holiday and whats wrong with having a few drinks and enjoying yourself. We have young children and they often get woken at 11 -12 pm by noise from people coming back in for the night. We just brush it off and don't worry about it. It does annoy me when they carry on the party back at their tent till the early hours though or even worse have a domestic with there better half at the top off their voice. Don't get me started with dog owners, I love dogs and my children also love animals. I do think thought that all dogs should be ON A LEAD AT ALL TIMES on a campsite its a public place and not everybody likes a strange dog wandering around outside their tent. And personally I like all chavs should be put up against a wall and shot. We did have one on the site we have just been to but to be fair he wasn't too bad he just sat outside the toilet block all night with a can of stella listening to his ipod, he even held the toilet doot open for me as i was carrying my son.
We have a dog, who is only a year old, and still in the "adolescent" phase. He is always tethered, and kept on a lead. We always pick up our pooh. We went to a site in Wales and it was the site owners dogs who were crapping everywhere! Thery were roaming around the site and even pood right ourside the door of our tent! Charming!
I think some people let their standards slip as well. We witnessed a woman eating a sandwich with one hand whilst changing a rather pooey nappy with the other. Although it was impressive that she managed this single handed, it was also gross!
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Hi Jellycamper, we to visited a site like this recently where it was the site owners dogs mucking everywhere, was a family site to. Toilets to although brand new and only opened the weekend we visited, were aweful, filthy, even the soil pipes were vandalised. Plus the only time in 15 years we have had kit stolen. Terrible did write review. Our one and only trip this year to a family site, we will stick to the above 18 only site now after this episode. Never again.
The owners of our site are extremely strict about dogs. After a few publicised attacks last year, they banned certain types, and everyone is told in no uncertain terms that dogs are to be exercised offsite (unfortunately on a busy road).
A few people have chanced to take them up the tent field and anyone caught gets a sharp telling-off.
As a member of the C&CC i do, where possible, used there sites. But on the odd occasion I've had to use a commercial site oh dear what a difference. I'm not saying that all other sites are dirty they aren't, but all the C&CC sites I've been on are very clean and tidy and if anyone constantly stepped out of line someone would report them .And no messing they toe the line or are asked to leave. This is not being vindictive ,it's being practical, why should one family spoil the holidays of all them around them? 2 years ago a family were asked to leave the site i was on for the constant bad language from the children and the parents. they said they'd paid and weren't budging .15 minutes later they were evicted and charged with using foul and abusive language to the police .brilliant
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Wish they did have owners to pick it up!
