Just returned from a break in Barmouth. Site was good but ended up having 2 guys about 30 camped next to me. They told me they were from wolverhampton. They were the most obnoxious people I have ever met. They could not string a sentence together without effing or blinding. They could not put up their tent and asked the site warden to help them. Because no F***ing one else would help- their words not mine. Every evening they would be drinking and swearing until about 1.00am. The one night till 4am there was about 6 guys all swearing - they nicked my fire bucket and a solar light. I asked them to be quiet and took back my stuff only to be swore at. Id had enough and went in seach of the warden. But there was no one on site - except an emergency number - I rang it and was an answer phone - I could hear my voice on the answer phone in the office. I bamblasted the warden in the morning asking why there was noone on duty last night which must break some health and safety rule. They promised me that this would not happen again, but a few days later we had someone else with a dog that kept barking every time someone walked past they had a tent also. Do tenters generally know the camping etiquette?
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Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 21/6/2011
Do tenters generally know the camping etiquette?
Yes 'Campers ' do know camping etiquette and if I am totally honest my experience of tent campers on the whole has been better that that of caravanners in the past ! BUT The problem lies with a new breed of camper ,who do not camp because they love it but merely because its 'cheap ' or 'in fashion' at the moment .
We can only hope that if we choose the right sites ,the chances of us running into these individuals will be lessened .
Name and shame the only way to stop this sort of thing is send in a bad review on there site. The more people the better. No one with any sence would visit a site like that. Personally I always look at the reviews of any new sight I intend to visit.Bad reviews, keep away. Trouble is in your case it may have just been a one off.
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Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 21/6/2011
Do tenters generally know the camping etiquette?
Yes 'Campers ' do know camping etiquette and if I am totally honest my experience of tent campers on the whole has been better that that of caravanners in the past ! BUT The problem lies with a new breed of camper ,who do not camp because they love it but merely because its 'cheap ' or 'in fashion' at the moment .
We can only hope that if we choose the right sites ,the chances of us running into these individuals will be lessened .
I agree a few years ago you could go on most sites and you would have very little or any disturbance but in the last few years its changed. the new campers and caravaners use sites a s a dossing place and treat it like there privat garden with partys and late night rackets knowing they will move on in a few days.
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Quote: Originally posted by corpogreen on 21/6/2011
Name and shame the only way to stop this sort of thing is send in a bad review on there site. The more  people the better. No one with any sence would visit a site like that. Personally I always look at the reviews of any new sight I intend to visit.Bad reviews, keep away. Trouble is in your case it may have just been a one off.
You can name & shame if they advertised 24hour warden cover and didn't provide it but its not really the fault of the site that these folk carried on as they did. Nor was it the fault of the site that the dog barked.
When you complained to the warden did you complain about the loutish behaviour or just the fact that there was no overnight cover?
You can only choose your friends - not family or neighbours.
I am so sorry that is spoiled your time away. Luckily it seems to be the minority of people that have no respect for other people! I am more shocked to hear that you had no help from the staff, why? This is their job to make sure that the campers doing the right things are well looked after.
We have only been to one place where there were three or four tents, all friends together, they were just a complete pain, loud, rude, destructive. They were asked by the wardens to keep the noise down and stop recking the place, luckily they did, but were still very intimidating to others
I hope you next holiday is better.
I live in the country and the bad language problem exists
here too but not quite so bad . It seems to be amongst the baby boomers and their children in the main . We are more liberal than our Victorian fathers were and schools haven`t been strong on discipline for years so we are probably to blame and the children of those who curse every other word will treble the problem (2.5 kids per family).I was a trooper and can swear like one too , I do control it in public and when with others who are not potty mouthed . TV and film do not help when they use the worst swear words and are allowed to by calling it ``in context``. Is it too late to fix it ? I fear so and be prepared for pre schoolers to use it in everyday speech .
We had a similar issue to this at the weekend, we stayed on a local site which we really enjoy and have had no issues with in the past. This weekend was very busy and there were some large all male groups which was a bit off putting. One evening about half eleven twelve ish we were pretty much asleep and were startled by someone really giving it some effing and blinding and very obviously decidedly the worse for wear. whoever this bloke was had absolutely no regard for anyone else on site ( and there were plenty of kids) we were then woken again in the early hours by the large group of blokes having some sort of row at top volume , luckily it was stopped pretty quickly and all went very quiet, i dont know if it was co incidence but the large group was up and moving off site by 8am on the sunday morning, maybe the warden had stepped in. I agree with one poster, it does seem the majority of problems on sites might be caused by new campers who are doing it because its cheap and 'in'. I also think that some people who camp in tents dont realise that the tents dont dull much noise, its not like being in a caravan, everything thats said in a normal voice in a tent in the quiet night can be heard outside. I remember my daughter having a birthday party in a tent in our garden, we could hear them laughing through double glazing on the top floor on the opposite side of our house!
I don't think these people are camping because it is 'in', just there because it is cheap!!! Add in cheap tents that come with all the kit (think Halfords tents with beds/sleeping bags etc) and you have people who are not commited campers but try it out for the odd weekend for a laugh and a place to hang out. Those that do it because it is in tend to have all the equipment that a glamper can desire but are often families so less likely to be disruptive
I felt sorry for you until I read this part of your post! This is the type of remark that gets caravanners a reputation for looking down on those who choose to tent camp. Many of us have tried all types of units and choose which we prefer - in my case, and many others, both caravan and tent.
chalkie, i would not sand any $hit like that from anyone. i would have ripped their heads off full stop.but remember,, there is good and bad in every crowd i certainly would name and shame the site.
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I have read your threads and firstly in 6 nights I had 2 scum tenters - I am not anti tenters but in the past have had problems when I have asked them to play football somewhere away from my van (verbal abuse). However I have camped for over 30 years and it is in the last few years I have had the odd problem (sadly tenters). With the reference to people enjoying themselves i have no problems with that as they are on a hard earned break. In fact I vanned with 23 other vanners and had the odd get together we even had boules championship around the site which was a little loud and boozey and encouraged others to join in. But no foul and abusive behaviour. Hendre Mynach was the site and they aggreed that they should have stopped this bad behaviour.
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