Sitting on my hands and mouth zipped

[Lynne Roy]

We try not to park near sliders , do some owners really not realise how much noise they make

 

[Allanm]

Maybe also people who have dogs, deaf people who talk loud, people who dare to walk over a couple of inches of your pitch, people who arrive late or leave too early or..................

Don’t forget the awning zip.......

 

[PepnKook]

I’ll take it all over People Who Play Music. I loathe music outside. You want music, fine, but why do I have to have it, too? I hope your children are learning that it’s fine to make everyone listen, and reciprocate when they are teens.

Pulled up on a wonderful campsite near Mont Cenis, crossed the little bridge to the river side site, backing onto a wonderful scene of the gorgeous mountains and wooded valleys.....plus the delight of a T5 blasting Europop! Deep joy! We moved 500 yards up the road to the quiet site.

 

[Kannon Fodda]

Sounds like (see what I did there?) most of you have never suffered trying to sleep in tents. There is nowhere to hide as fabric transmits every sound with no acoustic properties what so ever. Someone needs the loo a few tents away - zzzzzzziiiiiip, then crunch crunch crunch as they walk up the gravel path to the toilet block, and you wait for the reverse when they deign to return, usually accompanied with an odd puff / pant or groan as they manoeuvre themselves back into their sleeping bag, often with a further zzzziiiip of an inner tent. Then you get the snoring, coughing, and if you are really lucky you can catch that almighty fart. The icing on the cake at my last camping experience was at some weird small hour of the morning hearing this trotting sort of sound getting nearer, followed by an almighty bang shaking the entire tent as I imagine some spooked wildlife found my guy lines, before you heard it running off into the woods barking out to anyone who would listen for the next few minutes (try sleeping after that).

I'm looking forward to being able to swoooshbang with the best of you

 

[Treeeev]

Sounds like (see what I did there?) most of you have never suffered trying to sleep in tents. There is nowhere to hide as fabric transmits every sound with no acoustic properties what so ever. Someone needs the loo a few tents away - zzzzzzziiiiiip, then crunch crunch crunch as they walk up the gravel path to the toilet block, and you wait for the reverse when they deign to return, usually accompanied with an odd puff / pant or groan as they manoeuvre themselves back into their sleeping bag, often with a further zzzziiiip of an inner tent. Then you get the snoring, coughing, and if you are really lucky you can catch that almighty fart. The icing on the cake at my last camping experience was at some weird small hour of the morning hearing this trotting sort of sound getting nearer, followed by an almighty bang shaking the entire tent as I imagine some spooked wildlife found my guy lines, before you heard it running off into the woods barking out to anyone who would listen for the next few minutes (try sleeping after that).

I'm looking forward to being able to swoooshbang with the best of you

Ha Ha, I remember all that quite well . When we were tenting (a good few years ago), we pitched up on a site near Cheddar Gorge. We went into the town for some food and had a few ciders. When we got back to our tent, there was a Belgium set up near to us. As we got into our tent, we heard him snoring, then a shudder then some squeaking. This went on for ages, snore, shudder squeaking. We didn't know what it was, but it started us giggling and couldn't stop for ages . In the morning we saw him bring out an old wooden camp bed (which we assumed was the source of the squeaks)

The joys of tenting

Cheers

Trevor

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[busby]

Why can’t the converters put electric side doors on, they are very quiet

I have both a sliding door and a diesel heater,,double whammy..BUSBY

 

[1ten]

The electric door on my old VW T5 was great.
I didn't have to slam to disturb people as it beeped loudly as it shut to let everyone know it was shutting.
No effort to disturb people just a simple push of a button, it also had the added bonus of sliding doors both sides so I could disturb both neighbours at the same time, always satisfying.

 

[EX51SSS]

Site I use outside Brighton music , inc; tv's outside , is not allowed.
As above . Not allowed

But what happens if you don't want to go to Brighton?

 

[Diabalo]

I will take the noisy door slamming, sog, barking dogs any day over unruly noisy kids whose parents have no control over them

 

[Feltwell]

Maybe also people who have dogs, deaf people who talk loud, people who dare to walk over a couple of inches of your pitch, people who arrive late or leave too early or..................

Nope - don't mind any of them - just shooting folks with music or loud tellies will do fine. Well, maybe shooting is a little harsh. And a little bit noisy.

Ohh, add the "G" word(*) as well, but that's been done to death and will just start a whole new round of ranting.

I don't mind slidey doors and I sleep like a log in a tent, nothing disturbs me!

(*)Generator!

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[HarryML]

Not only tuggers, two pairs of m/h’s pulled up on this site yesterday. One pair are discussing the mechanics of whose got what for breakfast tomorrow and who is cooking it that’s from 3 pitches away. The other pair in PVCs 5 pitches away have adorned the hedges and awnings with lovely colourful leds and their outside lights which where still on at 2345 last night with the happy campers nowhere to be seen. It takes all kinds.

Sorry to hi-jack-- but Tuggers in awnings think that the awning is sound

 

[nicholsong]

Thanks for all the reminders of why we wildcamp, or Aires usually near empty ones.

 

[Wellington]

It does indeed! I must admit to carrying some solar fairy lights, although I never put them up now. I used to on the caravan, but it hardly seems worth bothering on the MH. The whole point is less faff. We have some inside, because it’s too dark for the girlchild with the blinds down. I quite enjoy a bit of eavesdropping, mind.

 

[Viennese]

My partner doesn't read this forum and is programmed to slam the sliding door - if I let him. Since we can get out the rear door I make him do that at night since it can be closed quietly. There are now PVCs with sliders on BOTH sides - twice the capacity for upsetting people!

 

[My Dog Likes Fishing]

Jesus you lot know how to moan! Get a grip of yourselves. Enjoy life it takes all to make the world go round

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[movan]

I've gone deaf in one ear .. hopefully temporarily .. and I want you all to shout up please.

 

[nicholsong]

It should be MH industry standard practice to fit 'soft-close' sliding doors.

We had them on our VW T5 Caravelles 10 years ago. I do not know if they were only on Caravelle models and/or standard or extras.

If campsites are excluding Hab doors on vehicles' RH side(as reported elsewhere) they could exclude sliding doors without 'soft-close'.

Geoff

 

[Hawkstone]

I am happy with swooshbangs, music and even generators......however I draw the line at drunken, noisy outdoor sex. This was also at a site near Cheddar. I couldn’t believe my eyes or ears. My husband thought it was hysterical. I don’t think the owner felt quite so happy when he had to have a word after a barrage of complaints.

 

[Kingham]

Jesus you lot know how to moan! Get a grip of yourselves. Enjoy life it takes all to make the world go round

I couldn’t agree more.

I thought the OP had a genuine grievance due to the late and early noise, but the thread has turned in to an excuse to have a good old whinge. It’s even got me whinging about whingers whinging about my sliding door antics

 

[Northernraider]

Thanks for all the reminders of why we wildcamp, or Aires usually near empty ones.

Me too

And if you don't like music the simple answer is don't park next to me.

If you do the closer you park will depend just how loud I will play my music and what variety I choose ?

I'm not unsociable ...I just dislike most people lol.

Especially car and van drivers with 10 doors on their vans ....including coachbuilts

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[Gerby]

My wife finds it amazing that whenever she asks me to do anything my hearing is so bad I never hear her yet if a cat farts in a motorhome parked 10 pitches away I am ready to go and explain to the owners just how inconsiderate they are being for making so much noise.

 

[steve 6644]

Just kill the bastards and be done with!

 

[Ironside]

Well after reading this lot Im hiding.

I got up early did some naked yoga in the door of my van gave them a wave and they left job jobbed the wife says she’s never been so embarrassed.

 

[Wellington]

I’ll remember to try that. Should scare any inconsiderate campers away!

I did consider flooding the site with something inoffensive but unlikely to be to anyone’s taste. Puccini, perhaps?

 

[Diabalo]

I’ll remember to try that. Should scare any inconsiderate campers away!

I did consider flooding the site with something inoffensive but unlikely to be to anyone’s taste. Puccini, perhaps?

I don't think mushrooms will offend anyone

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[Wellington]

Damn, maybe the world service instead?

 

[gus-lopez]

But what happens if you don't want to go to Brighton?

I don't. I just use the site.

 

[Littlewheels]

The simple fact is that any van not MH that has a slider isn’t large enough inside to swing a cat, they have to come outside to do any kind of movement including Turner night around , come out head first then reverse back in, totally useless other than they fit on a car space. Now,where’s my hard hat

 

[EX51SSS]

A lot of vans, you have to go outside to change your mind