Black Knowl, New Forest.

[Kevin M]

Just returned from a week in Black Knowl, been there many times over the years and we were a little apprehensive with it still being school holidays.
What struck us was how tight the pitches are (unless on a fully serviced pitch) they have really crammed them in unfortunately.
The children were all well behaved and a pleasure to watch, the biggest shift we noticed were the amount of people walking over and through other people’s pitches as a short cut, others walking their dogs at the back of other pitches to allow them to attend to their toilet needs and worst of all for us, large groups of adults drinking late into the evening and getting louder with each glass, the wardens seemingly oblivious when walking past.
Perhaps I’m just getting old!

 

[otherclive]

Just returned from a week in Black Knowl, been there many times over the years and we were a little apprehensive with it still being school holidays.
What struck us was how tight the pitches are (unless on a fully serviced pitch) they have really crammed them in unfortunately.
The children were all well behaved and a pleasure to watch, the biggest shift we noticed were the amount of people walking over and through other people’s pitches as a short cut, others walking their dogs at the back of other pitches to allow them to attend to their toilet needs and worst of all for us, large groups of adults drinking late into the evening and getting louder with each glass, the wardens seemingly oblivious when walking past.
Perhaps I’m just getting old!

No; perhaps it’s social norms that have changed. Look at press cover recently wrt the noise of phones playing music, loud telephone conversations etc on trains without any regard for others in the vicinity. Restaurants have got noticeably louder as people talk over each other. We walked out of a top restaurant in Wales when it was so loud that the waiter could not hear to take our orders. When the manager asked why we were leaving he couldn’t hear our explanation. But he clearly read my Trip advisor review a few days later and seemed quite offended.

 

[RogerL]

No; perhaps it’s social norms that have changed. Look at press cover recently wrt the noise of phones playing music, loud telephone conversations etc on trains without any regard for others in the vicinity. Restaurants have got noticeably louder as people talk over each other. We walked out of a top restaurant in Wales when it was so loud that the waiter could not hear to take our orders. When the manager asked why we were leaving he couldn’t hear our explanation. But he clearly read my Trip advisor review a few days later and seemed quite offended.

It's a vicious circle - as sound levels have gradually increased, many people just raise their voices - and so it goes on.

It's somehow worse for those of us with hearing aids as the pick up the sound from all around and amplify it - I have to turn mine down in busy places.

 

[Kevin M]

It’s the total lack of manners and awareness of personal space that winds me up tbh.

 

[Oscarmax]

Unfortunately the club no longer back up the wardens, we avoid the school holidays.

 

[otherclive]

It's a vicious circle - as sound levels have gradually increased, many people just raise their voices - and so it goes on.

It's somehow worse for those of us with hearing aids as the pick up the sound from all around and amplify it - I have to turn mine down in busy places.

I do likewise with my aids too. 🙁

 

[Sam Vimes]

I'm surprised about the comment about noise in restaurants because I thought people didn't speak to each other but sent text messages 🙄