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 🙄

 

[Devonboy]

Have to admit people walking through our pitch as as a short cut really winds me up .

 

[Dustydog]

Now I’ve finally mastered Google Earth and maps etc it’s easy to see what the sites pitches are like and the extent of afforded privacy.

Shortcuts across someone’s pitch or at the back is an invasion of privacy and is unacceptable .

 

[Mel]

We were at Southcliff near Bridlington in August. The daughters and grandchildren were in a static and we took our caravan, just to sleep in.
It is an excellent site in lots of ways but very much geared up to families with children in the school hols. The touring site was packed and of course folks there all had big awnings, lots of kids and bikes. The fashion seems to be for families to meet up there and do there were lots of groups from multiple units. The play area was on the edge of the site so cutting through pitches was usual. However as everyone else was of the families with kids variety nobody seemed to mind. No one cut through our pitch on account of the family pitched 6 inches behind us having a mahoosive awning and an enclosure for the dog so effectively barricading the way through. 😀
In spite of all this the site was really quiet by 11pm and there was no real anti social behaviour that we saw.
Absolutely not our cup of tea and we would never take our tourer there again. We are going back next year and have booked a larger static with the girls so we can all get in. The static area was lovely.
However, the touring bit was clearly very popular and folks were having a good time Quite possibly the demographic they were catering for don’t mind about cutting through pitches, kids on bikes, large groups and all the things that would make us as a retired couple run a mile.
Horses for courses and all that.
Mel