Hi Barney
I have three kids, 15,3 and nearly 2,like you been to commercial site and HATED it, the adults were rat***ed at night so the kids ran riot,the noise was horrendous even at 4 in the morning,I would be ashamed if mine behaved like that,They are always told to respect that other people are here on hol as well and are expected to be quiet at a reasonable time,dont get me wrong they have their moments but I do try to teach them right, some parents think its great their four year olds are up at 1am in a smoke filled bar,blasting music while they throw beer down their necks,going to a Haven soon(to late to cancel) and am dreading the noise coz just end up shattered all day!
CC sites only after that !!
Hi again Tina,
as my old mate Pete always says, "You've got to put the time in with your kids, if you want to bring them up right"
Just one example of this was at a site near Whitby. The water supply wasn't the best with low pressure, and a limited supply of hot water. A gang of kids spent all day in the toilet block playing "Block the washbasins with toilet paper, and lets see how long they take to overflow". When I asked them to stop, I ended up with a mouthful from them, and then the doting parents with, "they're only playing" etc. etc. ad nauseum.. We saw the same sort of thing at a New Forest site we were thinking of going to, poor and dirty washrooms, overcrowded pitches,noise, litter, enough to put you off caravaning for life.
The site manager at Whitby didn't want to know, so I demanded, and got, my pitch fee back, and moved on. So now it's CC sites for me. As I said before, I like to enjoy myself, and have a good time the same as anyone else (red wine's my tipple)and I'm not anti anything, kids, dogs, or anything else. I was brought up to respect other people, sadly, that seems to be unknown territory to some, mores the pity.
Phew!!!!! rant over.
All the best,
Barney.