Campsite etiquette- AIBU?

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We're on a small, busy campsite, with most spaces filled. Lots of families around. All good. Don't expect peace and quiet BUT there's a few families near mine with boys aged roughly 4-5 and they are tearing around absolutely screaming. No exaggeration. Not happy laughs, or shouting that goes with loud campsite games. Proper screaming. Calling each other's idiots was another lovely addition to the screaming.
All the tents are pitched against the edge of a field, with a lovely area in the middle to play, but they insist on running around everyone's tents, weaving in and out. I had to tell them to stop jumping over my guy ropes and keep away from the back of my tent (didn't want them to hurt themselves or my tent!).
My kids are settling down now, chilling out in the tent, but the screaming goes on. I know quiet time isn't till 10-10:30, but surely parents can understand that not everyone wants their kids running around other people's tables while they eat? Or are sitting chatting to their family?
It's not just one family, so it's not like you could have a quiet word.
I don't know if IABU and just a grump, or this is the new acceptable way for things to run in campsites (I've not been for about 4 years!).
Anyone else camping? What's it like where you are?!

Ugh no that’s rude. Ok to running around and a bit of shouting but not so close to you. Hate having my personal space invaded!

trip them up

I'd have a right grump on if they were running round the back of my tent. I'm currently on a lovely campsite where people seem, so far, to abide by usual etiquette. YANBU, I hope things improve. Maybe if one of the little darlings were to trip up on a guy rope......

Have a word with the parents, say your worried about them getting injured and after 9.00 children children will be wanting to sleep. Keep it friendly. If no response the next day complain tcampsite manager.

Find your inner dragon and tell them to go away and be quiet.

You need to add a few trip hazards and some wine (plastic)glasses full of water so you can be 'annoyed' when they're spilled. Can you put something too large for them to run around? Something sticky for them to tread in? Sounds annoying.

Rude. Definitely.

We were just at a campsite last week and I was astounded at what terrible behaviour people think is acceptable for children.

After midnight and families with young kids were walking home from the clubhouse squealing, laughing and yelling past people's tents and caravans. I know it's a holiday and bedtimes are thrown out the window but surely squealing and shouting at night is still a no no? No one wants to keep their kids under control on a holiday. Mind you, the adults aren't much better. We had a foldable caravan trailer thing behind our static caravan and instead of the owners playing music inside it, they opened all their car doors and put the car stereo on full blast. All fucking day long. It made our static caravan walls bounce and vibrate. I wouldn't mind so much but their music was shite! I kept praying they'd flatten their battery because we couldn't relax for a second in peace. So rude.

In your case OP, if the children persist running around your tent then I'm afraid it's a good telling off they need.

Have a word with the warden/owner. They'll probably go and have a quiet word with the families with the screaming children.

Most wardens will say they've had a couple of complaints, so that the finger doesn't get pointed at you for complaining.

Or if there's a shop, buy a cheap wind breaker and make it impossible to get through behind your tent if you're at the edge of the field. Make a nice impassable fence from tent to hedge.

No you are not being unreasonable and with fires, BBQ's and cooking stoves around its bloody lucky they haven't hurt themselves.

Either buy a windbreak and literally fence in your pitch, or properly loose your shit at them. You'll be known as the scary dragon but they will keep away. its anti-social, annoying, unreasonable and frankly dangerous.

YANBU. It's so rude. Had this last time we went camping too. As well as late night parties with people getting overly drunk and arguing all night and allowing their dogs off leads to run in and out of peoples tents, nicking our food and jumping up at us.

Security wardens attended more than once but it continued.

Some people are so unfathomably selfish.

Do what DH did last year when we were camping...... hide behind the tent out of sight and as they go passed growl - they'll think it's a large dog or better still, a yeti and won't come back

Razor wire....

God yes it really pisses me off. I had a go at a group of 7 or 8 year old boys the other week who were playing at football at 7am right next to our tent and of course the ball kept bashing into it. They just looked at me gormlessly and the parents didn't bother coming out to speak to me.

Friday evening we arrived on site in our campervan. Rows and rows of pitches, the one next to us was empty so was the designated football pitch. Screaming and shouting for hours, ball thumping the van every few minutes. Also our pitch was used as a cut through to the toilets which wouldn't be so bad if people didn't walk within a foot of the van! One person actually clipped the door mirror. Luckily there was a pitch free on the perimeter so we asked if we could move there the following morning. We would have come home if not! We very rarely have a bad experience so consider ourselves lucky really.

That's why as soon as mine hit 10 ish we switched to adult only sites (played the need quiet for special needs card!) so much nicer. My dd has asd and was highly distressed by the bad behaviour of other kids (she quiet)

I'd definitely lose my shit. Speak to the warden. As it's multiple families, it's too awkward for you. They know they're unreasonable, they just don't care yet.

Oh god and I thought we’d had it bad, we were at a naice camping site last week where the owners of a dog opposite thought it was cute to sit and watch their dog bark at practically everything that went by.

The owners of the campsite just let their dog ramble around without a lead and all over our rug with cooking stove on, when I said oh I’m not sure about that they just replied oh she lives here...

Eek. I am a novice camper but had to get up at 2 in the morning and ask the tent two pitches along to wrap it. Noise still continued till 3 but less so. Got a nice pee in under the stars during that time too, so it wasnt all bad (what is the etiquette for that?)

Camping etiquette for peeing alfresco is 1) don't do it on someone else's tent (even by accident), and 2) don't do it in a tin bucket at 2am. Everything else is fine .