No snorers allowed camping

[Franklyfrost]

Just that.

Having finally managed to get to sleep on our mysteriously but persistently deflating air mattress someone in the field next door wakes me up making a noise like a food processor being turned on and off. I have young kids in the tent with me and older kids in the tent text door so I can’t wear eye plugs. It’s a family campsite so it’s not just me who won’t be able to wear ear plugs. Just don’t go camping near others if you snore. They must know they snore because they’re not pitched up alone, so their party must all have come prepared with earplugs.

YABU camping is for everyone, you can’t discriminate
YANBU camping is not for someone who makes a really loud noise all night long to show off how well they’re sleeping while stopping anyone else from getting what rest they can

[TarpaulinEyes]

I once stayed in a mountain refuge where the beds were large slabs that slept 7 people. I was on a group holiday and one of our group snored. He used to wake up around 5am having had a wonderful night's sleep and ready for the days walking. Everyone else was exhausted because he had snored all night and the noise echoed round the room.

This was over 35 years ago and I can still remember my annoyance. OP throw apples or if that doesn't work something larger - like a tent - to stifle the noise/snorer.

[WTF475878237NC]

Maybe snorers should just never leave the house.

^ this is the best solution

I hope you threw the apple

[thecognoscenti]

@RampantIvy

Those of you who snore - what steps have you taken to address this problem?

Some of us have tried and tried and not found anything that works. The only solution appears to be not to fall asleep, ever. So get off your high horse.

[StoppinBy]

Unfortunately YABU but I totally get it and would be knocking on the tent and running away so they are hopefully kept awake long enough for me to get to sleep.

Snorers are the worst and bring out my desire to suffocate them lol

[fourminutestosavetheworld]

@RampantIvy

Those of you who snore - what steps have you taken to address this problem?

DP snores. Solutions are limited. No over-the-counter remedies have helped and surgery is extreme, uncomfortable and doesn't always work (assuming GP will agree to refer). Losing weight and sleeping on your side do make a difference.

[fourminutestosavetheworld]

I think it's really just one of those 'annoying but normal' noises you have to accept when camping.

Like the occasional baby crying, young children waking up early, tent unzipping as someone needs to go to the loo etc

It's not in the same category as inconsiderate noise - drunken shouting at 2am, loud music - IMO.

You do have options to book somewhere more remote, or with more space between pitches, or to use ear plugs. You can't choose to do neither and then complain.

[saltinesandcoffeecups]

@RampantIvy

Those of you who snore - what steps have you taken to address this problem?

I hear that sleeping in open spaces with a lot of fresh air helps.

[RampantIvy]

Those of you who snore - what steps have you taken to address this problem?

[Askingforfriend]

So if you are in a hotel room snoring that could bother people. If you are camping that could bother people. Maybe snorers should just never leave the house.

Or, maybe you could accept that there is probably something you do that is really annoying too and someone else is tolerating it.

We had a neighbor that used to complain that another neighbors dogs barked a lot when they were at work. I gently mentioned that all of us were loud in our own way. I didn't mention that they were fucking awful loud. Really obnoxious.

We live somewhere where you can wild camp within four or more hours away. Our preference is to drive an extra half an hour down a washboard and pothole road to get away from people and their noise. When I'm in a campground I expect to hear children, dogs, drunken laughter etc.

[SuperFairy]

Of course the alternative is to drink so much alcohol that you collapse into a stupor and don’t hear the snoring….
Whilst very likely snoring very loudly yourself 😆

[eekbumbler]

When we were camping the snorers didnt bother me, but there was one woman (not you OP) who made it clear she couldnt sleep, huffed and puffed all night, zip down, zip up, zip down and god help her when a random car alarm went off.

I don't think camping was for her. But she only ruined it for herself.

I assume when you say our mattress you mean you and partner? husband? put the ear plugs in and crack on.

I voted YABU.

[WineInTheBlood]

So many people snore though. I do sympathise because my husband sounds like a freight train, but I think YABU because it's something so many people do and can't help. I've been camping loads of times and have heard multiple people snoring. If you're camping I think you have to accept it isn't going to be peaceful unfortunately.

[SuperFairy]

God I feel for you, my DH is a snorer and if he goes to bed before me and starts then I just cannot sleep. It’s maddening and the reason that I bought a super comfy mattress for our spare bed, for him not me….. 😂

Seriously though I would certainly be moving pitch, I couldn’t cope with Mr/s Snorey as a neighbour 💐

[AlwaysLatte]

Eye plugs
I think it's really unfortunate but not a ban-able offence. That said, a campsite where people were further apart than that would be nicer anyway.

[user64325]

I'm a seasoned camper and often hear the off snore but occasionally come across snorers so loud you can hear them from the other side of a field. I agree it is spectacularly selfish to go to busy campsites if you are a very loud snorer.

[Itreallytiedtheroomtogether]

YANBU

The orchestra of snores is the worst sound in the world. I love camping but it really pisses on my chips.

[Airpit]

Dear snorer,

You exist!
Be gone!

Yours sincerely,
Perfect me who disturbs noone, ever. My family is so perfect that you can't hear them playing ball whilst you nap midday.
I could have booked the almost empty fishing trip but I wanted to be around people after being shut in all year. Just not people like you.

[UrbanRambler]

YANBU to feel frustrated by someone snoring loudly - my DH is like this and as a result we sleep in separate rooms now. It wouldn't be practical to ban snorers from campsites, but it's pretty selfish of them to go camping, knowing that it's likely their snoring will affect many other people nearby. I don't know what the solution is, but I feel your pain.

[Sweettea1]

I'll remember not to snore next time I go camping.

[Sunnygold]

I’m afraid I would yell “Stop fucking snoring!” at the top of my voice.

[wigglerose]

I'm exhausted due to having a 7 month old with a cold and being kept up by DH who is snoring like mad.

Throw that apple OP.

[saltinesandcoffeecups]

The good news is you are camping, you should have everything you need to find a lonely abandoned field to avoid snorers and the rest and to relax in desolate silence.

Oh you booked in a campsite that also has other people? Well then get over it.

[ErrolTheDragon]

As well as not camping, of course they shouldn't go on overnight flights anywhere either. The wife of my former boss warned me that I should always make sure I was seated well away from him on return flights from work trips to the US as he would sit down, shut his eyes and snore the whole way back.

[Franklyfrost]

@MobyDicksTinyCanoe

Good idea. I’ll try this. Thanks.

[Franklyfrost]

@Isawthathaggis

This is not comforting. This is magimix on, magimix off, magimix on, magimix off, magimix on, magimix off…

True what you say about the children of snorers sleeping well, the younger children in our family are all good at sleeping when they need to even if it’s loud or light because they’re in a big household.