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

[DillonPanthersTexas]

mussymummy

Are you okay hun?

[mussymummy]

Oh just fuck right off plenty people snore. I bet you have plenty other habits that drive others insane so stop being so fucking rude and discriminating. If you don't like it don't go fucking camping. Maybe a week in a panic room or something where you can't hear any external noise apart from your own bullshit?

[RoyalAlbertHallSinger]

I don't sleep if it’s noisy so I opt not to go camping. My problem, not anyone else’s. I can’t expect other people to be silent so….

[YesPleaseMary]

@FuckingFabulous

It would take every ounce of self control not to locate the source of that sound and boot that tent repeatedly. I already suffer with bouts of insomnia, so if I had to hear someone's slack adenoids rattling all fucking night, I would definitely be incensed.

I haven’t got any adenoids. Or tonsils. I sleep on my side. I have snored since I was a child because I have a receding jaw, a very soft palate and narrow nasal passages but if I was sleeping near you I’d have a couple of bottles of wine and sleep on my back.

[MolyHolyGuacamole]

YABU to expect this from camping, you hear every single noise. I'd suggest something with 4 walls next time.

[DanceItOut]

YANU I’m afraid. Yes it’s annoying but it is what it is. Camping is for everyone and is not going to always be perfectly silent. Also people are actually more likely to snore while camping because they are more likely to lie on their backs due to the stiffness of the ground, camp beds, air beds etc makes it less comfortable lying on your side. We’ve camped for years and years and had all sorts of noise from snoring to crying kids and drunk shouting adults and barking dogs. It’s still fun in the end.

[Tessabelle74]

I'd prefer it if the party tents went to Ibiza rather than drinking from lunchtime then having loud conversations, laughing like they're watching the world's best comedians at the top of their lungs and playing sh#t music til gone midnight, but you know what? It's a free country and at least snorers can't help the noise they make

[Marriedatfirstyear]

I've struggled as we have a few nests of magpies not far from our window.
I've found these to work well as they are soft so don't press hard on your ears. You can also push them further down for complete silence or not so deep so you could still hear. I've also found wearing one helps if you're worried about hearing kids, alarms etc.
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[Blackcat333]

@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

This made me roar with laughter 😂. I go camping and all children should be told to stop laughing so loud!

[FuckingFabulous]

It would take every ounce of self control not to locate the source of that sound and boot that tent repeatedly. I already suffer with bouts of insomnia, so if I had to hear someone's slack adenoids rattling all fucking night, I would definitely be incensed.

[BeringBlue]

I am excited about going on my first holiday in years because a year ago I got diagnosed with sleep apnoea after YEARS of begging for sleep tests and being laughed at by my UK GP who told me snoring is a cosmetic issue. I now live in another country, where my symptoms gave them cause for concern, and I got the treatment I need. I have a CPAP machine that is small enough to travel with. Camping was never on the cards and even hotels were tricky. We got in the habit of only going away for one night because my family couldn't bear to share a room/apartment with me. So YANBU in that I know how much angst and frustration my condition caused others.

[Bertiebiscuit]

Camping requires a certain toughness - but also ear plugs, a robust bladder and high tolerance of human behaviour - maybe camping isn't for you

[Italianmeringuebuttercream]

My dd was born with a cleft palate. She snored loudly (worse than when her dad had had too many beers!) even when sleeping upright (like in a stroller). She has grown out of it now but did it until she was at least 6. For all you know, it might be a child with similar issues. Should they not be allowed camping either?

[Linz13]

You have my total sympathy as I live with a snorer, he has however been diagnosed with sleep apnea and got a breathing machine which has made the world of difference to all our lives…it goes everywhere with us (we’re caravanners) so hopefully we don’t keep the campsite awake any longer!

[CounsellorTroi]

@OneTC

Funnily enough I'd rather have the snorer than the occasional noises. The occasional noises will wake me up and I'm a pretty light sleeper. My brain will do it's job with the regular repetitive sound and I won't hear it after a few minutes

If I go to sleep before DH starts snoring it’s fine, I sleep through it. But he will often do an extra loud snorty snore just as I’m dropping off. He is good about moving to the other room though, in fact he says he needs to because I make clicky noises in my sleep which annoy him!

[OneTC]

Some people snore after a beer, lots of people drink beer whilst camping.

[OneTC]

Funnily enough I'd rather have the snorer than the occasional noises. The occasional noises will wake me up and I'm a pretty light sleeper. My brain will do it's job with the regular repetitive sound and I won't hear it after a few minutes

[Oceanbliss]

@DillonPanthersTexas We actually don’t know if the the person snoring is a persistent loud snorer just from the op’s one night of being disturbed by it.

[Oceanbliss]

How can the op and anyone else posting here know if the person snoring is a persistent snorer who knows that they snore? We don’t know. It’s an assumption.

Some people snore sporadically caused by allergies or bad sleeping position. Camping is likely to set off allergies (and not everyone knows that they have a mild allergy to something) and cause bad sleeping positions.

Yes, they snored all night, doesn’t mean that they regularly snore or are even aware of it.

So, you don’t like risking being in the vicinity of someone snoring then don’t go camping at a busy campsite.

[Popsicales]

We went camping the other week. The tent right next door were blasting Mrs Brown’s Boys on speakers until 3am. And loudly cooking on a BBQ at 1am. The CF also woke up before 8am before my DC. They were banging and clattering so I couldn’t even get revenge on them by letting the DC out!

[DrSbaitso]

As several people have said, snoring not only goes on all night but there is something about the regularity and repetition that makes it absolutely torturous. It's not like the noise of people moving around or even talking quietly at a small distance. It's maddening even if it isn't preventing you from getting any sleep.

[WTF475878237NC]

Yes the difference is we are talking someone who literally snores the entire night. That level of being kept awake is so different to the couple of people who might whisper at 3am to the toilet block.

[DillonPanthersTexas]

In a campsite though it's not one person going to the toilet, could be lots during the night.

I'm a pretty seasoned camper, have stayed at dozens of sites from the lake District, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. I don't think I have been ever been kept up at night due to a constant stream of nocturnal toilet goers.

I suspect most people snore at some point in their lives. Can you honestly say you have never snored?

Of course I have snored at times, usually when I have drank too much or have a stinking cold. I am not however a persistent loud snorer like the type described on this thread.

[Horst]

I have to say having camped right on the walk though to the toilets. No it’s not really a lot of people going back and forth all night.

You’ll get the odd one every so often but once asleep you won’t hear them walk by as they tend to go alone not in groups.

A lot of people also take their own toilet buckets if they have children and even more so since covid so again unless it’s the tent basically next door to you the zips won’t wake you up.

Children have woken me once at around 7/7:30am and tbh we had pitched right by a tree swing so expected children right outside ealier and later.

Snoring however woke me up and kept me up till they woke up and a lot of other campers from the mutterings in the toilet block in the morning and by the breakfast shop.

[tigger1001]

If you are a light sleeper or are worried that sleeping will be tricky in a different environment, use headphones/earplugs. Job done.

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