Walked between caravans

[Tevion28]

Hi currently staying on in my friends holiday home and me and dp wanted to walk down to the river and took a quick route between 2 caravans and a lady came out and shouted very aggressivly do not walk between the caravans and slammed her door shut so was we in the wrong.

@Whinginadeville

It's obvious that you stick to paths, don't walk past their windows or disturb their dogs/kids. It's not so much an an unwritten rule as basic good manners. I'm shocked at how entitled and rude you would have to be to not intuitively know this.

This is rubbish.

Every caravan site I have ever been on the lounge window faces the pathway, you still hear people talking or walking past. How's it any different to hear people walk down the side of the caravan

I have some sympathy for shouty woman.

Nah. Shouting at people isn't good manners.

@MarieIVanArkleStinks

I have some sympathy for shouty woman.

Nah. Shouting at people isn't good manners.

I never said it was. Just have sympathy for her emotions, not the actual shouting. I thought my post was quite clear, but obviously not.

At the holiday parks we've stayed at, you'd never make it to the caravan without deviating from the paths so it's not a universal rule applicable to every static site ever.

I mentioned this earlier. Also when camping, for example my tent was one that was alongside the path/road and the rest of the field was fringed by trees on the other 3 sides. People had no choice but to walk past my tent to get off the field. They'd be trapped at their tent unable to leave or use the facilities if they observed this 'rule'

Every caravan site I have ever been on the lounge window faces the pathway, you still hear people talking or walking past. How's it any different to hear people walk down the side of the caravan
Mal so this. The main window/french doors/decking is frequently directly on the path. The grass area is just the plain wall or side door

oh gosh, when we were kids we used to crawl underneath the static caravans and make dens under there. Nobody batted an eye, but we did have to stop and say hello to the old ladies if we got too close. Not good when you're playing stuck in the mud or tig.

yanbu if its just grass, yabu if she's done it up nice.

There are no paths at the site we go to as it's a huge field. The unspoken rule is pretty much that you give everyones caravan a wide berth and respect their space. Isn't that also just good manners?

The place I visited recently had it stated clearly" no walking between caravans ". Statics in a Highland holiday village
Did you check the site rules?

I love the way some posters are stating so catagorically that the space is 'not hers'. It very much depends on the site! I have a static on a small private site, I have the exclusive right to the land to the right of the caravan, it is 'my' garden and I can do what i like in that space provided I follow the rules regarding fire safety, ie, I must not put anything up to close to my neighbour as fire spreads quickly.

As owners we never just wander about others peoples gardens. I dare say on the bigger sites like parkdean/haven the owners do not have the 'right' to a garden but I still would not invade their privacy.

The unspoken rule is pretty much that you give everyones caravan a wide berth and respect their space

It must be very site specific, I never stayed anyway that had huge space around each caravan & Ive often had to enter from the side & walked on paths right by windows. I never considered caravanning particularly private though.

some very odd people, i used to own a static and the park we were on, everyone walked between the vans, and no-one batted an eyelid... ours was one of a few that were 100% privately owned/non rental too.

I think the only 'unspoken' rule was you didn't hang around outside someones windows.. walking past was absolutely fine.

From ‘Essential caravan etiquette’:

Stick to your pitch
It’s standard caravan park etiquette to not walk across someone else’s pitch. You wouldn’t walk through someone’s garden at home, so why would you at a caravan park? It's deemed intrusive and rude.

It might be a big park and take you a while to get from A to B, but saving time is no excuse. Therefore, you should stay on the roads and paths (unless you’re very desperate to use the toilet, in which case your neighbours might forgive you).

Make sure your property is within your boundary and not encroaching onto the pitch next door.

So there you go! 🤣

Here’s another ! It’s definitely a ‘rule’!

Walk through a neighbour’s space – it might be just a small encroachment, but walking on or through a neighbour’s pitch just isn’t ‘the done thing’. Think of it this way – you wouldn’t walk through another person’s garden while you are living at home, so don’t do it on a caravan site! The same goes for walking under an awning. During very busy times, if you must pass through part of a neighbour’s pitch, be sure to give an acknowledgement in the form of a smile and an apology.

@Walkingthedog46

Honestly - how many non-caravaners would know this? Does the same ‘rule apply to not walking between pitched tents on a camp site? Genuine question.

We had some people walk between our tent and our family members tent next to us when we were camping a few years ago. We had set it up to be clearly a joint hangout area and yet a few people felt it was ok to walk between with their washing up up to four times a say. It was annoying as our privacy felt invaded (as much privacy as you can have when camping) and it set my dog off every time. In the end we just put up some wind breaks to block the non path off. They only had to follow the actual path past my relatives tent and they would have been at the same point. I have never walked between tents when camping and have always walked around using the pathways.

' This is why I like our caravan being right on the river as no one walks through our garden!'

do they swim past? as surely then,this is a boat not a caravan

If it’s not a path don’t walk through. It’s rude. People don’t come and sit on your lawn at the holiday house.

It depends on the site. However it is basic good manners not to walk between them unless that is the only way. Not just because it’s a short cut.

On a lot of the sites you rent the space from the edge of your caravan up top to edge of the next caravan making it your space you pay for it. A lot of sites also won’t allow fences due to fire regulations and frankly why should someone need to put up a fence just to stop someone walking on their land when there is a designated foot path.

@Frannibananni

If it’s not a path don’t walk through. It’s rude. People don’t come and sit on your lawn at the holiday house.

I'm sure there was a thread a while ago where someone did just that 😆

@SunShinesBrightly

From ‘Essential caravan etiquette’:

Stick to your pitch
It’s standard caravan park etiquette to not walk across someone else’s pitch. You wouldn’t walk through someone’s garden at home, so why would you at a caravan park? It's deemed intrusive and rude.

It might be a big park and take you a while to get from A to B, but saving time is no excuse. Therefore, you should stay on the roads and paths (unless you’re very desperate to use the toilet, in which case your neighbours might forgive you).

Make sure your property is within your boundary and not encroaching onto the pitch next door.

So there you go! 🤣

If only each of us had been fortunately enough to have had "Essential Caravan Etiquette " on our GCSE English Literature reading list

^^Fortunate, not Fortunately!

@SunShinesBrightly

From ‘Essential caravan etiquette’:

Stick to your pitch
It’s standard caravan park etiquette to not walk across someone else’s pitch. You wouldn’t walk through someone’s garden at home, so why would you at a caravan park? It's deemed intrusive and rude.

It might be a big park and take you a while to get from A to B, but saving time is no excuse. Therefore, you should stay on the roads and paths (unless you’re very desperate to use the toilet, in which case your neighbours might forgive you).

Make sure your property is within your boundary and not encroaching onto the pitch next door.

So there you go! 🤣

This refers to touring caravans, not statics, however. Which I would argue is different due to the fact you rent a pitch. Statics are often just the caravan itself, with no land around it. (Clearly site-dependent, as this thread shows.)

Well fortunately SnickittyLemon most people seem to have absorbed this simple curtesy without reading a hand book. Nice to see confirmation though.

@knittingaddict

Well fortunately SnickittyLemon most people seem to have absorbed this simple curtesy without reading a hand book. Nice to see confirmation though.

I think the result of the poll being 48%-52%, and from many comments here, indicates that most people is a bit of a stretch.

Just stick to the paths. Be polite.

Camping in tents, if you;

Walk between tables, chairs and their tent door, or between a car and a tent, you are encroaching.

If you trip over someone else’s guy lines, you are where you have no business to be.

If you are constantly walking between tents where they are quite close together, you are encroaching.

If your kids ball constantly hits someone’s tent they are too close.

It’s a matter of respecting space. Like not standing too close to someone without good cause.

The Camping Facebook groups this summer are full of people not happy with the influx of new campers whose kids have not been brought up with campsite etiquette. Not to mention the parents.