Arseholes camping this weekend in Somerset.

[ledkr]

I have just returned from a very enjoyable weekend in my Bongo with my 2 dd's 10 and 1.
Every night there was a tent opposite who were shouting and bawling until 3am. I didnt say anything as it didnt wake my kids and I was a bit wary.
However on the last night they got absolutely bladdered and were shouting at the top of their voices and swearing literally every other word. Cunt and fuck were the words of choice. My dd woke up and was scared as she thought they were rowing but they were just literally shouting at each other to speak. It went on a while and i tried to talk over the swearing (im far from a prude or anti swearing but it was ridiculous) They then got cabs to a club and returned at 3am screaming and falling over,i was too scared to even go for a wee.The following day there was a pile of puke in the road and beer bottles shrewn outside my awning.We oouldnt wait to leave and were packed and gone by 10am.I didnt stop to complain as reception was closed and i wanted to get going whilst dd2 had a nap whilst i drove.
Im not entirely sure why im posting this other than to just let off some staem, but also to ask if i should name and shame them on a website for having no security/noise patrol.
They also had a small child with them,a girl of about 6.
How can people behave like that after seeing all the children camping nearby?
The site actually stated "we are a quiet family site and do not tolerate any noise or rowdiness after 11,we will aske you to leave if you do not comply with these rules" Well ffs impose your own bloody rules.
Id appreciate your thoughts on this camping peoples.

Did you report the noise to the campsite owners after the first night it happened?

Was there any means of communicating with the campsite owners in the evening when reception was closed? (ie by phone or did the owners live on site?)

I'm surprised that if they advertise themselves as being a quiet family site that they were not doing some noise patrols over the Aug BH.

I would email them with your complaints and see what they say. You might get a refund. If nowt then I would do an honest review on ukcampsite. Name and shame them on here too.

I'm sorry your break was spoilt, no one should have to put up with listening to such behaviour. August BH is absolutely the very worst weekend in the whole year for this. Absolute and utter selfish wankers go camping this weekend, people who have no clue of campsite etiquette and probably don't camp at any other time. It is for this reason that we usually NEVER go camping this weekend. Avoiding sites that ban groups is a good way to go, or the camping and Caravanning club tend to be v hot on noise.

Sorry, that should be go for sites that ban groups. Dur. We have just stayed at one this weekend and it was very quiet.

Thats interesting about the Aug bh as a few others said that at the site. Im annoyed with myself that i didnt complain at first but as i said it didnt wake the kids and it tends not to be as loud in the van as it is in a tent.
It really was shocking and I have done many festivals and not heard as much swearing in one go.
We will defo check ahead next time re noise policing but as they had stated that we assumed they would enforce it.
Btw it was Mill Farm in Bridgewater and we shant go again for sure.

You really need to tell someone if this happens again. Most site owners want people to enjoy their holiday and you certainly shouldnt be frightened by other campers.

I had a similar experience this summer and I spoke to the site owners who were very apologetic and said that the group would not be allowed to book again as I was not the only person to complain.

The rest of my stay was lovely and despite being busy the site was quiet by 11pm the rest of the time.

A few years ago we were on a lovely site in Cornwall in our tent, what appeared to be a father & son pitched near us, got totally arseholed, had a brawl and then passed out. We just kept quiet (although a big man dh is not confrontational at all and won't let me be!). We didn't go and "tell on them" as it was a retired couple running the site and the woman was there solo and was very petite and lovely. Told them when we saw them the next day and then discovered they were retired prison warders and she was MORE than capable of dealing with anything! Men moved on, amazing week had. Don't suffer next time!

Hope your next trip is better!

I am sorry ledkr, but I think you are being unfair. On the campsite, that is. Please phone them and atleast tell them exactly what you have told us. Atleast give them the chance to apologise.
You said the campsite "Well ffs impose your own bloody rules." But you haven't given them the chance. Because you haven't told them.
You could have told the owners, just a very quiet word, after the first night, or the second, or the last terrible one, but chose not to.
And then you say :"we shant go again for sure".
But the loud idiots are to blame here, not the campsite itself. what exactly is it that you think the campsite should have done. taking into account that you never told them anything.
Its like blaming a restaurant as rubbish, but not saying anyhting when there was an actual problem with the meal.
Thats not really fair.

I would of gone ballistic on the night - sorry! and if they didnt request to pipe down then I would of gone banging on the campsite owners door.

I know how wound up you can get as last year we stayed near a late night pub and it was blasting till 1am and I couldnt sleep - I was so twitchy then I didnt sleep all night!

As my own back I would of pulled out all tent pegs!

Some people are so vile - I'm still struggling to understand having the 6yr old if they went out????

Agree, stay at nice sites away from clubs. A bit late to complain to the owners now.

Oblomov-I see what you are saying but as i pointed out,I did not complain at first as it literally didnt bother me as the kids slept on and as im in a camper van couldnt hear it loudly enough to keep me awake.
On the last night which was the bad one we had packed up,were covered in mud,the baby was having her bottle in her carseat ready for a sleep (allowing me to drive home winge free) and nobody was in reception,so the temptation to just get the hell out of there was very tempting iyswim.I also wanted to miss the m5 bh traffic.
As for the campsite,what i meant was that there appeared to be no security on site,the owners live off site and there was no emergency number to ring.If they are going to make big statements about being a quiet family site then surely they need to find a way of enforcing that.There werent even any signs up it was just in their literature.
As for tackling it on the night I am normally a tough old bird but their demeanour definately gave me the impression they'd have at least told me to f off if not worse. Also my dd was very upset and would have gone to pieces had i gone out to have a row.
The way they were behaving didnt exactly invite a request to pipe down

God that sounds bad.
I stayed on a campsite nr Whitby 7 years ago. This extended family plus dogs turned up and behaved pretty much as you describe. It was unbelievable. The next morning , I think a person from every tent on our field complained.
When we got up at 7.30 it was all quiet in their tent ( they didn't quieten until 4 am .. The dogs carried on til about 5). It was like an unspoken agreement amongst the rest of the tents on the field to make as much noise as possible. One bloke was banging saucepans around their tent.
The campsite owners arrived at 10am and asked them to leave. They argued back saying " how do you effing expect us to keep dogs and kids quiet?"
They really thought that their behaviour was fine.
They went... The rest of the field were grinning as they drove away.
The campsite owners were sooo apologetic .
Give them a call... They need to know it went on.

I agree that you needed to make the site owners aware after night 1.

Sites whic advertise tjhemselves as quiet really should do a patrol at 10.30 ish and let everyone know they mean it - I have been on sites where the friendly helpful ownser come round at whatever time and say goodnight, check everyone is OK, and then investigate noise they hear after that.

It sounds awful. We had a similar experience once with the neighbours from hell shouting and playing Paul McCartney until the small hours

But we complained about them the next morning and the small, elderly campsite owner who carries a big stick came and spoke to them. They were packed and gone within the hour.

If the site says they don't tolerate noise then you have to make them aware of any transgressions. I don't think it's reasonable to expect them to mount patrols, but they should be on the end of a phone in case of anything that happens overnight.

I think the Paul McCartney bit would be enough to drive most to a nervous breakdown

Quite! There should be zero tolerance of Paul McCartney at all campsites any time of the day or night

There should be zero tolerance of Paul McCartney - full stop !

Reading this makes me feel better! We've just got back from our second camping trip so are very much novices. The people in the tent opposite us had electric hook up and had a full Sky set up with mobile satellite dish so we had the pleasure of listening to home shopping channels til around 4am. I am a light sleeper and got more annoyed as the night went on so got hardly any sleep. They turned the sound up when it rained and didn't turn it back down again.
We decided to mention it to the site manager (it is a club site) rather than have a go at them as there were 2 families together and I didn't want our weekend ruined by arguments. He said the rules are minimal noise after 11pm but that probably means different things to different people as he said he had asked them to turn it down. The noise also seemed louder lying down in my tent than outside their tent so maybe it didn't seem that loud to them.
Anyway in future I'm going to make sure we aren't anywhere nearer the hook ups and also take some good ear plugs!

We had about 16 people from our local tents and caravans, in our awning watching Jess Ennis. Then the same watching Usain Bolt. Then we had the same people in watching Mo Farah.
Was the most exciting thing.
Mind you 4am is not the same.