Farm machinery noise!

[SameKeyThough]

Currently staying on a gorgeous campsite in Dorset. Only 3 pitches for tents, no caravans/hook ups, and 4 unfurnished bell tents. We've stayed before several years ago. It's a beautiful setting and the owners have an organic farm next door. So there is a lot of (entirely acceptable) sounds of nature - geese, chickens, cows etc. Occasional tractors. It's very much advertised as a haven of peace and tranquility - no music, quiet activity after 8.30pm, no noise after 11. Eco and organic etc etc. Lots of rules about this.
BUT. From 6.30am this morning LOUD farm machinery in neighbouring field. Continuous droning noise for 2 hours now, sort of busy city road level. London bin-men loud. Even with ear plugs it's loud. I accept that camping does not equate to quiet. I've stayed at a few campsites here and in France and not had anything like this. But can I say anything to the owners without sounding like an idiot townie? It's not their field so I know not their responsibility. But they must know and I feel a bit, I don't know, misled? cheated? I'm tired and cross so may be over reacting! I'm thinking I'm more concerned for teen DS and his friend in the other tent who have been completely quiet and respectful and loved chilling out in nature but now have this!!! I don't know if I can face it for 2 more nights.. Talk me down!

@SameKeyThough bear in mind they probably don’t own a combine, so they have to work and go on until done (maybe through night) and then the combine goes to another farm … hopefully they are nearly finished 😎

Lol! Can't believe you want to complain!
Wait until they start muck spreading, it was chicken shit round here the other day!

If you want idyllic countryside, go to one of the manufactured sites with lodges etc, the real countryside is a working environment, farmers have limited time to get the job done.

It’s non stop here, the crops are ready and the weather is good so everyone is working 18hr days to get it in.
Its our food that’s being harvested and our weather is unreliable compared to other countries.

FFS.

It's the Countryside. It's the UK (farming)
It's the beginning of harvesting.
It's where YOUR food comes from.

They were at it all weeked here, he flies we have had it today is unreal BUT I love it, it's our food and they work bloody hard.

We back onto a fairly big field. A few years ago, friends were visiting around harvest time. Friend was in the garden as big farm vehicle, complete with big farmer trundled very close by. Friend waved to be friendly, and ended up having a two-hour jaunt in big farm vehicle with big farmer. I was deeply envious.

Anyway, my advice would be to embrace the harvest and wave at any and every passing farmer. Who knows, you might end up having an unexpected adventure.

OP, perhaps use it to educate your children (and yourself). What are they harvesting - barley, wheat, rye, carrots, potatoes?

What are they used to make? Bread flour? Beer? Whisky? Why not take your dcs on a brewery tour or a distillery? Visit an old fashioned windmill. Learn about bread making and yeast.

Find out about grain driers and why farming is one of the most dangerous professions in the UK.

Or you could use common sense and realise that farms m, clearly marked on naps, are used for farming?

If you are camping near fields you are risking hearing farm noises. If somewhere was marketed as being near a working farm I would assume that meant farmyard/farm buildings not fields

Then why advertise it as a " Haven of peace " ?

But the window for harvest is variable depending on the preceeding and impending weather conditions. The crop has to be the right level of dryness and for ezample with things like hay it will need a number of days to dry once cut before baleing. The farmer can't plan ahead for when that will be.

@pestowithwalnuts because it has the sounds of the countryside and not the city. I bet people get woken up by the dawn chorus, should that be put on the details - maybe birdsong. Or maybe can hear the sounds of church bells in the distance

Harvesting is noisy and very dusty! It’s early this year and probably coincides with a lot of people’s camping holidays.

They’ll soon be done - they work through the night here!

You stayed near me then

I grew up on a farm, I know more about farming than your average Joe. It isn’t about whether they knew that day. It’s about a general advisory when you book.

”As we are a rural location, it is possible there can be some disturbance to guests due to harvest taking place in August and September”

You can’t have it both ways that OP is stupid to book a holiday on a farm and not expect noise from harvesting, but the owners of the farm could have had no idea that it might be an issue.

All of this schadenfreude from people, ignores the fact there are many people who have never spent a lot of time outside of cities. The “what did you expect” question can be answered with “for business I am paying for a service to be transparent.”

That is misleading. It would be like having a campsite at the side of the M25 and saying it’s peaceful because they ask guests to keep the noise down.

snarky comments not needed 😊

I can think of locations marked as farms on maps which are no longer working farms so dont do harvesting. Also, it’s not always possible to tell from a map whether an unrelated cottage is slap bang next to a farm or whether it’s a couple of hundred metres away from crops.

very simple for someone renting out a property to paying guests to just be honest about the location. It just needs a simple statement: ‘please be aware that this property is directly adjacent to a working farm’ and it allows people to make their decision based on accurate, current info 😊

It’s not at all uncommon for places where gulls are problematic to warn patrons about it.

Isn’t it great that they have food to harvest!

This. The countryside is their workplace and where your food comes from.

@BoredZelda places may warn of seagulls trying to snatch food. We have just booked a holiday by the seaside they haven’t (and I don’t expect them to) warned us there maybe seagulls!

Bit like if you camp by a field you might expect tractor noise.

Or, it is your responsibility when you book somewhere to use your common sense.
Sadly this is lacking in most people.

If I booked a hotel next to a motorway I wouldn't need the hotel to have to point out that there may be motorway noise. If I book a hotel next to the sea I wouldn't need the hotel to pount out that there may be seagull noise. Yet some people need it explaining to them that if they book camping in a farming area and with no house/double glazing to block noise out, that they may hear agricultural noise?

Ridiculous.

A house doesn’t always block the noise out. See my earlier post about an Air BnB cottage which conveniently didn’t mention in the listing that it was adjacent to a working farm (and as I replied to an earlier snarky poster, it wasn’t possible to tell from a map that this particular cottage was adjacent to a farmyard.)

But it’s farming country! Honestly that’s what happens in the country! What if there is due to be rain, or hail? Should the campsites warn everyone to cancel? Serious question (not to the 90 but to some others on this thread. Suck it up. Acknowledge that the countryside is basically a place of business, and enjoy the week. Could have been worse - a noisy stag party pitching up and causing mayhem before being removed for example.

In the last village I lived in (large village and my house was not close to fields) guests from London used to comment on the 4/5am dawn chorus which they weren’t used to hearing