Camping in a Parking lot

[David & Ann]

I have deleted the my Thread Post due to unforeseen circumstances.

 

[Deleted member 9237]

This is one reson you will find it hard next year to freecamp down here every year for the last 6 years we meet friends in Almeria always the same place this week we were told to move on as no sleeping over night, is now only allowed on approved site,s were ever there are.

 

[Firefox]

Why did they need the trailer tent? It looks like a 5-6 berth Van.

Stealth potential 0/10 which is why overnighting gets banned. Still, if you have a high rated cloaking device it wont matter anyway Only the big coachbuilts will suffer.

 

[Byronic]

Are you certain it was the motorhome that was towing the trailer tent?

 

[maureenandtom]

Stupidity and insensitivity beyond belief. If anybody needed to be shown the difference between camping and parking, then here it is.

You're right to show it and it's very disturbing to me because I had hardly believed stories like this when told to me. Certainly in all these years I've never seen this and I'd have had difficulty in believing it would have happened in a residential area.

Edit: Ah, saw the post above. I hadn't thought of the two being separate but it hardly makes a difference. Still provocative of resentment from residents.

 

[al n sal]

Should I have posted this picture or not? If not, I will remove as soon as I get a post from you folks.

we should have more pics of this kind of thing for over here...name and shame....if they can explain no shame....:idea-007:

 

[Firefox]

How does the arrangement of the 4 chairs support that they are separate units though

 

[Deleted member 967]

If someone parked a trailer tent (or another Motorhome) on a car park that close to my motorhome, I would move away. I may have parked first but wouldn't stay. We can only guess that the units are together.

 

[Bernard Jones]

Here is a picture of an English MH overnighting in the Parking lot in Almeria.

Should I have posted this picture or not? If not, I will remove as soon as I get a post from you folks.

Yeah, Why didn't they park nearer the lamp post to hook up to the electricity

 

[Byronic]

No, I wouldn't park that close to a stranger, but the stranger might park that close to me, and sometimes has. The motorhome and trailer tent look an unlikely combination to me. I may start taking bets on this.

 

[MOS]

Having wondered about the parking close phenomonen on occasions i discussed it with a few french and dutch MH/ers, and suposedly its good manners to park close and even on buisy Aires,so as not to waste space when infilling by later arrivals ,i dont know how true this is but on the odd occasions we have been on buisy aires a lot of our continental counterparts seem to do it .but there are allways some who want more garden than others .HoHum takes all sorts to make a colourfull world ..

 

[Coolasluck]

Thats a good point why?

Why when you have a big empty space along a promenade or car park do people feel they have to park near you,it happens all the time,what a load of tossers

 

[el-D]

Good grief! Whoever owns the trailer tent, whether the units are together or not, they really are pushing it too much. I'm sure we all do our best to blend in when we wild camp and then move on. This just isn't reasonable is it.

On the subject of close up and friendly, as has been said, we're all different. I'd have a duck-fit if someone parked that close to me but I guess others are happier in close company.

What is a pity of course is the knock-on effect of this kind of unreasonable behaviour on others. It's not surprising if notices start to appear banning overnight stops in public areas and that is just what we don't want, do we! Is it significant that no-one has popped up here and said, "Hey! Take my picture off of here!"? Clearly only sensible wild campers visit these pages!

 

[Deleted member 967]

When I go into an Aire or parking place I look to see where the other vans are. Often another Brit is parked well away from those parked cheek to jowel. I then try to park well away from anyone else.

When in the UK on car parks I try to hug the edge or better still get into a corner, however car drivers will still come and park right next to us even though there are other spaces available.

 

[el-D]

A while back I was out for the day in the car and we stopped in a pleasant village where parking was in a fairly large field. Since we planned to picnic I parked way over the other side. The obvious happened of course: we came back to find a nice neat row of cars alongside. So just for fun I moved to another empty edge of the field. Sure enough, when we came back to have lunch there they all were, another row parked immaculately either side of us! It's the English isn't it, we'll form a queue at the drop of a hat! Mind you, in car parks I guess we're conditioned by tradition: the old boy in his high-viz mack who tells you exactly where to park and woe betide you if you defy him!

 

[donkey too]

My snoring usualy makes people move away from my van. I snore for England :dnd:and have even been asked on one occassion to find another pitch.

 

[David & Ann]

We were in bed reading when at around 00:30 hrs they drove in and pitched up. They were a family from Scotland, Mom Dad, Son and wife with 2 kids. We were parked directly in front of them. Told them they could have hassle from the Cops. They said they were tired and would be leaving first thing in the morning. True to their word, they were gone by 07:30.

 

[Byronic]

Good grief! Whoever owns the trailer tent, whether the units are together or not, they really are pushing it too much. I'm sure we all do our best to blend in when we wild camp and then move on. This just isn't reasonable is it.

I think it is very important to know for a fact whether or not the van and the trailer tent were together. Because if not, the owner of the motorhome has been identified by his numberplate on this site (in an unflattering manner should we say), he may well have just been parked in the last available space, who knows?

 

[David & Ann]

I think it is very important to know for a fact whether or not the van and the trailer tent were together. Because if not, the owner of the motorhome has been identified by his numberplate on this site (in an unflattering manner should we say), he may well have just been parked in the last available space, who knows?

The Kontiki and the trailer were together. I saw them unhitching it and setting up home.

 

[Byronic]

Now we know.