Why do they do it?

We never even used our "whoosh bang" we'd enter and exit via the cab all the time, the only time it got used was when we loaded and unloaded the van and to put shopping in as it was easier.
 
I’m not complaining about the whoosh bang, in fact I hardly heard it, nor about their behaviour. I’m just puzzled as personally I try not to park too close to others. The “herd instinct” must simply be stronger for some people.
Thanks for all the entertaining replies.
 
I mentioned this annoyance when we were camped up near Dumfries last month I had three of them in very close proximity, all arriving later than us, slamming until the early hours, with no consideration for others and very annoying and another reason why we never used ours.
 
On a serious note I would be interested to know where we would park? Would we park in the largest space equidistant from the neighbours. Or do things such as the levelness of the pitch, view and distance from facilities colour our decision more?

I ask because the wife always has an opinion as to where we should park. And often changes her mind too after I stop the bloody engine.😀
 
On a serious note I would be interested to know where we would park? Would we park in the largest space equidistant from the neighbours. Or do things such as the levelness of the pitch, view and distance from facilities colour our decision more?

I ask because the wife always has an opinion as to where we should park. And often changes her mind too after I stop the bloody engine.😀
Good question Dick.

We like to be near level, but down at the front a little is okay, out of sight of houses, not in a layby or a council dumping ground :rolleyes: a view is nice depending on the time of day and if we're stopping for one night or two, not bothered about facilities as we are self-sufficient and take care of things during the days driving, I ask Liz if this is okay and if she says I don't like it we move but level etc is down to me mostly unless she has an opinion like it looks more level over there type of thing, the only thing she doesn't like is getting too close to a steep drop off.
 
Of course on a wild spot there could be reasons like levelling why people park in odd places. This caused a bit of friction last year on one of my favourite wild spots. Its basically a spit of land about 80 yards or so across but its not at all very level, unless you know exactly where to park and even then you will need a block or two. It faces straight out to sea. You could get level further back but the grass there has a tendency to get a bit soggy.

Anyway you meet the odd funny fecker in this game. We pulled in one day and there was already a van parked right at the end but at a ridiculous angle. How they managed to sleep I dont know. Anyway being a smart arse I headed straight for the bit right in the middle of the spit on the lip of the grass over the beach and got level straight away. thirty seconds later the woman from the van on the end came bounding over to ask if I would move somewhere else as I was spoiling their view!! This is odd as the view is straight out to sea in front of your van. I suppose she could see my van if they looked out to their left towards the road and the hills. Feckin Bizarre! :ROFLMAO:

I like to think they were just miffed that they hadn't realised there was a perfect spot to get level right smack in the middle. I didn't move of course.

The vehicle on the left isn't their van but its about where theirs was parked at a ridiculous angle.

 
I try to park so my head does not point downhill.
When stopping i get "if your gonna move it do it now"
I find the French and Germans park close, guess they like to see what goes on....or they get scared or something.
I never park next to anyone as I like some space though I will talk to anyone whether they want to or not :LOL:
 
Many many years back whilst on a trip to Brittany we had a problem with the solar but thankfully i had the genny with us so, when we arrived on an aire there was already maybe 15 or 20 already tightly grouped on there but it was massive probably about the size of a football pitch so we went to the other end and parked up all by ourselves.

I set up and got the genny out, chained it to the towbar and set it going to replenish our batteries.

Within an hour another brit came in and parked so bloody close you`d struggle to walk between us, he jumped out and shouted ................................ how long are running that fcuking thing for ..................... i replied in an equally elegant and polite manner............................ go away ...............................or words to that effect.
 
I’m not complaining about the whoosh bang, in fact I hardly heard it, nor about their behaviour. I’m just puzzled as personally I try not to park too close to others. The “herd instinct” must simply be stronger for some people.
Thanks for all the entertaining replies.
Or it could be that they were new to wild parking and wanted to be close to another van to stop them worrying.
 
I have a whoosh bang conversion but don't like to park close too others if I don't know them. The people who I usually go camping with also have whoosh bangs so tend to not worry about it as we all retire at the same time anyway.

What I tend to do if we are on a site though and it is late at night, is before I close the sliding door I open the front door first so that the air pressure in the van means that you don't have to slam the side door to engage the catch. The sliding door can then be closed gently and then the front door can be pulled gently closed as well.

Badly explained but it is less disturbing to others than slamming the sliding door!

Then of course not wanting to feel self righteous, I turn the radio onto full volume and put the outside disco lights on just to balance things out a bit. :)
Who wrote this? Has someone hijacked Robs account?

This doesn’t sound like the same person who rolls into bed off his head with the keys to his van in his pocket, passes out and setting alarm off each time he rolls over???

Damn, pressed post too early.

I must say this is hearsay as I heard nothing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Quite a few did though 😂😂😂😂
 
Ah, so you`re more of a " slam bang " rather than a " whoosh bang " type of person 🤪
No, not at all, once parked up we rarely need to get out of the van, mostly we're on our own anyway, not often get company, a few years ago when I was more active we would go for a walk if it was somewhere you could walk, but nowadays we sit to chat or read maybe watch the world go by listening to the birds etc.
 

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