When looking for campsites and pitches, there are things some novice campers might not consider. Do you know the difference between a hard camping pitch and the more traditional grass pitch?
Traditionally, campgrounds offer an assigned lawn area for customers to park their caravan or motorhome. As you can imagine from wear and tear and bad weather, these fields can end up looking ugly and sometimes flooded if it has rained heavily.
In recent times, many campsites, caravan parks and holiday parks have invested in a different type of field space, hard pitches. As the name suggests, these courts are much stronger and offer a solid surface for campers to park their vehicles compared to the soft surface that a grass court provides. Hard camping pitches can be made of various materials, but are often made of gravel or gratings reinforced with materials that still resemble grass.
Hard fields have other benefits besides being durable and water can run off, many hard fields also offer things like Ariel TV outlets and electrical outlets, so you can set up your motorhome with luxurious amenities.
Camper opinions seem to vary, from people who still like the look of a traditional grass pitch to those who have tried difficult standing pitches. Something tells me that a bad weather day on a grass field and children walking with muddy feet to the trailer will soon make them reconsider not choosing a hard field.
Everyone wants the weather to be perfect on their summer camping break, but as we all know, British weather can be very temperamental. Harsh fields offer one less thing to worry about if cats and dogs start raining. So the next time you’re looking for a campsite or holiday park for your summer camping vacation, why not look for one that has invested in tough pitches.