It really is shocking, this. Last couple of years in Blue, we've had members of the party who've had trousers nicked from their tents containing money, wallet, keys, mobile etc. This year, we were locking everything (even toiletries & clothes) away in the boot of the car, and sleeping with tickets and keys under the inflatable mattress. I've used a little padlock on the inside of the tent zips in the past - I wonder if even a bit of coat hanger wire bent through the fly screen zips would be enough deterrant to the casual theif (ie can't unzip the zips quickly, so move on).
Is HA any better these days for security? I wonder if the theives are scumbag chav visitors or more likely to be scumbag Le Mans city undesirables who take a trip out to the circuit on Saturday night for some easy pickings? Still, a €61 investment in buying a ticket would be easily repaid by nicking €100s of cash and valuables, so being inside the permiter (as in MB) doesn't seem to offer any more security. Except fo the pikies on Sunday, of course - came back to the site on Sunday afternoon only to find some smelly frog about to help himself to all our chairs from the gazebo!
I wonder if a couple of
these on the gazebos next year might provide enough to make the tea leafs go elsewhere - it's a sad state that self preservation means you can't easily prevent them, you just want them to go elsewhere.
