Awning groundsheet confusion

[michaelmorris]

We're new to motorhoming. We've just bought a secondhand driveaway awning but it didn't come with a groundsheet.

Doing some reading up I discover that some campsites only allow awnings if you have a breathable groundsheet, I presume they mean something like this.

http://www.campingworld.co.uk/en/Outdoor-Revolution-Liteweave-Groundsheet-Carpet/m-14686.aspx?gclid=CJyFh8uGrMYCFTDJtAodTYsLWQ&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=UnitedKingdom

 

I have two questions.

1 - If these groundsheets are woven and breathable I presume that they are not waterproof, is this correct?

2 - Why do camp sites insist on breathable groundsheets for awnings, but not for tents?

 

Thanks

[lennyhb]

1) yes.

2) people sleep on the ground in tents and they don't make tents with breathable ground sheets.

 

we have a day tent we use at festivels don't bother with a ground sheet only more junk to carry.

[Rayjsj]

The reason they ask for breathable groundsheets is so that you don't spoil the pitch for the folk coming after you, even with a breathable sheet the grass will still yellow if it is not lifted after a few days, but at least it doesn't turn into a bare patch of mud. At the back end of the season many pitches will have a patch of mud alongside them,where awnings have stood and groundsheets have not been lifted. I usually ask for a hardstanding after the end of August.