I did the Devil's Pulpit bit of Offa's Dyke a while back. Took my nephews and the dog.
The Devil's pulpit is the centre-piece of the walk and as such, the point of much annoyance as the viewing place is very small.
So, being the all around good guy that I am, I moved along about 100 yards to another spot with a nice view, one of many.
I had my hands full cooking an over-complicated fry up for all.
A hiking family, about 8 in total walked up, and seemed to be walking on after a cursory "hello". Somebody made a friendly comment and I mentioned that the Devil's Pulpit is just a bit further and the view is amazing.
So, some chap in his early 40's, kind of middle-manager rugby type, gets a bit animated and says "I think we'll sit here actually". I got the impression he thought I was ushering them off to a poorer spot.....as if I can be bothered to run manipulative games with random people on a national trust walk!
So, the whole lot sat down and made it super awkward. I was trying to keep the dog and the nephews quiet and happy whilst rubbing knees with a random family. There was not a lot of interaction, it wasn't like they sat there to talk to us.
There were 2 similar spots down the way that would have done.
I can't remember how it happened but he also made a comment about me having lots of bacon.
Some people just are never, ever "off" and are always keeping an eye on what they can get/having the best of everything.