Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches
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I think we tend towards the frugal rather than the profligate in terms of water usage. Shower every day, wash up in a bowl, OH drinks plenty of tea. One aquaroll a day in van usually does us. I suppose some of the usage depends on how much/how long you might be out in day. A long day on site might see three pot washes and gallons of tea in my OH’s instance😁
We come from a use it, you carry it camping background. It’s still a bit of exercise we are able to do.
No service pitches here, but there’s a tap every four pitches. So a long hose would ease the strain on aquaroll filling. Waste point is every four vans as well. No extra charges on standard pitch rate.
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Thing is, being honest, club prices are generally on the high side.
My February holiday I had a choice of 3 sites in the area, the CMC was the most expensive, still went, bad decision, should have gone to the middle priced one, but anyway, if the club adds more serviced pitches, the charges for them, on top of the site fees I wouldnt use them, and I always book service pitches were available.
I have a CMC booking in October, October mind, it's over £220 for a week, serviced pitch, but no idea if its flat or scenic.
So I'm probably going to cancel and go commercial.
Still serviced, but that time of year at least £70 cheaper, and all the bins will be usable too!
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I think we are pretty frugal with water. Like BB we get through about 20 litres a day if showering in the van rather than the block. Drinking water we don't take from the tank/barrel, about 6 cuppas a day the water is collected in a 2 litre container.
When we had the MH we had a 100 ltr freshwater tank which could easy last us 5 days on a CL, much more if on a site using facilities.
We often do 1 nighters even with the caravan, when doing this we don't even bother to put the water containers out.
If challenged OH can have a wash, shave and clean his teeth with just a mugful of water
military training never leaves you.
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When we had a caravan I used two 5 gallon containers to provide fresh water. One was always on standby. My wife hasn't seen the inside of a facilties block for over 25 years. We do all the washing up in the van and I will occasional shower in the facilities block. Our typical water usage was 5 gallons a day (23 litres) With a motorhome our water usage habits might have got a little more liberal now we have more on tap but I can go 5 to 7 days without a refill.
peedee
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I find BB's 750ml for washing up hard to believe. That's three wine glasses worth. I'm always remonstrating with OH on water usage but it is food prep and washing up that consumes most. I can only deduce that it is a diet of sandwiches rather than full-on catering.
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CY, 750 ml is more than half our travel kettle full, boil the water, add a splash of cold to make it usable that's 3/4 of a bowl full...that is quite enough for washing a couple cereal bowls, two juice glasses and coffee mugs...
same for lunch (if taken on site, but usually not.....), and two plates, two wine glasses at dinner and reuse the bowl of water to clean the outside electric hotplate/BBQ....
we aren't generally around here in the cold for roast dinner weather, our away time is either salads or eating out....but generally here we are also in warmish weather and don't require multiple pots for meals on the days we dont eat out...
I accept we're obviously far more frugal (less profligate) with water than many on here, but how much (little) that is can only be calculated from the size of the tank divided by the number of days it lasts and 'verified' by the approximation I posted of a typical daily useage....
if only away for a few days we won't even bother to fill the tank as we know, pretty accurately, how long the supply will last. our tank guage is also very accurate, which makes life a bit easier.
OTOH, on average we get around 27 mpg from our 150bhp Ducato measured over the 17k we've done in it so far....other members will report much better averages than that, some quote well over 30mpg.
however, I don't hang about, often doing 65-70mph on dual carriageways and motorways especially if returning from long trips...
theres no way I could get that sort of mpg as I couldn't drive all day at the gentle speeds required to acheive it.....
folk will use water or fuel at the rate that comes naturally to them, I just happen to be more frugal with water as it serves us well in our particular touring style....not being tied to a supply...
perhaps I'm less frugal with fuel as we often drive long distances and want to 'get on with it'.....
obviously, horses for courses...
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it's difficult to weigh up what we use at home as we are away for many weeks a year....all I know is that it's miles cheaper since we went on a meter.
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TG, I thought I was operating in a parallel universe with most on here, thanks for the reassurance....
"If challenged OH can have a wash, shave and clean his teeth with just a mugful of water"
...just make sure he does these in the right sequence
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If I took into account our days away, typically 100 per year, it would come out at about 250 litres a day. I am sure even on serviced pitches members use nothing like that but it is, I think, indicative they may well be using considerable more than those on standard pitches.
peedee
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Peedee
I don't quite understand why you would come to that conclusion? On the rare occasions we are on a service pitch we do nothing different when it comes to using the volume of water. The only difference is that you don't have to carry it anywhere! On my previous motorhome, as previous caravans, I would replenish the Aquaroll once a day. Now I use a 10 litre watering can (if not on a service pitch) and it usually takes 3/4 can fulls to top up the tank. So average daily consumption would seem to be around 30/40 litres a day. On top of that we always fill the kettle direct from a site tap for making drinks.
David
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Our second week of what we call our main holiday.
Too hot for me,
If I was on a service pitch I would be having more caravan showers per day than the morning one, simply because of the heat, an afternoon shower a must after our hikes or beach sitting, and possibly one on an evening too.
Even though its barrels this fortnight, boo, yesterday we both had an afternoon shower, a walk from Par to a little beyond Gribbins head and back was a sweaty affair
Water is cheaper than deodorant!
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As a ps, neither of us want to use site showers and havnt for umpteen years.
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if I was having three showers a day (apart from the wrinkled appearance
) I'd certainly not be traipsing around with barrels...surely a site shower would be better in those circumstances...?
arent site showers one of the club's 'best' features....and loads of water 'on tap'
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I know folk on here love a toilet block, seems a deal breaker for some.
But I dont think we are that unusual in not using site facilities, well apart from making a deposit, and that's early, well before anyone else.
The worst type are those showers with the waste water from the whole section running in a trough along the floor.Yellow water, and that's not from soap on a rope 🤮.
No thanking you, stick to my caravan and humping barrels.
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Peedee
I don't quite understand why you would come to that conclusion?
Ok David just remove the word "considerably" from the sentance stating
" I am sure even on serviced pitches members use nothing like that but it is, I think, indicative they may well be using considerable more than those on standard pitches..".
Just my own thoughts that if I was on a serviced pitch I would probably stand under the shower longer. Even so I doubt any increase in water consumption on a serviced pitch justifies the current premium.
peedee
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Choice is a great thing and each to their own way of doing things. Some folk on here seem far too exercised about why other folk do what they do?
But since we are in that line of thought, I'm curious to know why, when there are so many excellent CLs around with "serviced pitches" (i.e. a tap and drain), anyone would choose to pay top dollar for a site and not use its facilities? We stayed on one such CL earlier this year for £14 a night - why stump up more?
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I would love a CL,
Problem for me is access, the roads into.
We've been out walking St Austell area, widely, seen a couple of CL's, only way to get there is by helicopter!
Maybe the search function or owners description.
When it comes to the money aspect, I dont mind paying provided I dont feel like I'm being ripped off. I keep banging on about Sandringham in February, but as an example, right royally overcharged.
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On a CL now, not serviced, other than waste into hedge, though there is also a disposal point, but there is a toilet. £10 per night.
In the 24 hours since we arrived we have used roughly 35 litres for 2 showers and 3 washing ups etc, we have a 40 litre on board tank so I can judge it to within 5 litres. Plus toilet flush.
As I am fetching the water, we are fairly frugal with the dishwashing water, but you must have a very small bowl BB as a litre or so of water would barely cover the base of ours. We do give things a very quick rinse in hot water, with a dribble from the tap, as we do at home, they dry much better.
Sounds like we are doing a bit more complicated cooking as we will usually have at least one pot to wash.
On a serviced pitch we would certainly take advantage of the unlimited water when washing up, and would probably take longer showers.
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For me M, choice is usually dictated firstly on location and access, price is usually the last thing I think about but is obviously a consideration. Facilities are hardly a consideration but If a site is where I want to be and costs an arm and a leg, I will pay it even if, for what ever reason, we don't use the facilities during our stay.
peedee
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Yes, I understand that, PD. Location is, I'd guess the primary factor for most of us. My point really was to wonder why some folk make such a big thing of, for example, club site prices (though in my view they're about the median for UK sites) but will then pay up the same amount or more when there are perfectly good and more econnomical alternatives in the same location. Not a criticism, just musing over things brought up in the thread.
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Our 60L tank will probably last three days with me having a shower and OH doing the TG/OH method of washing (remind self not to show my OH as he will be suitably impressed and ask why I can't do it too?
) We tend to top up as we go along with a water container which is pumped up into the van. OH is happy to use site facilities for showers, I'm not so keen as I think some of the facility blocks need a good overhaul and I just don't like them, fussy or what you will no doubt be thinking but black mould is on my list of inspection failures (that's another story!) From OH's point of view a serviced pitch or at least a tap and drain does make the chore of keeping the shower going a lot easier. Why we do all this in the name of "camping" eludes me but there you go we must like some bits. 0 -
surely the answer is the same as to most questions on CT....a question of choice and each to their own.
i am with you in that sometimes it seems 'strange' (may or may not be the right word....) for folk to do something differently to us (you, one
) but that life on all aspects of it...having said that, I agree with you, I'll take the CL every time..ove a club SP.
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Kjell, we may well have a smaller bowl....in any event, I wouldn't be loading a bowlful, otherwise glasses and cups would be bashing each other about....our bowl with two cups and two glasses is seriously full.
i generally load one or two items, plates, then cups, wash them, stack them on the drainer and wash the next item...certainly don't need much water to do it that way....
ive just measured 800 ml into the bowl and it's less than half full but has sufficient water to wash items two at a time without bashing them.
i may have a pan or a baking sheet from time to time but the method stays the same. having twice as much water doent help particularly.
im actually looking for a new bowl, but getting one that's just right (diameter and depth) isn't as simple as you'd think....there is a slot-in sink top that fits over the top so the bowl can't be too tall..
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absolutely, Husky, but not everyone will choose the same pitch and everyone won't use the same amount of water....
either way, I won't pay for a serviced pitch.....
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+1 HD, well apart from buying a jug.
Why people have to constantly question other's choices is puzzling to me
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