Off grid

a key ingredient to off gridding will be the ability to generate and make use of 12v electricity...

simplest way is a solar panel or two, a decent battery(ies) to store it, and the kit to make use of it....12v tv, 12v charging points for phones, tablets etc. your water pum will also wotk from 12v.

however, for 'heating tasks', like for colder periods, hot water for showering and for cooking, youll need a decent gas supply.

small refillable bottles can work out to be expensive if off gridding at times of the year when heat is required, many users have switched to a refillable system (gaslow/safefill...) where cyclinders are refilled from a pump at about a third of the price per litre....

there are some indications (but no panic yet....) that LPG pumps are getting a tad scarcer to find....a bit subjective at the moment. a look at a apps/websites like filllpg or mylpg will still give thousands of locations.

just a couple of points....many, many CLs (and CS from the other club) have hook up but still are half the price of a club site, say £12-£18 depending on location...

a non ehu CL might sneak below £10 but not too many i guess.

the C&CC also have a very extensive diary of temporary holiday sites (THS) where you can roll up with no booking and these are usually non ehu on a school playing field or local football/rugby ground, priced at around £9-£12 a night ....the great advantage is that these sites will often be close to a town centre, usually in walking distance.

folk also put together impromptu tours, moving from one THS to the next when the mood takes them as no booking reqd.

good luck.

It was reported last year? that on several days the national grid, had only used renewable power ,to supply the whole of England, and not one fossil fuel power station was on line

Hello Newbie😁 (Suggest you change that set of numbers generated by Club and find yourself a proper screen name)

Touring without using electric hook up is in fact quite easy in Summer, providing you understand how your caravan and its various components such as lights, fridge, cooking, heating and showering work. It used to be the only way of touring, although now of course you can hook up to electrics, or fit gadgetry to your existing outfit. The more electrical equipment you want to use, such as a TV, toaster, hairdryer etc.. you must have, then it gets a little bit more complicated, and you will need to get your van kitted out.

However, if all you want to do is enjoy a cheap holiday, in some lovely locations, then gas bottles and a small solar panel will easily see you through. You can charge up phones, IPads anything that uses a USB via your car when out and about, although some CLs do offer somewhere to do this if you ask.

Here’s a link to the Club’s CL page, suggest you scroll down to the Q&A’s at the bottom, this will tell you what to expect when you go to a CL. https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/uk-sites/certificated-locations/

Some Club Sites offer economy non electric pitches as well, some Club Sites offer hook up to electric but no loo blocks and these can be good value as well.

The choice of how to off grid tour is yours, you could keep it simple, you could invest in some of the gadgetry, all depends on your preferences. You might need a bit more if you decide to tour in Winter, when keeping warm becomes more of a priority.

We often go non hook up in our MH or our van in Summer, did three weeks away last year with no problems. Search the threads for more information, some folks never use hook ups and have all sorts of very good information to pass on👍

Was that coal free, which certainly was the case, but excluded natural gas? In any event I think coal powered will be history by 2025.

Natural gas is a "fossil",fuel so I would have expected that to be included unless it was via a marketing dept when anything can be made to sound good?

Apologies for this being way OT from the OP's question, but did anyone see the TV program last night about the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power generating plant? What a phenomenal undertaking! I suppose non-renewable resources used in its construction will be outweighed over time.

I think that nuclear power is just kicking the can down the street.  The amount of toxic waste, high, medium and low level, can be stored and just left for future generations to deal with.

My feelings, too. It's far from perfect but we have little alternative🤷‍♂️

I installed mains electric into my caravan about 1996. Surprisingly to me the fridge already fitted was able to run on mains power despite not originally having mains electric. I found a full installation kit on a top shelf at a local caravan sales  shop. It was black with dust and sold to me at half price.

The First caravan we had with mains power (a must have gimmick then?)single early 1970s was a Mardon and it also had real glass double glazing, and also a gas light for backup when. EHU was not common on sites and even then was 5amp up to10amp max

The gas fire was a strange type that you llt the front of the fire  and was not vented to the outside

So-better an uninhabitable planet than short term issues. We have only 1 planet. . .We can’t move elsewhere🤷🏻‍♂️. Win me over with your plans of what are the alternatives within the climate change timeline SB then I’m with you👍🏻

We could debate climate change and energy strategy but I think we’re getting a big off-topic. All the OP wanted was advice on boiling a kettle in a field!