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Hi jspur,

Yes, sites charge for washing machine and tumble dryer use. Not sure of the price but I think it’s about £4 a load.

Might be worth taking old clothes that you don’t mind ‘dumping’ and get round it that way.

We usually buy very cheap (sometimes uncomfortable undies) use once then bin. Otherwise, depending on how much you wash, it might get expensive.

Alternatively, we have, in the past, used our camping washing machine. Great for smalls etc but not too good for bedding and towels.

Enjoy

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If you're going to do some washing you might need to take a small rotary drier for your pitch.

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The club charges £4 for a wash but the machines are bigger than domestic machines. I forget the price of a tumble dry. 

When we used to spend a month down in Cornwall, we usually took around 9-10 days worth of undies and t-shirts, plus other stuff depending on weather, and then used to find a laundrette. Drop off washing, have a mooch round town for a couple of hours, pick up well spun washing, back to site to dry it on a line! 

Usually cheaper, usually washed and spun off better. We had no problem putting up a line on CL, but we did use a small lightweight rotary line in later years. If weather is bad, we create a warm room in bathroom, piping heating into there and hang stuff on hangars! 

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OH is not a big fan of the fast washing large machines the Club has installed, they  do not seem to rinse the clothes well and sometimes I have had to rinse them again by hand.

We find the normal sized Miele machines commonly used in Germany to do a much better job, though they do take up to 2 hours, but most larger sites have several.

We do not use the dryers, we have a rotary airer, in the awning if necessary, and like TTDA we hang things in the bathroom to air afterwards.

Using site machines on extended trips does work out expensive, so we invested in one of the small twin tubs, this takes most of our clothes, but  ours cannot handle large towels, double duvets, or my jeans.

Abroad, we make up a load of these heavy items every so often, and that works fine as we carry several spare towels, bedding and plenty of clothes.  Our trips are 2-3 months.

In UK we can avoid using these industrial machines as we are generally only away for 4 or 5 weeks in one go so can take along enough towels and bedding and do a big wash when we get home.

We agree how many days worth of clothing we should take and that gives us an indication as to when we might need to do some washing. Most sites use commercial equipment.

We tend to take 'quick dry and non-iron outdoor clothing' as much as we can which means we can stretch our outerwear clothing a day or so more without smelling [too much!] and dry clothes overnight, wearing them the next day if need be. Some of our clothing can be washed in the van's sink by hand if absolutely necessary.

Thank you all for so much information, a real help.