Serviced pitch

Very similar view here. We only occasionally use site facilities mainly preferring to use our own as we find it much more convenient. We find it so easy to shower etc in the van, get dressed be ready for the day without stepping outside the van! OK it means more regular filling up and emptying but I don't find that a particular issue. We don't automatically go for a serviced pitch but they are a nice to have. Just feel that the Club charge a bit too much for them for it to be a regular choice. We try to pitch near to a service point if that is an option. 

David

i certainly don't feel we 'scrimp' on water, merely turning the tap off during teeth cleaning/hand washing and, perhaps, using a bit less for washing up than we might at site facs...ageeed, our showers are shorter than they would be in the site ones... 

however, without trying, the water last us as long as it does....many days....and theres no escaping the fact that if i wanted a single fill during that 10-12 day break, it would cost me £50 for the privilege....thats mightily expensive water.

if there was a chap at the MHSP holding his hand out for five tenners for the same tank fill, customers would give him pretty short shrift.

stick the tap on the pitch and folk are falling over themselves to give the club money...at almost £30 a week....even when its not likely to be actually needed (if the stay is a few days) and then most of it gets kicked over (barrel) or drained (MH) at the end the stay....

wish i was in the water business...

We don't stay on sites to save money BB although sometimes it works out that way. We're quite relaxed about the way we do things, we have a van and we use it in the way we want. We're not away for weeks on end so don't have to budget in any particular way. And a serviced pitch just makes life easier sometimes. There are some sites where trudging up and down dale with containers can be a chore...Old Hartley springs to mind, we don't mind doing that either, but not too often! 

Thanks RandR. Will call them. As for using rigid pipe it costs a fraction of any other solution, cut to a range of lengths and have a selection of straight, 90 and 45 degree bends and it all stays in the van. And because it is smooth bore there are no ridges for food waste and grease to collect and get smelly. As an additional tip to the OP and for those occasions when you cannot get a serviced pitch booking I would invest in 2 Aquaroll’s. Somehow it just makes life easier. 

The Club does not charge a bit too much for me. They charge far too much for our personal water usage. 

The extra charge probably covers the building and maintenance of these pitches, not heard that water usage is part of it, everyone uses water on sites. The "water" payment was just an exaggerated remark by a previous poster. 

Rather interestingly in those "Surveys" I mentioned recently the Club ask about half a dozen questions on whether you would like various additions to campsites. One of them being an individual private toilet shower on pitch. Also the ability to be able to hire a bathroom for your exclusive use (I assume in a block somewhere?) Some of us have come across these sorts of facilities on Continental sites. I wouldn't say they were common but they are out there. 

David

Carnon Downs have individual bathrooms in blocks, so it can be done. But it seems like a major extra  expense when many have good facilities on board.

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Which is why you, like us, never paid to use serviced pitches. But it's all down to personal choice as Steve and Brue have said. And although it some 18 months now since we left vanning, on our last few visits to club sites it was noticeable how popular the serviced pitches were and, in particular the new pitches at Cirencester were always used and mainly by newer outfits, vans and MHs in roughly equal numbers.