New caravaners

Hello and welcome. Glad you've decided you like it.

Firstly no 2 was a no no for us for years. But we now do and it ain't that bad 😉. We use gel bio pods, as in for clothes washing, in the cassette, cleaner cheaper and better as far as we're concerned. There was a long thread going before this website was updated and it was lost! But check out biopods Spain probably under making caravanning cheaper. Will see if I can find it and add it but I'm on my phone and not so easy 😉. The old thread was very lengthy, no idea toilet facilities could generate so much chat 😂😂  so I'd say read the thread - give it a go.

Sorry can't help with sites with entertainment as it's not something we use,  just us 2 now kids have flown grandchildren live in NZ.

There's also another thread about surviving without EHU again original lost but new one has lots of info and plenty to read and digest. I bring this to your attention because rallies are great, from what I understand, if you have kids and enjoy socialising. 

I hope you have lots more fun to come ☺

Fully  agree  with  Bakers2  And  here  are  the  threads  mentioned  :--

Look  under  "Tips for making caravanning  &  touring  cheaper"  and 

you  should  find  "How  to  Survive A Non 240v EHU Site"  and  also 

"Bio tabs ( pods )  Spain"

As  for  use  of  toilets,  some  of  use  have  pastimes  that  involve  being  away  from  'Full  Facility  Sites'  so  we  have  ??evolved ??    rather  differently  to  some  of  our  friends on  'ere  !!

B2's  final  line  is  important  ::--  Have  lots  of  fun,  its  a  holiday  industry 

Just to prepare you in case you get food poisoning as I did after a bad French Sunday lunch .... If you line the bowl with three x double sheets of loo paper in a three pronged cross there really is not a problem!  I can see why people think it's a problem if they don't do that.

I am out of the loop with the sort of sites you enjoy but you might find something on ukcampsites.co.uk..  Someone else will know I expect.

My children loved camping at that age Enjoy!  

We stayed at the Haven Wild Duck site near Great Yarmouth a few years ago.  It has a pool, restaurant, evening entertainment and very geared up for children.  It may suit your requirements.  They did a discount for CMC members, but not sure if this is still the case.  We chose that site because we took my mother in law with us.  I had to share our 2 berth caravan with her, whilst OH slept in the awning (not all sites will allow sleeping in the awning). The pitch was allocated to us, next to some large trees, but not much grass to speak of.  The showers were the push button variety and the facilities were clean enough, but there weren't any wash basin cubicles.  If washing in the caravan is not your thing, it was showers or nothing.

Hi and Welcome to the Club.

Why not give our Seacroft site a go. It has a leisure complex which includes a bar, restaurant, games room and outdoor heated swimming pool. During peak season, visitors can enjoy a lively programme of varied entertainment and special events.

Wherever you go, have fun!

Tracy

It may be a bit further than you wanted to travel, but Plassey Holiday Park is very highly rated 

Enjoy your holidays 

thank you all for your information, some good advice.... distance is not really an issue if it is worth it... for the time being i have booked Haven's Golden Sands...... 

planning a longer trip for the half term holiday and i am split between the Haven's Hafan y Mor of the vauxhall holiday park, they both look awesome.... is it worth the further trip or is Vauxhall really good ?

If you line the bowl with three x double sheets of loo paper in a three pronged cross there really is not a problem!

Don't really follow what you mean Pippah, (no further explanation please) but practicing origami at time like that is all well and good if you have enough time !!

Thought you should know bit you didnt want pippah to reply😉

Known as the lotus flower. Take length of toilet paper, personally I use 3 or 4 and double it, lay in over the Base of the toilet, take another length do the same but place it in the opposite direction to the first. Keep the flap closed.  Use the facility for no 2 sort yourself out. Open flap and flush. All into the cassette and if you've done the lotus flower properly it folds in on itself as it goes down leaving a clean bowl. 😉 simples!

Oh that's why it's called the Lotus!  I couldn't remember but Spriddler didn't want the information! But at those times I was ready in advance!  Paper already on the shelf!  I was a bit surprised to be poisoned in France on Easter Day!