Serviced pitches

Well, I had a caravan for 30 years before the motorhome and it would never have occurred to me to pipe the waste although a local tap always came in handy. Of course, on the continent the so-called serviced pitches generally had inadequate drains in strange locations on the pitch. Also, most caravanners I see just have a bucket under the waste. How they dispose of it is a different matter outside the scope of this thread.

I accept that for proper serviced pitches on quality UK sites a drainage system might be helpful but then I never stayed in one place I the UK for more than two days.

I doubt I will be using serviced pitches for a few years yet far too much luxury for my style of camping.  Each to their own though I hope you enjoy.  

Having bought our first 'van in March this year, we will be stopping on a serviced pitch for the first time next week. What length of waste pipe will we need to purchase for the drainage?

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Generally the water supply and the drain will be about a meter or so from the rear near side of your van. So your hose needs to exceed the distance from your outlets to the rear corner plus another 2 or 3 meters to be confident of it reaching. If you coil your hose in a plastic bin bag for travelling it'll keep your front locker hygienic. I'd wait until you have gained a bit more experience before fabricating some of the inventions described here - corrugated hose works OK and is designed for the job. It's cheap too. Oh, and don't be put off by naysayers re serviced pitches, there's nothing wrong with paying for their convenience when you feel like it. We use all types of pitches, hard and grass, serviced and without EHU. Have you considered your mains water hose/ connection?

we love serviced pitches, particularly for our main summer break, as with us and three teens is much easier to have showers in the van than queueing up at wash block. Plus I actually like washing up in the van!

however learnt early on that you need to be prepared for being a long way from drain point at times, particularly on european sites Where uk vans are back to front. We have 8m of tube, most of it in rigid sections and a couple of metres of grey pipe. never been stuck!

youre on holiday, who wants to be filling and emptying every day

we love serviced pitches, particularly for our main summer break, as with us and three teens is much easier to have showers in the van than queueing up at wash block. Plus I actually like washing up in the van!

however learnt early on that you need to be prepared for being a long way from drain point at times, particularly on european sites Where uk vans are back to front. We have 8m of tube, most of it in rigid sections and a couple of metres of grey pipe. never been stuck!

youre on holiday, who wants to be filling and emptying every day

Interesting how differently people do things. Our teens were packed off to the shower block come rain or shine and sent to do the washing up at the facilities provided. All part of the fun And they never complained. Watch the Dutch caravanners, one bucket or water and one bucket of waste per day - and the wate mysteriously disappears when you are not watching.

Interesting how differently people do things. Our teens were packed off to the shower block come rain or shine and sent to do the washing up at the facilities provided. All part of the fun And they never complained. Watch the Dutch caravanners, one bucket or water and one bucket of waste per day - and the wate mysteriously disappears when you are not watching.

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'One bucket'! Luxury! When I were a child we had to wash out of a cracked teacup and scrub the dishes in the river.

 

Interesting how differently people do things. Our teens were packed off to the shower block come rain or shine and sent to do the washing up at the facilities provided. All part of the fun And they never complained. Watch the Dutch caravanners, one bucket or water and one bucket of waste per day - and the wate mysteriously disappears when you are not watching.

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'One bucket'! Luxury! When I were a child we had to wash out of a cracked teacup and scrub the dishes in the river.

Write your comments here...I have a classic photo of me and my brother and sister cleaning our teeth in a horse trough in Brittany on my first camping trip! 

 

Interesting how differently people do things. Our teens were packed off to the shower block come rain or shine and sent to do the washing up at the facilities provided. All part of the fun And they never complained. Watch the Dutch caravanners, one bucket or water and one bucket of waste per day - and the wate mysteriously disappears when you are not watching.

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'One bucket'! Luxury! When I were a child we had to wash out of a cracked teacup and scrub the dishes in the river.

Write your comments here...I have a classic photo of me and my brother and sister cleaning our teeth in a horse trough in Brittany on my first camping trip! 

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I hope you didn't spit in the trough! It sounds like you had an enlightened upbringing.

I think that trip whetted my appetite for caravanning but my parents never went again!  I was 7 years old and remember being sent to the local shop with a shopping list written by my mother in French - and the shopowner couldn't read her writing!  I think I brought everything home - but I also remember being taught to say "Je ne comprends pas - je suis anglaise" which I guess I used at that shop! 

Funny how if you have a tent you can still wash up and have a wash but the waste mysteriously disappears yet caravanners have Wastemasters and worry endlessly about disposal.