Standard or serviced pitch?

You'd need some extra equipment to hook up to a serviced pitch, so if you're new you might find it easier on a standard pitch. You'll be filling up your aquaroll from a nearby tap and emptying the waste water into a nearby drainage point. There'll be a loo cassette emptying point nearby too. Just a bit of extra walking involved, maybe the children can help too. Have a look at the serviced pitches when you're there and people will probably tell you what you'll need to set up on one another time. The majority of us just use standard pitches, hope you all have a good time. 

They do supply Drinking water as well as grey waste,you still need to take toilet cassette to disposal point,the way the water  is connected to the c/van depends on the van you will definatly depend on the the system on the van  

thanks to you both for the replies. we have a 2016 sprite major 6 so a new caravan. Can you advise what extra equipment we would need? also, if you are sharing electric hook up, will we need a  y piece ?

thanks to you both for the replies. we have a 2016 sprite major 6 so a new caravan. Can you advise what extra equipment we would need? also, if you are sharing electric hook up, will we need a  y piece ?

You each get your own electric socket.

Looking at your age (I'm guessing) but still young. I would opt for the standard pitch to start out and see how you get on. The extra you will pay for a serviced pitch may not warrant the cost. Later if you do decide to go onto a serviced pitch then you could buy an adaptor kit for your aquaroll to run off mains water.

You will need a container to catch your dirty water that can be carried/wheeled to an emptying point. Also plastic hose to attach to the waste water points of your van to your container.

Electric is one hook up to one van, no splitters needed.

Bye the way. I think this is the first time i've heard of a newcomer taking a towing test. Did he take his test after 1997 if so is he taking it for a B + E licence. Let us know how he gets one. 

brilliant thanks- in that case i think we have pretty much everything we need to get going as we have the aquarolls, waste container etc. I think we will stick to standard pitches for shorter breaks, perhaps if we go for 7 days plus breaks then we will opt for the serviced pitch and buy the adaptor kits needed. Thats really helped, thanks, i was a bit nervous about booking a standard pitch as all the serviced ones were gone i thought they may be 100 times better than standards and didnt want to make a mistake by booking it!

yes we are a young couple, I am 27, my husband is 30 - he passed his test after 1997 and therefore has to take  a towing test to legally tow the caravan. We didnt actually realise this until we spoke to the bloke who owned the caravan  sales place and he informed us one of us would have to do the test! Luckily we found out in time so could factor it into the cost of buying everything - just incase anyone else is reading this who also passed their test after 1997, it cost around £500 so be warned!

Standard gives you everything you need, Serviced (which is really only semi-serviced as you still have to take the toilet off pitch to empty) means you get your own tap and grey water drain.  A disadvantage on the rare occasions we have had serviced is that because we didnt take the waste water carrier you had to carry the toilet cassette instead of just wheeling it along on the wastemaster.

 i was a bit nervous about booking a standard pitch as all the serviced ones were gone i thought they may be 100 times better than standards and didnt want to make a mistake by booking it!

Don't worry about booking a standard pitch. Serviced pitches are few and far between. In the case of the Looe site there are only 14 serviced pitches out of 215 pitches in total. The chances are that those 14 will have been booked for many months.

Best of luck with the test.  

Not essential but many of us carry and fill a 5 litre water container daily for drinking water only - rather than drink what comes through the system.  It's just personal choice.

We don't usually book a serviced pitch. When we tour we notice that we would not like the location of some of the serviced pitches and think that choosing to have a serviced pitch narrows your choice on site. On occasion when on a serviced pitch (some affiliated sites have all pitches serviced) I am happy to wheel waste the 5m or so to empty or to take water in a contained a similar distance to top up thr aqaroll in passing. It would not be worth our carrying the extra kit we reckon. Normally on site for 5 days between moves. The pitch location is more important to us than whether serviced or not