When will campsites reopen ?

[GrannyJen]

I've just bought a bog ....

Well, I'm on the local committee that has arranged to take over a public loo that the council were closing.

They wanted to continue the cleaning of it and offered us a contract. WE declined the offer.

The ex-publicly owned public convenience, now privately owned for the convenience of the public, is cleaned twice as often now for half the cost.

 

[westfalia]

I've just bought a bog ....

Did you ask them for a deal?
Like one of those BOGOFF deals that you get.

 

[GrannyJen]

Did you ask them for a deal?
Like one of those BOGOFF deals that you get.

They thought at first it was just a flash in the pan.

 

[westfalia]

They thought at first it was just a flash in the pan.

Hope they didn't fall into the trap.

 

[GrannyJen]

Hope they didn't fall into the trap.

That would be enough to drive anyone round the bend

 

[westfalia]

That would be enough to drive anyone round the bend

Or drive them potty.

 

[WelshGas]

Stop it you two.

 

[Mr T]

I've just bought a bog ....

Paid for in full or have you just left a deposit?

 

[GrannyJen]

Ok, back on topic before a moderator tells me off

Latest from CAMC is that they are still anticipating first week of July .... or at least taking bookings for then

 

[gvick]

Hopefully Borris will announce campsites canopen on 4th July in his Tuesday update.
Dropping to 1m I think makes it more likely - but I do think you will need your own toilet and shower at least initially.

 

[Vagophile]

Hopefully Borris will announce campsites canopen on 4th July in his Tuesday update.
Dropping to 1m I think makes it more likely - but I do think you will need your own toilet and shower at least initially.

Why would you need a shower? Desirable maybe, but by no means essential.

 

[gvick]

I agree but campsites so far for early July are asking for a self contained shower with its own grey water container.

Why would you need a shower? Desirable maybe, but by no means essential.
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[ArunAlec]

I agree but campsites so far for early July are asking for a self contained shower with its own grey water container.

Some of the Camping in the Forest sites don’t have any facilities, all they ever ask (and sometimes check) is that you have a toilet, whatever you arrive in... tent, van or caravan. I would hope the CCC & CMC adopt the same approach. We use a bucket and flannels for a wash down then pour the grey water down the sink. If needs be we empty the waste tank on site otherwise at home.

 

[Big Ron]

Some of the Camping in the Forest sites don’t have any facilities, all they ever ask (and sometimes check) is that you have a toilet, whatever you arrive in... tent, van or caravan. I would hope the CCC & CMC adopt the same approach. We use a bucket and flannels for a wash down then pour the grey water down the sink. If needs be we empty the waste tank on site otherwise at home.

Not just in response your post (so sorry, not picking on you at all Arun Alc!) but also to others who tirelessly bang on about needing a toilet etc...
CMC have said they intend to open toilets and showers at most sites.....I’ve not seen anything new to the contrary....why the consistent and persistent ‘oh yes you must have a toilet’ proclamation....you’re starting to sound like Frankie Howard in Up Pompeii “ woe , woe and thrice woe”

I like to think I’m reasonably laid back but.....this quite frankly is doing my ‘ead in!
Right I’m finished now.......

 

[Karlos]

Not just in response your post (so sorry, not picking on you at all Arun Alc!) but also to others who tirelessly bang on about needing a toilet etc...
CMC have said they intend to open toilets and showers at most sites.....I’ve not seen anything new to the contrary....why the consistent and persistent ‘oh yes you must have a toilet’ proclamation....you’re starting to sound like Frankie Howard in Up Pompeii “ woe , woe and thrice woe”

I like to think I’m reasonably laid back but.....this quite frankly is doing my ‘ead in!
Right I’m finished now.......

Who's Frankie Howard?

 

[willwander]

Not just in response your post (so sorry, not picking on you at all Arun Alc!) but also to others who tirelessly bang on about needing a toilet etc...
CMC have said they intend to open toilets and showers at most sites.....I’ve not seen anything new to the contrary....why the consistent and persistent ‘oh yes you must have a toilet’ proclamation....you’re starting to sound like Frankie Howard in Up Pompeii “ woe , woe and thrice woe”

I like to think I’m reasonably laid back but.....this quite frankly is doing my ‘ead in!
Right I’m finished now.......

Haha, I know right. It’s like a re-run of the great loo roll panic of March.

 

[Big Ron]

Who's Frankie Howard?

Fair enough Karlos....but it was after ‘The War‘ so perhaps I’m not quite ‘that’ old yet.....maybe? ....hopefully?
Anyway....they’re saying they intend to open the bloody toilets!......that’s the story!

 

[willwander]

Freuds Anal Stage
Freud emphasized a person’s control over defecating as the pleasure center from 18 months to 3 years old

If this virus has taught us anything, it’s that when faced with panic and anxiety people’s first thought is...will I still be able to have a sh!t

 

[ArunAlec]

Not just in response your post (so sorry, not picking on you at all Arun Alc!) but also to others who tirelessly bang on about needing a toilet etc...
CMC have said they intend to open toilets and showers at most sites.....I’ve not seen anything new to the contrary....why the consistent and persistent ‘oh yes you must have a toilet’ proclamation....you’re starting to sound like Frankie Howard in Up Pompeii “ woe , woe and thrice woe”

I like to think I’m reasonably laid back but.....this quite frankly is doing my ‘ead in!
Right I’m finished now.......

Maybe I wasn’t clear in my reply to @gvick. I was giving an example of the normal situation at Camping in the Forest sites that don’t have facilities , that is that whilst they insist that you have a loo, they are not bothered about showers. I hope that any other sites be they independent, CCC or CMC adopt the same approach IF they aren’t opening their facilities as @gvick reported.

 

[Aidy P]

I’ve booked a couple of nights in Scarborough in July with the C&CC. There is a promo code GRASSUK30 that gives 30% off for grass pitches (no electric). Two nights at circa £45 seem good value for the four of us. This site hopes to have all toilet and shower facilities open.

We'd purchased a Thetford 335 and toilet tent just in case a while back but will decide when we get there if we’ll bother. It is reassuring with kids to have the choice.

We’ve also got a Eurotunnel crossing booked at the end of July... the big question is if we take a toilet tent and portapotti to France (assuming quarantine is lifted), will we be the biggest joke in the campsite? I don’t recall ever seeing a toilet tent on the continent... but then I wouldn’t have been looking

 

[willwander]

From the BBC this morning...

It's thought people will be allowed to go to second homes in this country too, through tourist sites in England with shared facilities - such as campsites - will remain closed for a little longer.

 

[Aidy P]

Who’s going to order one of these toilets?

Why Nasa designed a new $23 million space toilet — British GQ

Later this year, astronauts on the American module of the ISS will be able to test out the toilet before Nasa puts it on crewed vehicles for deep-space missions

apple.news

 

[Amarillo]

From the BBC this morning...

It's thought people will be allowed to go to second homes in this country too, through tourist sites in England with shared facilities - such as campsites - will remain closed for a little longer.

Surely the same dangers lurk in pub and restaurant washrooms, or are they remaining closed too?

 

[WelshGas]

I’ve booked a couple of nights in Scarborough in July with the C&CC. There is a promo code GRASSUK30 that gives 30% off for grass pitches (no electric). Two nights at circa £45 seem good value for the four of us. This site hopes to have all toilet and shower facilities open.

We'd purchased a Thetford 335 and toilet tent just in case a while back but will decide when we get there if we’ll bother. It is reassuring with kids to have the choice.

We’ve also got a Eurotunnel crossing booked at the end of July... the big question is if we take a toilet tent and portapotti to France (assuming quarantine is lifted), will we be the biggest joke in the campsite? I don’t recall ever seeing a toilet tent on the continent... but then I wouldn’t have been looking

We always take ours abroad. Like to pitch up away from the central amenities.

 

[LisaKent]

Keeping campsite toilet facilities closed is the correct decision especially going in to peak summer season where social distancing will be impossible ( we all know what toilet blocks are like at 9am on a busy site) and I can't see campsite owners paying staff to just stand outside the toilet block allowing one in and one out all day long