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Hi Sal

I don't see why there should be a problem getting changed in a communal area if you are comfortable to do so.  As you said, you are freeing a shower for someone else to use considerably sooner then otherwise.  Sounds like the other campers were the ones with 'issues' and I would ignore them and carry on!

Ive never seen anyone do that ,and ive been camping for years ,so ,maybe they hadnt either so they were surprised ? and thats what the looks were ?

Good Idea tho ,if you were feeling cramped in the cubicle ,certainly cant see anything wrong with it ,andI would have been pleased no get into the showe faster!

i also agree with all of the above its not you with the problem it must be them

i usually take my 3 year old for a shower with me and there is nothing worse than having to wait ages for the shower with a little un i would really appreciate someone in front of me as considerate as you.

hello sal

i would (and do) exactly what you did - get changed in the changing area, the last site i went on a lady in front of me even left the shower running for me! i dont see the point of struggling to get dry and changed in a wet shower cubicle, if there is a changing area.

the ladies looking at you funny could have been newbies that have never had to use a shower block like that before? Either way, at least you was the one that was properly dry and didnt drop your clothes on the shower floor

Hi Sal,

I think you deserve a pat on the back for being so considerate!! I'd do exactly the same if the showers were busy! I know wot you mean about getting dried in the shower,  i always managed to get some part of my clothes wet, its so annoying, oh and i always where flip flops too!!

agree with all the others ... i'd be looking at you and smilingly saying thank you for being so considerate!  i too changed in the communal area so that my children could go in after me and others didn't have to wait.  i don't care about flashing my bits off anyway ... not that there's anything exciting to see i'm afraid!!  i think it's the others that had the problem, not you!

x

If the site is busy, or the cubicles are small I do the same thing - quickly dry myself off, put on underwear then move into communal area to apply deodorant/sun cream/moisturiser/bug spray/whatever is required for the time of year, get dressed without getting clothes wet from the floor and also so I can sit down and dry my feet properly.  Then brush teeth, apply mascara and I'm out. 

I don't know whether or not other women give me strange looks when I'm doing this as I just keep my head down and get on with the process.  I usually say good morning or chat to others in the loos, but NOT when I'm half dressed.

Being lucky enough to have facilities on board I sometimes don't venture near the shower blocks all weekend if I'm caravanning rather than tenting, but when I have I have never seen a separate changing area, only the bit with sinks in, nowhere to hang anything or sit to dry my feet.

But if there was one then I think Sal's idea is good.