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via mobile 18/7/2020 at 7:46am
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Just wondering for those camping how things are with shared facilities in the site? Off to Norfolk in a few weeks and wondered if you’d add anything to your camping kit to help with current Covid restrictions etc.

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18/7/2020 at 8:10am
 Location: Liverpool
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We are in a caravan so are mostly using our own facilities. The toilet blocks have been open on the 2 sites we have been on. There have been long queues on the men’s side but not so much on the ladies. One site had a maximum of three in the toilet block at a time and the other, a maximum of four, so if people are taking showers and all you want to do is go to the toilet, you might have a long wait. I would say that a camping toilet of some sort would be very useful for any campers at the moment, especially if you have children who may not be able to hold on while waiting in a long queue. Children’s play areas and the site shops have been closed on both sites we have been on. Apart from that, things seem much as usual on the sites we have been on.

In the local areas, a lot of the touristy shops appear to still be closed. Grocery shops are open and restaurants, cafes and pubs are starting to open but with limited capacity and strict rules. We mainly go walking when we are away so things are not much different for us but if you like to visit local towns and tourists attractions you will find it a very different experience this year with many tourists attractions closed and many not planning to open this year at all.

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via mobile 18/7/2020 at 8:43am
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Thank you for that. I’ve got a kampa khazi and bought an additional
Water carrier with a decent tap for hand washing etc. Will wash dishes at tent too.

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via mobile 18/7/2020 at 9:38am
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We are in east Cornwall, at a CL witb no facilities, 5 well spaced pitches, hand sanitiser available, paid by bank transfer and have not seen the owners, but an invisible fairy empties the rubbish and recycling often. Plenty of space on the beaches and pubs are open for take aways.


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18/7/2020 at 9:39am
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Sounds like a porta-loo and toilet paper and a washing bowl and flannel are the new tent requirements.


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18/7/2020 at 11:32am
 Location: Liverpool
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Another thing I should have said about the toilet block is that it is closed for cleaning for much longer than usual. The site we are currently at closes the toilets for cleaning at 9.45am and they don’t open them until 12 noon. They close them again for cleaning for a shorter time in the afternoon and again in the evening so they are closed for quite a bit of the day. Your Kampa Khazi will get a lot of use!

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via mobile 18/7/2020 at 11:44am
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I’d booked this holiday last year and booked two weeks. I am seriously considering reducing the duration ... don’t know if not might be too long to endure ... more the toilet/showers restrictions than anything.

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18/7/2020 at 1:44pm
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I have always looked up showers as a waste of water and not all that cleansing. After all, the water only touches your skin for as long as it takes to run off again into the shower tray and unless you have the water almost scalding it won't open the pores in your skin and get all that grease and bacteria out...much better to soak in a bath.

So, when camping in a tent why worry about a shower. Take a washing up bowl with you and a flannel. Fill the bowl with water as hot as you like from the kettle, stick a large bath towel on the floor to soak up the drips, and give yourself a good going over with a soapy flannel. Rinse flannel and wipe off all the soap (can do that several times if you wish) and don't forget behind your ears!!

You can wash your hair in a bowl of water also.

In between times if you feel a bit grubby you can freshen up with Johnsons Baby Wipes...scented or non-scented


via mobile 18/7/2020 at 2:24pm
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Maybe my "Tent Vanity Unit" was ahead of it's time, for those interested look up my post on here.


via mobile 18/7/2020 at 6:31pm
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I've not found anything detrimental on the 2 sites I've been on, both busy. Easy to social distance. Toilet/shower blocks getting cleaned 4 or 5 times per day - once a deep clean - hand sanitisers everywhere. I've used my caravan facilities and for the few days I was away with tent used the site facilities. I would say make sure you have a face covering in all your bags or jackets as you might want to pop in somewhere unplanned and find your face covering is in your other jacket or bag.


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19/7/2020 at 8:27am
 Location: Derby.
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Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 18/7/2020
Maybe my "Tent Vanity Unit" was ahead of it's time, for those interested look up my post on here.



I've been thinking of you and your infamous vanity unit more often than is healthy, just lately!

Perhaps it's time for you to make more, and start a hiring service!

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19/7/2020 at 8:48am
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All this talk of extra cleaning etc is admirable, and I appreciate that many sites are almost certainly doing all they can, but as always, the facilities can only be as clean as the last camper left it, and we all know there are (some) campers out there who let the rest of us down!

Whilst there are people still going into shops/supermarkets without gelling up and then touching stuff, or wearing a face mask, or ignoring social distancing... and there are still plenty!... then there is always the risk of campers not taking any anti-viral spray with them, to clean up after themselves when showering/washing/spitting toothpaste into the basin/sitting on a toilet seat etc!
That's something I would be more than happy to go along with, but it's pointless unless everyone is doing it... in my less than educated opinion.
All this talk of queues suggests the loo seats are at least still warm, by the time you get to sit on them, so at least it's not all bad!

I believe (but stand to be corrected) that it's not all about the airborne virus. There is still the small matter of it clinging to various surfaces, no?

As you may have gathered, we are still running scared, and not quite ready to brave it out, as yet, but I fear we may well crack any time soon, and take the plunge. I guess some are doing that already, and some will take much longer than us? It takes all sorts, of course, and with the lack of knowledge and experience, I guess nobody yet knows who is taking the right approach, and who is not. We simply don't know what the right approach is, for now!

Yes we've been in shops, and yes, I've been back to work (A spacious office for two. Social distancing comes as standard anyway.)
But we have yet to visit inside anyone's house, and had no visitors in ours. Nor have we ventured inside a public (or campsite) loo since March. (We do have emergency provisions for number one's in the car... and limo tinted windows... but we haven't needed them as yet!

I suppose we should be grateful that at least there are those of you who are braver than us, and thankful for you being our guinea pigs. It may well prove that in a month or so, we'll be wishing we too had "risked it" a little sooner!

Stay safe, folks...



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via mobile 19/7/2020 at 10:04am
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We have modified plans as my parents were supposed to come to Norfolk with us but staying in a small local hotel. My mum has underlying medical issues and so the plan has been abandoned. Made me sad as it’s nice for them to get away but I felt the risks posed to them by travel and also being out and about with us on the beach etc was probably not worth it.


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via mobile 19/7/2020 at 10:46am
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When we used to camp early 70s with 3 kids used to take a baby bath we all used it.


19/7/2020 at 11:19am
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Hiya, I have stayed at a few sites since restrictions were eased and all handled the CV issues very well, you can read my reviews of the sites here

I used the onsite facilities at all the sites I visited and had no problems at all with them.

Cheers Ratty

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via mobile 20/7/2020 at 9:04pm
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Same. We have a thing called a BivvyLoo for overnight #1s, although it will cope with the other function, but facilities at both the sites we’ve been on have been deep cleaned and disinfected several times a day, every other urinal cordoned off etc.

For most campers on site it’s pretty much business as usual, but there does seem to be an increased number of first timers in badly pitched very expensive kit / hired vans / “lifestyle tipis”.

We’ve had the Covid already and were lucky, although we’re certainly not blasé, but it does feel like more ordinary times when you’re chilling on your pitch.

We did a week at Bedruthan Steps a while ago, where there are no dishwashing facilities and it was quite a trial. OK for a weekender though. We use two collapsible washing up bowls (one to clean, the other to rinse) and a huge number of tea towels.



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