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PersonBerriow
06/8/2015 at 9:03am
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Quote: Originally posted by Berriow on 05/8/2015
We couldn't see a washing machine, asked the lady if there was one and she said just give me the clothes - I'll wash them for you. But we go to sites like that !


OK, I'll come clean. It wasn't a lady in the true sense of the word, it was a man who did our washing.

Either John or Jacques, one of the pair of gay men from Rotterdam who ran a tiny little site we liked in the vineyards near Narbonne. Everything washed, clean, and folded and handed back to us. So are we more broad minded than some of you ? No, don't go to find them, they have sold up and gone back to Holland.


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Damn - that's a shame, quite fancy the idea of a campsite near a vineyard with someone who'll do your washing and fold it for you


PersonKelper
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Right .... new routine for me, then.

I'm going to return late, and hope to find all my washing neatly folded.

That would be a real bonus ... I might even leave a tip!


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Bucket, wash liquid, overnight soak, rinse and hang out. Folk use washing machines in a camping situation?


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PersonSGThomas
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Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 06/8/2015
Bucket, wash liquid, overnight soak, rinse and hang out. Folk use washing machines in a camping situation?


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PersonOliverDay
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Billy, we are not talking about the bits that hang out! This is about washing textiles!

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Personbilly
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Naturist camping does reduce washing but I still have to get dressed to go to LeClercs. I've never found the need to use a washing machine while camping though. Soaking overnight in a bucket and then rinsing works well enough. I'm sure I'm not the only camper to handwash my clothes.


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Quote: Originally posted by exessexmum on 06/8/2015

... if someone else folds my washing I'm fine with that. If it improves someone's holiday looking at my pants, then good for them; you have to get your kicks where you can I guess lol! I seriously have more important things to think about than who's touched my laundry.


Look at/touched/folded/tried on for size.
I guess it's all the same.

I admire your relaxed attitude.

Sleep well.

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I would pull out the wet washing and put it tidily in empty basket or bag and then would put in my own washing but I wouldn't go folding it and wouldn't expect anyone to fold mine. The least contact with someone else's stuff without their permission is to be desired in my opinion.


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Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 06/8/2015
I'm sure I'm not the only camper to handwash my clothes.


You're not. We use the machines occassionally but find it's easier quicker to just wash stuff as we go & not let it build up into a load.


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This may seem like a trivial question, but it's a constant problem for people who go abroad long term, e.g. to Spain for the winter, and have to wash bedding and towels on a regular basis!

I have found the system varies enormously from site to site. Some washing machines take more than two hours for a wash, making it impractical to sit and wait - others take only half an hour. Some sites provide service washes. Others provide laundry baskets, in which case I just empty the washing into one without folding. As for prices, we've paid as little as 1.50 and as much as 6 euros. I sometimes feel I could write a book about campsite launderettes! It's all part of the joys of travelling.

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This subject has almost reached book proportions.

Crikey I had no idea it was like luncheon at Downton Abbey where etiquette is concerned out there in camping world.


PersonVal A
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Like others, this is a difficult one. Yes, ideally you go back before the cycle has finished - and some machines do give you a timer so you can be back in time, but if not you just have to guess. We've been on sites where it takes as little as thirty-five minutes for a wash cycle, and on others where it can take two hours. So the ideal world scenario isn't always possible.

Unlike others, we do wash clothes - or more especially towels and bedding which are difficult to do in a bucket! I can't stand sleeping on hot nights on sheets which have been slept in too many times, so my bedding does get washed quite often. Equally I can't stand stale smelling towels - and no matter how you hang them out to dry after using them, eventually they do tend to become a bit stale.

I would just take washing out - making absolutely sure that everything was removed. I wouldn't fold it, but I'm happy either way if someone takes mine out and leaves it, or folds it. I was very unhappy once when my best white linen shirt got left in with someone's pink wash! It's now a pleasant shade of sort of pink though!


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I'm sure you look great 'in the pink', Val ...


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What is the point of folding stuff straight from the washing machine while it is still wet? Fold stuff out of the drier but no point in folding wet stuff.


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Quote: Originally posted by Fat Bum on 13/8/2015
What is the point of folding stuff straight from the washing machine while it is still wet?

It will have less or no creases once it has line dried.


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