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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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06/8/2015 at 9:25am
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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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06/8/2015 at 9:27am
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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?
It is OK if you then always pitch down wind from other campers.
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06/8/2015 at 10:16am
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Billy, we are not talking about the bits that hang out! This is about washing textiles!
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06/8/2015 at 11:05am
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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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06/8/2015 at 6:31pm
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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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12/8/2015 at 7:11am
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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.
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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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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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