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Congratulations on getting your new van.  We were so excited when we got ours, we picked it up from the dalers at 9am in the morning (after already travelling for 2 and a half hours) then went straight to Cornwall (having already packed the car up to the hilt with all the necessary equipment).  Go to Redruth at about 3pm and had two glorious weeks testing everything out.

Hiya great to hear someone else is new to caravanin as well we bought our 'fleetwood colchester 2002 ' in june,we absolutley luuuv it ,its like havin a moveable cottage,there are loads of bits n bobs you will need,but as long as you've got the essentials you'll be ok,We've just bought a sattelite dish,which works brilliantly,hoping to go as far a spain next year ! Happy caravaning !!!!!

Sam

Quote: Originally posted by Missizippi on 06/10/2009

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Thank you all - its a bit like having a new baby but without the night feeds!

I'm ok for camping equip in the kitchen, kettle, elec hook up and bedding etc from our years of tent camping, radio/CD player in van and ariel on top - we have a tele we can put in too.

I was a bit bemused by all the stuff available for the loo - blue rinse, pink flush, cleaning stuff - is there a basic list of 'must haves' for the cartdridge loo?

You need the blue or green stuff to put in the toilet waste container.  This is essential.  The pink stuff is to put into the tap/ water flush tank.  We use this, but I know there are some who just use plain water.

Also, do I need 2 aqua rolls or 1 - and what size? plus do I need a waste water container thingy? is that for normal waste water? can you just let it drip onto the ground as I've seen some caravans do?

We use just one 40 litre aquaroll, but some folk find it easier to have two (mainly for showering).  We also have a device for putting inside the aquaroll for use on a site where you can get water hook up.  It's a bit like a ball-cock that allows water to flow into the aquaroll from the mains tap as you draw water from the aquaroll.  We try to use water hook up wherever possible (it saves all the carrying).

It is considered protocol to use a container to collect waste (wastemaster is the usual - made by the same folk as the aquaroll).  It saves the mess on the ground & the last thing you want is your waste water seeping into the awning.  I have been on a site before though, that asked you to put waste water on the plants around the park.  If you use an all service pitch, the pitch will come with its own drain, so the grey waste goes straight down the drain.  Whether you use a wastemaster or an all service pitch with a drain, you will need a length of hose for the waste.  There are different diameters of pipe though (the hose is sometimes called convoluted hose).  We carry a number of different lengths of this to suit different places, and still sometimes end up buying more!  I think you can get connectors though - to connect the different length together to make a longer one - although we haven't gone down this route.

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 06/10/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by Missizippi on 06/10/2009

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Thank you all - its a bit like having a new baby but without the night feeds!

I'm ok for camping equip in the kitchen, kettle, elec hook up and bedding etc from our years of tent camping, radio/CD player in van and ariel on top - we have a tele we can put in too.

I was a bit bemused by all the stuff available for the loo - blue rinse, pink flush, cleaning stuff - is there a basic list of 'must haves' for the cartdridge loo?

You need the blue or green stuff to put in the toilet waste container.  This is essential.  The pink stuff is to put into the tap/ water flush tank.  We use this, but I know there are some who just use plain water.

Also, do I need 2 aqua rolls or 1 - and what size? plus do I need a waste water container thingy? is that for normal waste water? can you just let it drip onto the ground as I've seen some caravans do?

We use just one 40 litre aquaroll, but some folk find it easier to have two (mainly for showering).  We also have a device for putting inside the aquaroll for use on a site where you can get water hook up.  It's a bit like a ball-cock that allows water to flow into the aquaroll from the mains tap as you draw water from the aquaroll.  We try to use water hook up wherever possible (it saves all the carrying).

It is considered protocol to use a container to collect waste (wastemaster is the usual - made by the same folk as the aquaroll).  It saves the mess on the ground & the last thing you want is your waste water seeping into the awning.  I have been on a site before though, that asked you to put waste water on the plants around the park.  If you use an all service pitch, the pitch will come with its own drain, so the grey waste goes straight down the drain.  Whether you use a wastemaster or an all service pitch with a drain, you will need a length of hose for the waste.  There are different diameters of pipe though (the hose is sometimes called convoluted hose).  We carry a number of different lengths of this to suit different places, and still sometimes end up buying more!  I think you can get connectors though - to connect the different length together to make a longer one - although we haven't gone down this route.

Hope this helps a little.