Motorhome arrival - fill up then find pitch or?

All motorhomers that I've seen arrive on site have selected a pitch, placed something on it and then gone to water point to fill tanks.

I assume the OP is asking what folk do as regards filling when arriving at site. However, I assume the post hasn’t been approved yet as all I am getting is 

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Usually we drive around the site and select a pitch, mark it with our MH using this pitch sign. Then OH wanders back to reception to check us in while I fill up. If there is plenty of choice or only staying for one night, we just head straight to the water and select a pitch after filling.

Exactly as Steve described - arrive, book in, select pitch and mark it, one person goes back to the office to report the pitch number while the other drives to the MHSP.

Mind you, most times when arriving on site we have no need to do the tanks if we’ve done them when leaving the previous site.

Yes, same as Steve and Tinny say. We normally travel with a full water tank, but got a good pay load. Time of arrival tends to dictate on Club Sites, if it’s busy, mark your chosen pitch first. Not busy, then fill up. If you are in a little cul de sac of pitches, and choose carefully, you might be able to pitch up, then fill up from nearest tap with a long hose, but you do need to be careful of other folks driving over hose, or tripping over it. Travel full if you can👍

You can check out where service points are on each Club Site before you go, if this helps.

I hope you don’t mean fill from an ordinary service point with a long hose, TDA😱. It might work well on a CL but I’ve seen some very upset folk on a club site when a MH monopolised an ordinary service point in that manner instead of using the MHSP. 😲

I tend to agree, particularly when the club has spent thousands on MHSP specifically for them.  I only encountered a MH doing it the once and asked him to remove his hose as I had nowhere else to fill my aquaroll. 

We travel with a little water on board, enough to prime the system and allow for a kettle fill or two and toilet use. This we put on board at home so arrive at site with some water on board. We use about ten litres a day so have a 10 litre plastic Jerry can and use this to keep water at a usable level. A daily trip to the service point is all that is then needed. This keeps fresh water on board. We do empty the whole system, never very much left, on ending a tour prior to placing the van back in storage. This works for us and keeps the water relatively fresh. Obviously those that shower, wash up etc. in their van will need more or if infirm it may not be right for them but personally I’d be unhappy to have ‘old’ water in the pipes for long periods, particularly in summer. 

Once checked in, it's probably sensible to find a pitch first and putting something on the pitch to show that it is taken. (signs to this effect can often be purchased at site receptions if you don't already have one) You are usually given a map on arrival where the site staff will usually mark the motorhome service point so it should be easy to find. 

We usually travel with some water in the tank so I tend to pitch up first, usually as near to an ordinary service point that I can and then just top up the tank using a 10 litre watering can. All adds to my daily step count

David

It’s clearly an issue at some sites, as I have noticed signs warning against it when filling my watering  can.

Of course some Motorhome service points are in difficult positions. We used one at Battle where we needed to reverse in to get to waste grid and also block the road outside.