Motorhome arrival - fill up then find pitch or?

Thank you all very much for your replies which are the ones I'd hoped for.

Because we can't bring our MH home, we will need to plan carefully. I don't want to waste fuel by travelling full, but @micksyf's answer is a good one which I like, for keeping the system primed - makes great sense.

Thanks again everyone - happy to close this thread

I have this Easter just been on a CMC site with no Motorhome service point so had no option but to use the same tap as people filling their aqua rolls. I had no where else to fill my Motorhome so I would have refused your request.

Rowntree has or had (not been there for sometime) a very awkward MSP and there were queues to use it. I could reach one of the service point taps from my pitch so I decided to use it. One of the site managers saw my hose and disconnected it saying it was a trip hazzard. Huh, so are EHU cables.

peedee

Oops, had no intention of opening a can of worms😕 It was Rowntree Park I was thinking of, along with Barnard Castle and Warwick Racecourse. Two, (YRP, and WR) have terribly placed MHSP. The third you have to drive right round the site, out the barrier and back in again🤷‍♀️

There’s a nice little cul de sac at YRP, right at the back of the site. One of the pitches has a tap next to it, at none busy times, perfect for filling up, no trip hazard. You just need to be polite enough to let others use it rather than wait, if they need to. Or simply wait while 11pm when most are in bed and do it then. We had same at Warwick. There was a tap in the hedge by our pitch, we just filled up very late at night. 

But, it’s a while since we have used a Club Site, and had to fill up. If this is yet another rule, we will abide. We are out of the Club Site “loop” don’t have these problems on CLs.

We usually fill up when leaving a site, whilst dumping grey water,  means no faff when arriving at next place. 

There’s a nice little cul de sac at YRP, right at the back of the site. One of the pitches has a tap next to it, at none busy times, perfect for filling up, no trip hazard.

That was the area I was pitched TTDA, not quite as close as that but close enough for my 25 meter hose to reach the tap. Think I was one pitch away and I ran the hose round the back of the nearest van. On other sites I have not had any problems when I have been near enough to use a service tap.

peedee

Before you forget this thread I thought it may be helpful to mention waste water. Forty or so years ago we bought our first motorhome and made the mistake of using the sinks as we would at home. Despite making sure excess cooking fat and residue did not enter the closed system it wasn’t too long before a smell emanated from the plug holes and to my horror, at the end of the season, I discovered the tank and pipes were coated with an oily/greasy residue. Being not that easy to clean, we did with great effort any time, we then made the effort to ensure  such debris did not find its way into the system and found practices to eliminate this. Well worth the little effort needed in my opinion.

Good point Micky. We always use a wash up bowl, then throw this into waste water, not down the MH sink. Only thing that tends to be in our waste water tank is handwash and showering water. 

Same here. We have a small 23lts Fiamma waste wheeled tank which we use for all kitchen sink waste water. Just fits under the van at the back. Usually lasts 3/4 days. Alternatively if we are within easy walking distance of a waste point I will dispose of the bowl full of water there. 

David

I know this might be a little too much information but cleaning our teeth we use the toilet to spit into and rinse. 🫣