Water Locations

fofeg101

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Members contribute some great Wild camping locations but my experience thus far is finding water is harder than finding an over night stop over, could we all look out for easy places to get water also?
 
Hi Guys,
never ever had any problem in finding water either in the UK or mainland Europe.
Now we are 3 weeks into our European tour through France, Spain and now Portugal for the last few days and again no problem in finding water.
Now been on a campsite for nearly 2 years except to meet a relation who just happend to be caravaning in France last year.
Look out for small village taps, founts or at worst toilets or cemetaries. last resort a garage!
 
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in u.k church yards or garages all ways have water we had no pro wild camping all time
 
also try a local farm some can be friendly and tell you a nice quiet spot to park for a night or 2
 
water is so easy to find as most if not all service stations have a tap or machine for air and water . we always used those, we used to fill the tank up for washing and the like and then after filling the tank we filled some pop bottles to use for drinking and boiling for hot drinks. if you dont want to just drive in and only use the water then put some fuel in the van at the same time , some fill there water tank up befor leaving hove for the weekend ,but a better way is wait untill you are near your destination pull in to a service station an fill up with water ,saves lugging all that weight with you whilest traveling ,and it will save a small amount of fuel to boot
 
I'm having a heck of a job finding a water tap in Newhaven today... :mad: Another good place is an Allotment. I found both an Allotment and Cemetery but you have to go through a bit of a posh housing estate to get to both. Bad parking on road too. I think I need a sea water purifying device.
 
if you have a 10 litre container .just knock any door of a house or sa shop etc nob ody will object. just dont be greedy.
get one then try again round ther corner. .you may finf when chatting to the people they let you have asmuch as you want .
cant you find a public toilet with a tap.
works for me if i need to really get water.
cheers alan.
must be a boat yard or marina there i,m sure.
did you ask at a garage.
 
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spent 5 wks in the Highlands of Scotland, never had any problem getting water, :wave:
 
Yep! There is a Sainsburys petrol station where we used to get water as there is a handy tap round the side of the building... but now switched off. I sat and watched cars filling up with liquid gold (petrol) and went back to fill up from the rad water flexi pipe (only for toilet rinse) found this to be dry too... but saw later that you have to put in 20pence for it to flow! buggah that!

Also found a public loo, but the only tap is the all in one soap, water, drier anti vandal thing. That would take ages to fill up a sizeable container.

Plenty of marinas of course... but no courage to go and ask, bit like asking at a proper camp site for a fill up.

I thought that councils have to abide by an ancient by law that states a drinking water tap must be available for use... anyone know about this?
 
Campervanman said:
"but no courage to go and ask, bit like asking at a proper camp site for a fill up.
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Ditto - I have the same problem, I haven't got the bare faced cheek to just knock on a door and ask "Can I have 30 gallons of your metered water please, and is it OK to walk through your house with my muddy boots on?". As for Farmers, I live in the country and I know the Farmers around here, they don't even like you setting foot on their land, and asking for free water would result in running back down their drive with an @rse full of bird shot.
 
hi ,we usually do have a few of those big plastic butts in the back. i,m collecting water in them now .soon drips off the roof of truck in a rain storm. i use it at home for toilet swilling .saves water through the metre. two winters ago it rained that much in portugal we never turned a tap to fill up for 7 weeks . collected water off the roof and used a few fonts.
in uk just ask a house shop pub. garage . if you dont ask you dont get. always try the water before filling with fuel .if no water then get fuel somewhere else.
but ask 10ltrs nobody refuses . tell them what its for if they seem friendly. what about sports centers or kiddies park .they normally have a fountain for drinking water.
have considered a tube off the gutter into the tank ,but you cant check it like if it drips into a tub. sometimes it can be sandy . like sahara rain. not good for putting in tank then.
20p isnt the world if needed. we never normally buy drinking water . use the tank . do have a safari filter but hardly ever use it.
 
Some good ideas Alan and thanks for them! I dont fancy venturing into kiddies play parks unless I have my own kiddies with me, sadly they are grown up now and no grand kids on the horizon yet to take with me, I'd just feel too uncomfy getting water from there.

Sports centres and marinas are all businesses and probably are on water meters like fofeg mentions. I can just imagine being stopped for theft lugging a container away from premises. (Am I being too paranoid?)

A tap.. if not owned by the Council belongs to someone and they might not like me/us helping ourselves.

I quite honestly feel like storming into Council offices demanding where public stand pipes are these days.... and on that note I just sent the local council an email...
"Hello... I am in a Motorhome touring and staying in and around the area and I am looking for a public drinking water tap. Please can you tell me where I can find one in Newhaven. I believe that every town has to provide one according to certain bylaws. Many thanks if you can help".
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I always use bottled water for drinking and stream, spring etc., for washing. But in France where I stay there is a great spring. Funny enough just down thew hill from the cemetry. The water from it is fantastic. Seems to have more body in it:lol-053: The locals all take containers to fill.
 
just ask at the places .they could say no . but i bet they say yes. try it .let us know how you get on.
rubber push on connector like used to be on twintub washing machines hoses . a length of plastic pipe 3 ft long like i say 10litre water container . works just about every where . does take time. but you ask . people give money to charity . 10litre of water isnt going to break their bank. look for a council yard or somewhere like that even some factories will let you fill at their loading bay. ask, never been refused yet.
 
op. said it was 20p to get the water to flow in sainsburys garge.
you dont have to take 30 gallon of water thats being greedy .just a bit here bit there. come on i lived all over uk in campers never had a problem. i a\sk in schools swimming pools anywhere theres a tap ask. but be there for ages and they dont let anybody do it again. i also look for sewage and watwer works . anywhere .even supermarkets have taps out the back sometimes .
i dont buy bottled water but a suare metre of water is a quid . there abouts . offer them a quid . paying to fill a tank doesnt comer under paying for drinking water to me buying bottled is paying.
bet 50p would do it.
 
Anyway, earlier, I posted locations for water in Wales for Canalsman's database, that's what we want.....locations. If you find a friendly Garage, Farm, School, Building Site let us knows exactly where it is.
 
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