Washing the van when wild camping.

[Pudsey Bear]

I would love our van to be cleaner, but it's difficult to do a normal wash, even at home with hosepipebans and fitness problems , so how do you do it when away, maybe I'm doing it the hard way, Merlin lives too far away too.

 

[bartman]

Washing the van when out and about? Whatever next? Packing an ironing board? A fitted washing machine and tumble drier? Three piece suite?

 

[Robmac]

I never clean the van when away Kev, if it's got mucky chances are it will again.

I let 'er do it when I get home.

 

[Nabsim]

I would love our van to be cleaner, but it's difficult to do a normal wash, even at home with hosepipebans and fitness problems , so how do you do it when away, maybe I'm doing it the hard way, Merlin lives too far away too.

Err, don't you know hosepipe bans don't apply to blue badge holders?

As to cleaning the van, I did it once a few years ago, over rated

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It was that git Barry's van that made me ask, it always looks cleanish in his 3 billion pictures.

 

[bartman]

It was that git Barry's van that made me ask, it always looks cleanish in his 3 billion pictures.

He's a rock god, it probably gets driven into swimming pools

 

[alcam]

Washing the van when out and about? Whatever next? Packing an ironing board? A fitted washing machine and tumble drier? Three piece suite?

People do . Most UK vans I see in Europe are immaculate . Mine is definitely not !

 

[RichardHelen262]

I usually give ours a good clean before setting off on a trip, I don’t know why as usually when we get to our destination it looks like it hasn’t had a clean in years

 

[r4dent]

Err, don't you know hosepipe bans don't apply to blue badge holders?

Check with whoever supplies your water.

Most, but not all, water authorities
a) exclude blue badge holders,
b) will register Seniors (or those with medical issues) as a Priority Service customer and exempt them from bans.

 

[barryd]

It was that git Barry's van that made me ask, it always looks cleanish in his 3 billion pictures.

I just get the Rock God groupies to clean it Kev. They do get distracted though.

 

[Fisherman]

It was that git Barry's van that made me ask, it always looks cleanish in his 3 billion pictures.

Barry’s adoring fans clean it for him, all two of them

Oops just seen the photo, all three of them

 

[Nabsim]

Check with whoever supplies your water.

Most, but not all, water authorities
a) exclude blue badge holders,
b) will register Senors (or those with medical issues) as a Priority Service customer and exempt them from bans.

Where did you get that info from? I am Yorkshire Water and hose pipe bans do not apply to blue badge holders, the other company I checked was Southern Water and blue badge holders are exempt there as well ( Southern Water )

I heard about it originally on BBC News earlier this year

 

[barryd]

Barry’s adoring fans clean it for him, all two of them

Oops just seen the photo, all three of them

Four. I gave Doris the day off.

 

[Fisherman]

Four. I gave Doris the day off.

Did you miss a day there Barry

 

[wildebus]

I would love our van to be cleaner, but it's difficult to do a normal wash, even at home with hosepipebans and fitness problems , so how do you do it when away, maybe I'm doing it the hard way, Merlin lives too far away too.

I tow a trailer with a water bowser in it, plus a pressure washer and it has a little padded shelf in there where I keep a worker from the local foreign car wash business and let him out every few days to sort out the van.

 

[colinm]

We use a system that turns water vapour into droplets, this then hits the van at anything up to 70mph, happens most days we have the van out and is why it's called 'The Rain Maker.

 

[barryd]

Anyway Kev. Don't be such a clean freak Jessy. If you arrive somewhere with the van looking completely minging just tell people you came back from the Paris Dakar rally or summat. If it makes you feel better, our van is not as clean as it was in that photo earlier on this trip now. The new bike really does look like its done the Paris Dakar.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It got washed LAST April before going to France, it's we'll mucky, outside is even worse.

 

[r4dent]

Where did you get that info from? I am Yorkshire Water and hose pipe bans do not apply to blue badge holders, the other company I checked was Southern Water and blue badge holders are exempt there as well ( Southern Water )

I heard about it originally on BBC News earlier this year

I remember reading it when I was researching the requirement for "Special Priority" (which I now have) exemption.

In England and Wales, there are 11 large regional water and sewerage companies, plus a number of smaller "water-only" companies.
Scotland and Northern Ireland have different structures, with services largely in public ownership, so they do not have the same privatized model as England and Wales. So the two English companies that you checked don't prove that all companies exempt Blue Badge holders.

I have no problems with people assuming they are exempt and not checking. If they get fined I will not be the one paying.

Applying Pascal's wager proved that it is logical to check with your local provider.



Howevr, if you do research all the companies and find that they all exempt BB holders I will abjectly apologise.

 

[barryd]

It got washed LAST April before going to France, it's we'll mucky, outside is even worse.

The groupies are not allowed to clean the inside of the van. Thats Mrs D's job. She doesn't get distracted so you could eat your dinner off the floor. A proper clean freak which to be honest is a PIA. Me, not so much