Scottish Water

[Pudsey Bear]

New to me this morning, they have 130 water dispensers around Scotland, we found and used one today, you need a watering can to use it best.

https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/your-home/campaigns/top-up-tap-map

 

[TeamRienza]

That will really give the anti-motorhome something to gurn about.
An eejit filling watering cans from drinking fountains to supply his motorhome!
Better going to cemeteries, at least the residents won't complain!

Davy

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It was a Scottish Water employee who said it was okay, who am I to argue it's just water, its easy to get to, it's potable, who decides who can use it and for what purpose, i took about 10 litres, where is the harm or perceived problem?

 

[Tonybvi]

They installed one in Banchory a couple of years back and it is really well used. I’m pretty impressed with Scottish Water (a public concern by the way unlike you poor folk down south who have to put up with privatised water companies!). It seems that nearly every time I walk past the fountain somebody is either cleaning it or testing it and they close it off and wrap it all up during our cold winters.

 

[barryd]

I think I have seen them but I don't think it was in Scotland. Would take hours to fill a van from them. Still useful for maybe the 5 litre carriers we sometimes carry around on the bike if we are wilding in the middle of nowhere looking for drinking water. Michelle loves doing that.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Seems you're an eejit if you don't use it. We have used cemeteries, but it's not something we like to do, more in desperation if we are almost empty rather than a go-to.

 

[alcam]

New to me this morning, they have 130 water dispensers around Scotland, we found and used one today, you need a watering can to use it best.

https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/your-home/campaigns/top-up-tap-map

Get your own ya thieving , English git

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I could comment, but being the better man, I won't.

 

[Boris7]

Never had an issue getting water in Scotland Kev, never resorted to a cemetery plenty of rural pubs, boat yards etc.

Just spend some money and ask politely job done.

 

[trevskoda]

Most garage forcorts have water over here, so when getting go juice then top water tank up.

 

[Tim120]

Saw a few a while back in Scotland, brilliant idea, I'm sure they were also beside a bicycle service thing, spanners, allen keys and assorted tools for bicycles.
Not sure I'd use them with a watering can for the van, in principal it's fine, but some people don't need me to supply the ammo.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We've had water from all sorts of places; this is just another. I don't see a problem with any of them.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

I'm with Puds.

Came across a few of these kind of water stations in Eire.

In the van we store all our drinking/cooking water in recycled and sterilised 2.2 litre/4 pint plastic milk bottles.
They're a nice easy size and weight to fill up and cart to and from any taps (and water stations like these).

At a place called St Patrick's Well, where we stopped off heading back to the north, a local guy with a collection of pretty big plastic water containers arrived and filled them all up at the spring/well.

Certainly in Eire nobody bats an eyelid when you're filling up with water, no matter the quantity or type of container/filling device.
Probably because their domestic water supply is currently free for standard usage and households do not pay directly for their water?

IMHO I consider water to be a basic right.

And well done Scotland for still having water under public ownership

We'll be getting blinkin' charged for the air we breath next...!

 

[trevskoda]

Ok knock the water nonsence of now as im for bed and i dont want any mishaps thinking about water.

 

[Wooie1958]

Motorhomers are hated enough in Scotland already so filling a watering can from these will just give them more amunition.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'm with Puds.

Came across a few of these kind of water stations in Eire.

In the van we store all our drinking/cooking water in recycled and sterilised 2.2 litre/4 pint plastic milk bottles.
They're a nice easy size and weight to fill up and cart to and from any taps (and water stations like these).

At a place called St Patrick's Well, where we stopped off heading back to the north, a local guy with a collection of pretty big plastic water containers arrived and filled them all up at the spring/well.

Certainly in Eire nobody bats an eyelid when you're filling up with water, no matter the quantity or type of container/filling device.
Probably because their domestic water supply is currently free for standard usage and households do not pay directly for their water?

IMHO I consider water to be a basic right.

And well done Scotland for still having water under public ownership

We'll be getting blinkin' charged for the air we breath next...!

Some people seem to be a bit too precious about how we do or don't do things, based on nothing more than how they do it, water should be far more easily obtained than it is, it certainly was 20 years ago with our first van.

 

[Robmac]

Some people seem to be a bit too precious about how we do or don't do things, based on nothing more than how they do it, water should be far more easily obtained than it is, it certainly was 20 years ago with our first van.

Come on Kev, filling up a watering can from these will get Gardeners like Marie a bad name!

 

[Pudsey Bear]

As for being hated in Scotland, considering that we've never stayed on any sites, over 20 years, we are more visible than most, but only ever had one problem, and he was a drunk, so maybe it's how some people come across to what we have found to be lovely warm and welcoming towards us, we dont behavw like were entitled, we're always in an older van, and we talk and have a laugh with the locals and use the shops.

Wales is the only place where we've encountered unpleasantness.

 

[trevskoda]

As for being hated in Scotland, considering that we've never stayed on any sites, over 20 years, we are more visible than most, but only ever had one problem, and he was a drunk, so maybe it's how some people come across to what we have found to be lovely warm and welcoming towards us, we dont behavw like were entitled, we're always in an older van, and we talk and have a laugh with the locals and use the shops.

Wales is the only place where we've encountered unpleasantness.

Thats strange as i have car camped in wales up round the slate mines and had a good welcome from locals in places we had lunch, maybe they are scared of bears.

 

[Wooie1958]

Wales is the only place where we've encountered unpleasantness.

That's what happens when you go to a foreign country and you don't speak the lingo