David Morison
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If you see the s***e that oozes out from underneath our council waste vehicles you'd wish you had some grey water to wash it down!
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Grey water,was this YOU
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The laird
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Take a photo and name and shame em!
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i don't have a waste tank, and i leave my waste pipe, nylon reinforced smoothbore and quite stiff, a little long, so that it is worn down by the road surface. i put very little water down it, preferring to wash up in a bowl and sling the water in the bushes, but as i normally park on grass,sand or dirt, if any water does come out,nobody can see it.
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Stealth waste? :lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053:
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'Cos you gave it to the council?
Well, in theory, I'm in favour of you doing just that. However, now you've done it, I'm a bit different in practice.
I've spent a good part of maybe ten years asking councils for proof of their justification for no overnight parking rules - they always say “discharge of waste” - and they can never provide proof. Up to now they haven't even been able (mostly) to tell me of any complaints they've received about discharge of waste. A council near your picture - East Lothian who had their byelaw rejected - was very clear. They'd not received any complaints but they believed prevention was better than cure. It wasn't; the Scottish Govt refused their byelaw. North Yorks used the same reasoning using somewhat different words but they changed the reasoning when people disputed their waste discharge allegations.
Well, when this particular council, whichever it is, approves a TRO banning overnight parking and somebody like me asks for proof of their allegation that all motorhomers are feckless waste dischargers who have to be prevented ... well, they'll be able to provide proof and triumphantly tell somebody like me that their proof was provided by a fellow motorhomer - and send me your picture.
Byronic
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Main use I find for the waste is shower time, 2 x 10 litres would make for a small but noticeable pond just about anywhere.
But still, having no tank and disposing as you do is infinitely preferable to the motorcaravanner I witnessed driving along a main café lined seafront Paseo, discharging his waste tank contents that must have been sitting in the sun for weeks.
The stench was stomach churning, couldn't have been worse if was a black tank he was emptying (maybe it was). Put myself and others right orf our Chocolate & Churros.
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Pretty much covers all of my situations too. If I wanted to park on tarmac I'd get a Hymer,
Most of the time I carry a used 10 litre adhesive bucket for when parked at service stations or other hard surfaces. Lid seals so I can carry it in van if need be.
More often than not, there will be a motorhome close by, letting grey water out. In that case, I go chuck the contents of my bucket in his/her puddle, then take a picture of it.
(I'm Joking)
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I think the best methods for me that I picked up on this forum are dump in the grass in a layby (discreetly of course), grass in a bag trick, over a drain, in a tub then flora and fauna watered or if its just a weekend away I just keep it till I come home and open up the manhole in my drive and let it run into that.
I think the more serious problem of people dumping black waste wherever they want is more of an issue, I do hope that some day councils will have the common sence to install waste dispisal for tourists after all theyre not going to stop folk from visiting their towns are they ?
I think the more serious problem of people dumping black waste wherever they want is more of an issue, I do hope that some day councils will have the common sence to install waste dispisal for tourists after all theyre not going to stop folk from visiting their towns are they ?
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Pretty much covers all of my situations too. If I wanted to park on tarmac I'd get a Hymer,
Most of the time I carry a used 10 litre adhesive bucket for when parked at service stations or other hard surfaces. Lid seals so I can carry it in van if need be.
More often than not, there will be a motorhome close by, letting grey water out. In that case, I go chuck the contents of my bucket in his/her puddle, then take a picture of it.
Exactly ....I've no great problem with the greenery being watered in a hedge bottom etc ...BUT in the middle of a bloody tarmac carpark ...
Mind I personally cannot see the attraction of stopping in a carpark anyway ...I mean it's not exactly "Wild" is it
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Exactly ....I've no great problem with the greenery being watered in a hedge bottom etc ...BUT in the middle of a bloody tarmac carpark ...
Mind I personally cannot see the attraction of stopping in a carpark anyway ...I mean it's not exactly "Wild" is it
Dono iv seen a lot of wild things going on in car parks.:scared::rabbit::rolleyes2:
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there it is right there, easy peasy lemon squeezy chillGWAYGWAY
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That's it I'm Fed up with you lot and your bickering. I am going to change my handle from GWAYGWAY to GWAYWATER a bit like
senator Barry Gwaywater in the 60's the bloke that wanted to NUKE everybody else.
ps I know his name was GOLDWATER but it fits the story better my way.
senator Barry Gwaywater in the 60's the bloke that wanted to NUKE everybody else.
ps I know his name was GOLDWATER but it fits the story better my way.
davidb3
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Swanage in Dorset do their utmost to stop motor homers and day vans visiting by giving out parking tickets if you park on one of the MANY restricted roads near the beach oh unless of course you wish to go into a carpark and actually pay to stay, tight fisted ignorant idiots and yes a disposal point in town would be nice even if they have an honest box next to it
Swanage in Dorset do their utmost to stop motor homers and day vans visiting by giving out parking tickets if you park on one of the MANY restricted roads near the beach oh unless of course you wish to go into a carpark and actually pay to stay, tight fisted ignorant idiots and yes a disposal point in town would be nice even if they have an honest box next to it
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Yes ive noticed that I seem to be spending a small fortune on parking, £8 here £5 there, it all mounts up, they do seem to make it hard for us to get parked up but ive not failed so far, if it wasnt for the **** weather we were having up north and most of all the midges I would have been on one of the islands off the west coast and not spending my hard earned fueling up the motorhome as many times
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Where aboooot r u Jim ,28' up here the day glorious sun sweating ma bollo--s aff
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terrible councils making camper vans pay to park in a car park and giving tickets when your parked in restricted roads guess what they make cars and motor bike pay aswell get ready hat on . mind you i do dissagree with councils putting restrictions on motor home parking basically making it impossible to park a motor home or camper van legally where a car can park legally even if they have to pay for the privilege porthcawl had a restriction on camper vans motor homes parking after 23.00 to 07.00 or roundabot those times ,but i could park my seven seater alahmbra with seats removed and a blow up bed in the back quite capable of a nights sleep in comfort aswell , seems wrong realy
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Now at portland for the night mate, was roasting in weymouth today
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Not really griping about having to pay to park but more of the lack of it, I had to get out of lyme regis because of the lack of MH parking I only wanted to spend the day there, very disapointed with that. Where were parked up for the night in portland just now is awsome and free too. News crews are here covering the olympic boating crews coming home. Views from up here is breath taking, I posted a picture up on view from a wild camp