Full Timer Waste Disposal In The Scottish Highlands and other problems

Zzippy said:
Thee would never manage.

The point being don't get smart when you don't know what you're speaking about DICK. 😘
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Zip is surgical slang for the repeated sowing of a surgical wound so I hope for your sake that if you ever needed it, we would manage.

Dick:)
 
Tbear said:
Don't think that anyone suggested that you carry a bucket of sh*t through a supermarket to empty it.

Taking a dunk in the first place is something done behind closed doors so the empting of cassettes is done with a bit of decorum by most folk. Different from sculking around I think. Not sure how you think we are stealing water either.

I know many individual properties have tanks but I am surprised that public buildings are on them in large areas of this country. As I said before I don't use chemicals to reduce the risk to sewage systems and I just don't like using toxic chemicals if I don't have to but it would be nice to have some way of telling if its on a tank or not.

Richard
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you arent alone . many just cant believe it.
get abroad to france spain germany etc all have the same . big towns cities just dont know .
its like town gas .
not in my village . i have a large tank in the garden . the houses opposite some think they are on mains but they have a really big underground tank supplying the estate with lpg . the farm just a stones throw away still has no maind leccy.
the pub in the village only recently went on mains leccy. big and i mean big diesel powered genny ran it for years .
i love living in the country it helps when in third world countries like england . ha ha .
 
Zzippy said:
He chose 'NOT to know' Alan, there's the difference.
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i did actually help build a local sewage works . my son builds them now . later as an agency truck driver found sewage ,waste etc interesting . being a traveler in africa etc found it even more interesting . have visited desalination plants all over the place . cant help but knock the door of anything that looks interesting . visited incineration plants . just for fun . luckily the waste company i worked mainly for took interest as well sent me all over europe to talks ,conferences etc . it all fitted together.
i call it survival. life can be one big adventure . we do have to open our eyes ,ears and knock doors find things out . there certainly is lots to learn out there .
 
yes it can be termed stealing . but we all pay water rates usually . i say never use a hose . a 10-20 ltr container looks much friendlier .
a bit today a bit tomorrow .
connect a hose and the public think its full power and in half an hour you have filled the van up. completely.
 
i have a 100ltre tank . fill from containers or watering can usually . little and often . idealy park a little away from the tap . ride m,bike with ten litre container two or three times a day . keep it topped up then if no water around ok for awhile . if in the country not too much to worry about .
some places it doesnt matter some it does .
bit like rubbish save carrier bags . dump one in that bin one in this bin etc . nobody worries then .
 
I fulltime and we use cheap c.l farmer sites 2 or 3 times a week and wild the rest of the time.
I cant see the problem its very easy to plot the cheap 5 quid sites that the c.c or c&cc have and just use them .I normally arrive by afternnoon empty the cassette fill the tank up to the top we have a good shower i clean the vehicle and then after draining all the tanks black and gray we head for the hills with 100litres of water with a 20 litre container full to the brim in the boot and then the next day we wild camp for however long we can.The cheap farms are actually quite fun to go to and we find that wilding and 5 pounds and less a night sites 50/50 take the stress out of life and make fulltiming nice and easy.Two tips though to make it all easy and they would be to travel slowly and see any given area properly and the second is to use a 5 litre bottle for peeing in.You will be suprised at how much you wee.At night you can then discreetly water the plants with your bottle doing this means that you will only need to empty the cassette once a week .
 
We tend to use a CS/CL about 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 nights around England and Wales but we did not find as many in a convenient spots in Scotland so had to resort to sites a couple of times. I am sure if we had planned what we where doing and where we where going we would have done better but where is the fun in that. The Scottish tourist offices where very helpful and unlike many English ones, open.

Richard
 
FWIW I only take water from where I have permission to or from 'public' taps.

As as for chemicals; there is just no need for them.

Maybe there's a conspiracy between the big clubs and the 'chemical' industry to brainwash mindless campers into disposing of their toxic chemicals for them? ;)
 
The original poster has disappeared ! He posted on FB as well !
It takes time to settle into full timing and every day is different ...
 
Penny13 said:
The original poster has disappeared ! He posted on FB as well !
It takes time to settle into full timing and every day is different ...
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Yup, only 2 posts so far, and both were him moaning
 
Sky said:
As long as you don't use chemicals, I can't see a problem with using public toilets - it's not as if you're putting something unsuitable down there. It's no different to using it like everyone else does.

I do do the following:

  • Empty at night or when no one is around.
  • Carry the cassette inside a bin liner.
  • Leave the toilet cleaner than it was before I used it.
  • Spray an air freshener just in case someone follows me in.
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And it helps to pass wind loudly for the duration of the gurgle and splash if anyone turns up while you're in the act.
 
Tbear said:
Personally I don't use chemicals but what is the harm in emptying into a public toilet when you do. No worse than putting bleach down it.

Richard
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Exactly,I often empty our cassette down a manhole in my garden when I return home, if I empty my cassette before I leave a venue we have stayed at sods law depicts that either me or my wife will use the toilet en route home especially when we stop for a cuppa and I will have to empty again at home anyway, I always use loo blue and have no worries about tipping it into the sewers.
 
Some Wilders I know always pee wild, and line the cassette bowl with a plastic bag which they poo in, double bagging this and disposing of it in dog poo bins, so the cassette never needs emptying as nothing goes in it, once one gets their head round this method it seems OK to me ??
 
When I toured Norway and Sweden it was common to see Earth toilets which allowed cassettes to be emptied into , they flushed too so all waste went into a huge hole in the ground somewhere and nature took care of it.
 
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