Friday, 15 March 2013

The Girly Girl's Guide to Camping: Showers


Showers
The Shower block is a fearful place if you’re not used to it. At most festivals, the showers are communal in the real sense of the word- i.e. you want to wear a swimming cozzie/bikini. In campsite, they have cubicles! In france, they’re called sanitaires, and as I was raised on french camping, I always refer to communal showers as such, sorry. Your basic sanitaire will have 2 halves, a toilet and sink area, just like any public toilet, and then the shower half. Each shower cubicle will probably look like this:
As you can see, there is a little shelf, slightly sheltered from the water- don’t trust it, it’ll get spray. Try your best to hang your clothes and towel up, on a hook, or over the door. Your stuff won’t get stolen, in europe atleast, campers are a special breed, and we respect each other! The only other thing worth mentioning about sanitaires is cold water…your shower may be cold. Deal with it.
When it comes to toilets, luckily no campsite has squatjobs anymore really, but if you’re just driving around and stopping at whatever campsite you find, it’s worth looking at the toilets before you put down your tent. Some municiple campsite toilets are just too spartan to bear, even for a seasoned camper like myself.

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