The washroom

Modern tourers and bigger motorhomes come complete with a fully fitted bathroom, including shower, washbasin and toilet.

Inevitably this puts a lot of demand on the water supplies you have to transport from the park's water tap to your caravan.

Most caravan parks have toilet block facilities, with fee hot water, so it's your choice whether you prefer to shower in the privacy of your own caravan, having first to carry the clean water to your van and then the waste water away from it, plus the expense of heating it.

• Never travel with water in the caravan's toilet - apart from anything else, it adds to the weight
• Use a proprietory chemical toilet fluid to neutralise the waste
• Caravan parks with a toilet block will have specific places to empty your toilet's waste
• At the end of the season, wash out and disinfect your toilet and store it with valves and lid open