01/07/2022
As per last year, we at Padraics Place STILL have a water tap for your enjoyment, AND a grey waste grate AND a black waste point. This year we even have a shower! But for the all important fourth kind of water... you'll still have to fetch it for yourself
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Frequently asked questions #5: Do you have water? 🤔💭💧
Lots of action in the inbox this week from potential customers asking questions like who, what, where, when and most especially why. Campervanning is quite straightforward once you get the hang of it, and there is little to concern a campervanner once they are parked up, pitched up and settled down except where to pick up water and leave their excrement. With this in mind, our topic today is water. Do we have water? What is water, where does it come from and where exactly does it go when it drains away and seems to just disappear? 🤔💭💧
There are four main types of water a campervanner should be aware of. Five if you count rain, but thats another post entirely 😆💭☔
1. First up, fresh water. Also known as tap water, water water or abbreviated simply and stoically to 'water', humans require this clear liquid to drink, wash dishes and to cleanse with. You might be familiar with fresh water from such occasions as washing your teeth twice daily your entire life so far, imbibing around 2 litres a day to keep hydrated and to help you stay alive, washing and cooking food and purifying your mortal body at the end of a long, hard day of campering. If you are Irish you will understand that water is the main ingredient of tea, our national drink, and it remains mandatory to this day to consume a cup of tea for each hour in the day. Fresh water, or H2O to all you science buffs, is therefore pretty important, a vital aspect of life and a facility that motorhomers need and house dwellers often take for granted.
We have a fresh water tap for your usage in the field and hope you practice excellent comportment in terms of reducing your water usage and conserving this precious resource during your stay 😉💭⛾🌏♻️
2. The second kind of water campervanners should care about is grey water. Grey water refers to the remnants of the washing up bowl, the shower waste or any water which has already been used once. We can’t have vans draining this waste wherever they wish or it might pollute streams and rivers, as well as adding dangerous, slipppy slick puddles to our roads and car parks.
Dependable vanners know to dispose of this waste responsibly. We have installed a purpose-built drive over grate to take care of your grey water needs. Drive, drain and depart. Couldn’t be simpler 😉💭🚐🚿
3. The third kind of water to be conscious of, black water, aka sewage, is the worst smelling water of all time. It comes from inside of us, approximately once a day, and is made of fibre, bile and bacteria. Gross. Gather yours discreetly in a portapotty cassette over the course of a few days and then persuade (or pay) someone else to empty it carefully into our designated Elsan point. Emptying the cassette is a s**t job but someone has to do it. Its worth noting that if your faeces does in fact resemble black water you should take yourself to a doctor post haste, or at least eat some All-Bran. 😐💭🚐🚽💩
4. The fourth kind of water that should concern a vanner holidaying here in rural Ireland is Holy Water. This will come in handy for the benedictions, invocations and orisons required to survive a week in a tent with your family in the probable torrential rain. It is advised to carry a bottle with you at all times in case of an impromptu roadside exorcism. Holy water, also known as haunted water, faith fluid or H2OMG, is available for free from St Brigid’s well, pictured below, located in nearby Ballyduane. Be sure to bring along a pre-blessed and sanctified Pope-approved vessel. Top tip: to make your own holy water, simply take a large pot of fresh water and boil the hell out of it 😆💭🔥🏺📿💒
Water is just one in a long list of required facilities we offer to make your trip to lovely Ballycastle, County Mayo a relaxed, fun and care free one. It’s another tick off your list of things you don’t need to worry about once you arrive 🔮📋✔
Padraic’s Place. Come for the facilities, stay for the facilities 😆💭💧🚐🔜
