Campsite showers hints and tips

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Every summer we go to an event where they have those portacabin shower units. The ones that have separate cubicles with half shower/half changing area with no room to swing a cat and one measley hook on the door. Then after 2 people have used them everything is wet and flooded. I can't help thinking there must be a knack to showering in these without banging your head to reach for shampoo on the floor and keeping towel/clothes dry. Help!

Wear pj's to and from the shower and get dressed in the tent. .easier than struggling with underwear and clothes in the cubicle!!

Hang pjs/clothes inside plastic bag on hook, wear flip flops, don't bother cleaning children until you get home

I wear a short dress and nothing else to and from the shower. Only use a small towel too so it keeps out of the wet.

Yep, two plastic bags - clothes/pj's go in one while you're showering, put it on top of your towels if they won't fit in it. Shampoo etc. in the other and hang it up for easy reach. Flip flops on your feet to go there and back and try to stick to as few clothes as possible. If you use bar soap instead of shower gel, put the soap bar inside a cut down leg from a pair of tights to stop it falling to bits when wet, you can hang it up to dry after you shower.

Don't put your toiletries in the floor.

Other. Peoples'. Wee.

Fashion some kind of toiletry bad with a large enough hook to go over a door or shower head. Maybe one of those old fashioned string bags?

Wear crocs. Better than flip flops.

Clothes in bag - little dress that you can just pull on. Towel on top so you grab that before clothes.

I always wear shorts and flip flops to the shower, sun or rain. Then get changed in the tent. I carry everything in a backpack, it's easy to hang off the floor.

Thanks all - yep the shower floor being manky is also an issue. I already do flip flops and a plastic bag but everything just still seems to get wet. I'm intrigued by the soap in tights... if I can hook it round the shower head someway that might help.

Not sure if it's much help when you're already there but a handful of S hooks are amazingly useful when camping - you can turn all sorts of things (tent poles, wardrobe doors in caravans, shower heads) into storage!

Flip flops, pants and a short jersey dress that's easy to pull on and off - it can be horrible trying to step in and out of shorts/PJ bottoms on a wet floor. A large plastic bag to put everything in and hang on the hook.

A toilet bag like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reisenthel-XL-Toilet-Bag-Retro/dp/B014F22S44/ref=sr11_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499709951&sr=8-2&keywords=toilet%2Bbag&th=1 that can on on the door/hook with room for everything.

Despite needing a huge fluffy bath sheet at home I can manage a camping shower with a microfibres towel and take a microfibre turban thingy to stop my hair dripping on everything.

I always treat myself to 'naice' toiletries when camping!! Just to make me feel better!! Agree w getting dressed in Tent, much easier!

Supermarket plastic coated 'bag for life', it's big enough for clothes, towels etc. to be hung up and will protect contents from spray.
Cheap flip flops / mock crocs used for showering only, dry your feet when you are back in your tent/ or take a plastic bag or bin liner to use as a disposable bath mat to stand on.
'Cropped' tracky bottoms/pj's or shorts or short dress.
Extra plastic bag for toiletries.
Aldi do a very good 3 in 1 shower/shampoo/conditioner.
Shower cap essential if you don't want/need to wash your hair.
Microfibre towels are best for easier drying, I take two, one to wrap around body whilst drying arms/legs. Aldi also do those occasionally at a very reasonable price, bath size was £3.99 last time they had them on the isle of randomness.
I don't work for Aldi BTW, just happen to have one close by!
I also use talcum powder when camping as it helps with drying (and is brilliant on the beach to get sand off kids feet and legs when you are ready to go home).
Save proper dressing and deodorant/moisturiser etc until you are back in your tent if possible.

I've got an over-the-door hook in my washbag as it's amazing how many shower cubicles have only one hook or none at all. That way I know I will be able to keep everything off the ground. I also wear shorts instead of trousers so I can step into them without getting them wet. I put shampoo etc that I might need in the shower before switching it on so I don't have to grope about outside with water going over everything. Always check before you leave as it is surprisingly easy to leave something behind, bet we've all done it! Apart from that I don't have a problem, years of practice I suppose. Just thankful nowadays that I can go in on my own and not accompanied by small people.

Bucket.
Put clothes/pj's in it. It can then sit on the floor without the stuff inside getting wet from floodwater.

Ooh, a bucket. Genius.

Scrappy, if your event has a "day off" half way through the week , take the kids swimming. Shower them before swimming at the pool and again after. And then have a pub lunch to save on cooking.