Peeing behind your tent

[camper1989 198]

I'm going to camp the next few weeks and I wonder what is the best way to pee outside as much as possible. While I'm not going to camp in the wild but on more civilised campsites I think just peeing in the bushes behind the tent will be frowned upon.

Any tips?

Or is a nature pee also commun on 'normal' campsites?

[dj8dei 14]

Guess mostly depends on if others close by or if it matters to you if your seen or not

[gldenwetgoose 21,487]

We don't know which country you're from @camper1989 so it's a little hard to give a proper answer.   I guess attitudes will vary across Europe, the Americas or beyond.

But what we're talking about is other people's reactions if they see you peeing outside.  When you talk about normal, civilised campsites - I guess they're the ones which attract other people paying a little bit more in camping fees to have the privilege of shower and toilet blocks nearby.

If it's a spread out site with woodland areas and you'll be peeing amongst trees then there's less chance of someone having an issue than if you are in a neatly trimmed open grass field filled with rows of tents and a toilet block a few metres away.

The UK caravan sites I use when we go for weekends away are full of busybodies looking for any opportunity to interfere (and those sites are full of caravans and campers with their own chemical toilets) so perhaps not too wise there.  But at other campsites like the motor-racing circuit this weekend, there's a lot more tent camping with fewer portaloos which are less appealing and a much further walk  so I'm sure it happens - although can't say I've seen it.

[Alfresco 11,629]

This is a topic close to my heart this week.   We are staying in a caravan on an organised campsite this week.   The site consists of a field of closely mown grass with an area of bushes around it on three sides.   The fourth side leads to a carpark and beyond that is a small cafe, then a play park, then the site building and the toilets and showers are at the far end of that building.   So, to walk to the toilet from the far side of the field is at least a bit of an effort and would probably be a 15 minute round trip just to pee.

There are about half and half between road vehicles (caravans/motorhomes) and tents.  It is probably a fair assumption that most of the caravans/motorhomes have their own toilet (mine does).     The tent just along from us has a toilet tent erected next to it.   However, there are plenty of other tents which do not have toilet tents and are probably too small to have their own facilities.  Also, where the tent involves one adult and some kids, if the kids go to bed, the adult can't really leave them to go to the toilets.

I have yet to spot anyone peeing in the bushes, but I'm guessing that not everyone makes the trek to the toilets every time they need to pee - especially at night.  I'm guessing that some might pee in bottles in their tents and empty them in the morning, but I'm betting they don't take their bottle to the toilets/elsan disposal point.  

We also have a youngster who is not our offspring staying with us, which means we can't be too obvious about anything.  So, we are using the toilet in the caravan generally if the need arises.   However, I have peed in the bushes three times so far - twice just by the caravan and once when I went for a walk.  My theory is that the more we use the toilet, the more frequently we will have to take the walk of shame of taking the toilet cassette (waste tank) across the field and down to the disposal point.  So, if I can pee outside when the youngster is not observing and asking the question "Why are you going into the bushes?" then I will.   If it were our own child then I'd not worry about it and encourage them to do the same.

I'd love to catch one of the lady campers disappearing into the bushes, but I guess it is unlikely unless I am lucky with the timing.  On that same grounds, I consider that it is fairly safe for me to nip in the bushes without recourse.

 

[gldenwetgoose 21,487]

Adding to what @Alfresco has said, we've tried to use our caravan more this year (last year it didn't get any use for the second half of the year).

At the end of this coming weekend we'll have had four weekends on organised sites, I've had a weekend and then a week literally in a field supporting an event we've involved with and I've also had three long weekends at motorsport events.

For the organised sites it's always my wife and I and the sites are pretty straight-laced - so it's been strictly caravan toilet peeing and then usually using the site toilet block for anything more.  The pitches are usually on a square of gravel with grass between and behind them and usually a row of bushes behind that.  But sound carries pretty well at night, so any splattering against grass or leaves would probably attract attention.

For the working stays in the field for the event though has mostly been me in the caravan on my own and I've probably posted about my exploits there - naked peeing outside in the dark at night and very rarely using the caravan's chemical toilet.  And for the motorsport stays again not something which interests my wife, generally those have been on a crowded field with a mix of tents, campervans and caravans where the majority - the tents and the smaller VW style campers won't have toilets.  There are toilet blocks, or at least rows of unappealing plastic portaloos which during the day were in use.  At night I suspect more as Alfresco has suggested.  One of those trips my caravan along with drinking buddies were all lined up along a hedge line which served well during the evening's socialising.

[Alfresco 11,629]

So, update from my previous post from last week.  Several times over the week and at least once or twice a day, I walked behind the caravan and into the bushes to pee.   The bushes were fairly sparse and only went back about 5 metres up to a chain-link fence.  Beyond the fence was open woodland and immediately the other side of the fence was a track along which people frequently walked their dogs.   By walking right back to the fence line, it meant that I was less likely to be seen from the campsite, but of course, if anyone approached on the path, they would have a full on view.   Mostly it was fine because people walked together and I could hear them approaching and make sure I was done before they got there.  One time I had to delay peeing because as soon as I reached the fence, I could see two ladies approaching.  I waited until they passed (they probably thought it was odd that I was in the bushes) and then I peed through the fence whilst they were walking away, but had they turned around, they would undoubtedly have seen what I was doing.

Several times I just went into the bushes and peed without saying anything to my wife, but a few times, I said to her that I was going in the bushes to save capacity in the toilet and reduce the amount we had to trail the toilet tank to the disposal point at the other end of the site.  She wasn't bothered about me doing so but when I went in daylight she did tell me to be careful I wasn't spotted.

When we first pitched up I put the chemical treatment in the tank as we didn't know whether we would need to use the toilet for more than peeing - so when we took it down to empty mid week, it was very blue when emptying into the disposal point.   However, as we had only filled it with wee, I rinsed it out and didn't bother with the chemical for the second part of the week.   When it came to leaving the site at the end of the week, the toilet was getting very full by the night before, so I used the woods in the evening and the morning.   Unfortunately my wife continued to use the toilet, but there you go.

On the last morning when we were packing up, I said to my wife that we could either drag the toilet tank all the way to the disposal, or we could stop there with the caravan on the way out but that might be risky in case it splashed on the way.   I asked whether she thought we'd get away with just emptying it in the bushes as it was just pee and she said it would be fine as long as nobody saw.   So, I took out the very full tank and quickly headed into the bushes.   I was mid processes of emptying it near the fence line when a lady with dog walked past.  She couldn't possibly have missed what I was doing, but she never said anything.   Anyway, those trees got a good supply of water and nutrients!

I also said that I'd like to see her improvising and either rolling the carpet back in the awning to pee on the grass or peeing in the bushes and her response was that we would have to come again another time with no kids to impede us.

I never caught anyone else peeing in the bushes, but I did note that pretty well all the tents were pitched against the side of the field and I definitely saw people heading into the bushes.   I also noted that there were little pathways into the bushes at regular intervals along the edge of the field and as they didn't go anywhere, I assume they have been formed by people either emptying washing water or going there to pee.

I'm sure that people were not walking all the way to the toilet - especially overnight.   

I only really got to any chance to observe the tent nearest to us.   In the early part of the week I witnessed the mum walking to and from the toilets in her PJs at about 7am.   However, mid week they left the site and another family arrived.   I saw all members of that family heading into the bushes from time to time.

[Wolfpee 329]

Like above said. It pends on what campsite ur on. I went to a campsite where it was busy and a lot of family’s there they had a toilet but I didn’t want to walk there or use it. This was the time when lockdown was lifted. So I had to pee between my car and tent being careful not to expose my self I wore shorts and I kneel down and let my guy peek out at the side a little and let go. If there’s a lot of people walking pass I just pee in the bottle in my tent. Or I lay down on a grass slightly rise your hip like if ur doing a plank and pee. There is loads of ways. Or sit cross leg have a hoody or something coving your legs and pee. 
 

[Aristona 127]

What was also written above, it depends a bit on the type of campsite. In the Netherlands we were always on a neat campsite, but at night we always peed outside.
In France the atmosphere was a bit more relaxed I think and we peed everywhere. As teenagers we would go out for drinks with a large group of youngsters at the entrance of the campsite and then the boys and girls would pee everywhere.

My girlfriend's parents used to sleep in the caravan and we slept in a tent just next to it. My ex-girlfriend peed next to the tent every night between the car and the tent. During the day it was 40 degrees celcius but it never smelled.

At the campsite with the car club in England, the atmosphere was even more relaxed and we were peeing behind our tents with a few people. There was, of course, a lot of booze.

So just peeing behind your tent at night never seems like a problem in my opinion.

[Kirby23 954]

My family (wife + kids) and I go camping an average of 1-2 times each summer. We have a medium-sized tent, and usually camp with extended family at a local state park. 

Our site locations vary, but the bathroom facility might be, say 100-300 yards from our campsite. The campsites are wooded, but we're definitely not peeing outside during daylight hours - not private enough. So during the day we just walk to the restroom.

During the nighttime, my wife and I usually pee on average, once per night. We have to be quiet/careful so as not to wake the kids. We exit the tent together, and go a few yards from the tent. She'll squat, and I'll stand. I can definitely hear her pee, but it's too dark to see anything. 

In the last few years, I've made an innovation. I now attach a big tarp to the outside/front of the tent. It's attached to the front peak of the tent, and staked to the ground. So it's completely clised to the outside.

Ostensibly, it's to provide a dry area so we can take off our shoes/boots outside. But in reality, it's our bathroom. It's just tall enough for me to kneel and pee, or for her to squat. Now if we have to pee in the night (or before bed, or in the morning), we just pee in the tarped-off area in front of the tent. 

It's definitely more convenient than walking to the bathroom, or risking being seen outdoors. And the best part is that it's much easier for me to see her pee because she's only a few feet from me and can't really hide ;)

[DoctorDoctor 1,391]

Several years ago, I was attending an outdoor event that had a tent camping area for the attendees.  The area was nothing more a big open field and the rows of tents were instructed to be set up back-to-back with only about 1.5 meters between the backs of the tents.  It was so close that the rain fly stake lines actually crossed.

In the middle of the night, both my GF I were awoken by the the sound of as strong female pee stream splattering uncomfortably close to our heads.  One of the drunken women from a nearby tent was peeing in between the tents.  My GF was quietly kicking me and we were both snickering as this woman peeing an incredible amount.  I was hoping that it wasn't getting on or under our tent.

Edited August 10, 2022 by DoctorDoctor
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[Naughts 325]

The tent I have has a little area in the front where there is no ground cover and is not enclosed by the inner tent.
It is meant to leave your shoes and equipment there, but I have often used it to pee into the grass at night and in the morning after waking up.

During the day I will use the campground´s toilets, because I don´t want to get in trouble.

[Alfresco 11,629]

22 hours ago, Naughts said:

The tent I have has a little area in the front where there is no ground cover and is not enclosed by the inner tent.
It is meant to leave your shoes and equipment there, but I have often used it to pee into the grass at night and in the morning after waking up.

During the day I will use the campground´s toilets, because I don´t want to get in trouble.

I have a tent like this.  I haven't used it in a while, but in the past I have used it when going on trips with a kayaking club.   Usually I am on my own in the tent and I always use the front area to pee at night.   It soaks into the grass and it is private, so is great.   One trip, I took another guy with me and in the morning when I woke up I moved into the front part of the tent and peed on the grass as usual.  The other guy saw what I was doing and said it was disgusting, but I told him it was fine, just soaked into the grass and better than exposing myself and definitely better than walking across the field to the portaloos.   He wasn't convinced and he got dressed and walked over to the portaloos.  His loss!

Another tent that I have is a single person tent with the door along the side, so when laying down, I can open the zip along the bottom of the door, stick my dick out of the opening and just pee out onto the grass.  That is quite handy for not having to get out of bed.