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Have just come back from my first short stay in my Mum's motor home and I've got a couple of questions I'm hoping someone can help me with.

We're off to France in 6 weeks time as OH is riding in a classic bike event. the problem we have is that once the MH is on site (by site I mean parked in a field with no hook up of CDP etc) I don't think we'll be able to move it around to get fresh water (we'll be there for 3 days) So, how do we top up? Can we get an external tank set up like I've seen on caravans? I don't know how the pump would work though. Or is it a case of a funnel and water carrier!!!??? In addition what about grey waste?

As for the toilet.......i'm just hoping it'll last the 3 days and we can find a place to empty it on the way home!!! Toilet stops will be rationed and no friends will be popping in to use it that's for sure!!!

Any other advice for an off grid stay would be appreciated

Thanks for those comments. I must admit I was wondering about the grey waste etiquette. Last week we stayed in a basic site and couldn't find anywhere to empty grey waste so we pulled into a layby and dumped it. Felt really guilty and didn't think it was very environmentally friendly. What are the other alternatives? There was a CPD but no open drains on the site to pull up to. I was looking at a water hog, are these any good or a waste of money and space?

Personly I  think purchasing a waterhog is a waste of money, tuggers buy them because they have no built in waste holding tanks like motorhomers. We use a 5gal waste water container stored under the van in its own purpose made cradle and use it to collect the waste from the main tank when we do not want to move the van, it is transported on the toilet trolly to a suitable dumping area ie ditch/hedge/tree if the site offers no drainage, which many dont.

I do not have any quarms of getting rid of waste water, which basicly is just soapy water with perhaps minute particules of food in it, but saying that it would not be sensible to dump it in full view of the public as they may well think it is from the toilet. I do not consider it right to let it drain slowly out on a camp pitch for someone else to perhaps pitch a tent on the sodden ground.

A popular trick with grey water  is to ( slowly ) discharge out from a just open dump tap when driving along, some may say that makes the road surface greasy and dangerous but I do not agree with that idea.