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OK this might be a weird question but I am going to ask anyway

For those of you who don't have toilets on your allotments, how/where do you wee? I'm esp looking at the ladies here!

I have a chance of a lotty but there are no facilities there I'm on a waiting list for some other allotments that have a nicer community feel (though I may be selling the site I've got space on short here) but this one came up first

so any advice gratefully received

Are you allowed a shed? If so I would go for a bucket!

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my lottie hasn't got toilet facilities but there is a garage and Macedee just round the corner.

As Fi says, shed and bucket would be my choice if I didn't have another option

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We don't have facilities either marmalade, and we're not allowed sheds. Thankfully our lottie is only a 3 or 4 minute walk from our house, otherwise it could prove tricky. Sorry, that's not really any help is it

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I have a bucket for that very purpose in the shed. Simply wee in the bucket and swill it out on the compost heap with a bit of water butt water. Simples.

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Didn't know the picture would come out quite that large!

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It's ok, when I first saw it I thought it said Shewee as in Shewee McPhee.......

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was it a lady that designed that!!!!!!

Never heard of Shewee McPhee but have used a Shepee at Glastonbury. They worked OK but I'll stick to my lottie bucket (cheaper to buy as well...............)

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Everyone has to wee and so you don't show your bum all you need is something to hide behind. We use a toilet tent when camping and all the site knows why you've gone inside, all you want is a bit of a screen/windbreak made of wattle or something then use your bucket inside that.

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I have no loo at my plot either... s'ok for my ds's as they can nip behind the wall and are out of sight but I tend to time my visits with nipping to the loo before I go and then hang on till I have finished what I need to do...

shewee sound ok in theory... but I always wear trousers and I can't get my head around it all... perhaps it is time to swop to skirts?!

Wear a long skirt and squat, whilst pretending to do some weeding

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If you're overlooked by the railway line at your plot, make sure you're not overlooked by the communters when you widdle! I thought all the B'ham plots had loos on site? Maybe that's just the council ones.

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And that ain't no lady holding the plastic contraption Ollie!

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mine is a council one

I work for a Continence Service- that is we look after people with bladder and bowel probs and I see Ollie's got there before me with the Shewee suggestion but there are other appliances that are just as useful and some that have a lid for easy disposal or tipping on to the compost .No-one would know! PM me anyone and I will post on info.

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Just thought, I wasn't suggesting you have a bladder problem,Marmalade!!!

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We have the luxury of flushing loos on our site but it's a bit of a trek. Otherwise it's as Alison said. But I have to make sure shed door stays shut else people going past down the road can see especially while there's no leaves on the hedge. Some people have got porta-potties in their sheds .

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ha ha ha at Ollies post!!.

you've made me realise i need to consider the toilet when i find my new flat. i was 5 mins drive from my old flat and would get organised to head to the lottie, then as soon as i'd been to the loo, i'd head off and usually had about 2-3hrs before i needed to head home again. that 2-3hrs was usually enough for me in one session anyway, so i'd head home, loo, lunch, rest and decide if i wanted to return!.
am to shy to try the bucket in the shed.....i'd need mirrors pointing in all directions to make sure noone was coming before i could relax enough to go!!!.

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you could always put a lock ont he door..

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My shed has a net curtain tacked over the window (good for hiding the view of tools and stovc etc as well) and a mini bathroom bolt on the inside of the door. I have a lovely orange bucket, and, for when my daughter needs to go, the little seat that we used to put on the loo when the kids were little. It gets tipped on the compost heap, very useful and then swilled out with waterbutt water. I bleach it all periodically too, and tip that water on the weeds growing up from under the shed

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My site has a bucket in one of the communal sheds that we all keep our tools and bits and bobs in.
I haven't used it though, as I live just round the corner, so I would rather pop home and then go back afterwards.

bucket in the shed for me too...although we are hoping to build a composting loo on site as there are a lot of families on site now

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I too have a lock on the inside of the shed door for this very purpose! Handy when you're having your lunch in there on a windy day too.

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Exactly what I do

I tend to stand between the two compost daleks and pee in a watering can which then goes on the compost or is topped up with water and goes on the veg,no help for no 2's though but hopefully the compost toilet will arrive soon.

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I can't imagine gardening in a long skirt!! Totally impractical unless you've just popped to the lottie for a quick harvest. I couldn't dig in a skirt.

bucket in the shed for me too just not trust the kids to hold the door for you though!!