it is time for my annual camping trip and as i am busy trying to cram my tent into the tardis of a bag it came in to i am reminded of how much i hate fecking camping!!!
any top tips (apart from booking a hotel room  ) |
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"it is time for my annual camping trip and as i am busy trying to cram my tent into the tardis of a bag it came in to i am reminded of how much i hate fecking camping!!!
any top tips (apart from booking a hotel room )"
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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago
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Love camping.
Biggest tip is don't forget a torch and to have enough light, you can't have too much light. Oh, and sufficient gas if you're using it. Can be a bloody bummer if you run out (no pun intended)
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"it is time for my annual camping trip and as i am busy trying to cram my tent into the tardis of a bag it came in to i am reminded of how much i hate fecking camping!!!
any top tips (apart from booking a hotel room )"
Pitch your tent in the nearest pubs garden |
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i have been going for years but i am always so woefully prepared!! determined not to be so this year particularly for night time. i am taking
matts
bed
blanket
feather duvet
another blanket
pj's
2 hot water bottles
torch
kindle
cider, ouzo, beer, wine, cointreau |
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I remember many moons ago when going away with the family to devon camping back in the 70,s we were alongside a wood and apparently a family of badgers came out to Investigate us thou I was fast a sleep at the time, I wonder how much the location has changed since then we did have nice weather or at least dry weather, I did,nt know about all the creepy crawlies that could bite in them days good job too.. safer behind bricks and concrete. |
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"Once I'm set up I'm fine. It's the packing, setting up & re-packing that I hate
JG x
Agree. Once I've got my bed sorted and my beer out I'm fine. "
We had a rule in my VW days - 1st to arrive cracked open the beer
JG x |
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"i have been going for years but i am always so woefully prepared!! determined not to be so this year particularly for night time. i am taking
matts
bed
blanket
feather duvet
another blanket
pj's
2 hot water bottles
torch
kindle
cider, ouzo, beer, wine, cointreau "
I've camped in March in -6 & never took a hot water bottle
JG x |
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"i have been going for years but i am always so woefully prepared!! determined not to be so this year particularly for night time. i am taking
matts
bed
blanket
feather duvet
another blanket
pj's
2 hot water bottles
torch
kindle
cider, ouzo, beer, wine, cointreau
I've camped in March in -6 & never took a hot water bottle
JG x"
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"I HATE camping, for years our family holiday was camping and my enduring memories are of being cold and wet, everything being damp. "
Electric hook ups are a god send these days!!! We took an electric heater with us
JG x |
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"I HATE camping, for years our family holiday was camping and my enduring memories are of being cold and wet, everything being damp. "
This!
I hate camping too!
It's like torture - it's either cold and wet or too hot in the tent - having to go to the loo somewhere disgusting no thanks! |
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"i have been going for years but i am always so woefully prepared!! determined not to be so this year particularly for night time. i am taking
matts
bed
blanket
feather duvet
another blanket
pj's
2 hot water bottles
torch
kindle
cider, ouzo, beer, wine, cointreau
I've camped in March in -6 & never took a hot water bottle
JG x
my nips hurt if i get too cold "
Do you need pj's at swingfields |
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over a year ago
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"I HATE camping, for years our family holiday was camping and my enduring memories are of being cold and wet, everything being damp.
This!
I hate camping too!
It's like torture - it's either cold and wet or too hot in the tent - having to go to the loo somewhere disgusting no thanks!"
Going to the loo at three in the morning, inebriated after wrangling for at least thirty minutes whether to go or not, getting half dressed whilst sleepy, struggling to find the torch then trouncing around a wet campsite isn't the best tbh
Him |
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As i live in a tent the majority of the summer at festivals i have to pack light but take essentials..swlf inflating mat, blow up pillow, really lightweight mummy bag ultra light cooker....the following is however handy :
Solar lights for outside tent - 2 for a £1 in poundland
All in one coffee satchets...no need for milk and some even come with chocolate sprinkles!
Dried fruit..easy to pack and doesnt go off in heat
Cable ties...useful for tying around push buttons in some showers to keep them on
Always have tablet with kindle app...can find a power socket easily enough to charge evrything
Most important of all....Moist toilet wipes |
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"I HATE camping, for years our family holiday was camping and my enduring memories are of being cold and wet, everything being damp.
This!
I hate camping too!
It's like torture - it's either cold and wet or too hot in the tent - having to go to the loo somewhere disgusting no thanks!
Going to the loo at three in the morning, inebriated after wrangling for at least thirty minutes whether to go or not, getting half dressed whilst sleepy, struggling to find the torch then trouncing around a wet campsite isn't the best tbh
Him"
Oh god yes! And that's a holiday?! I also remember getting ill every year. Maybe at a festival I might just consider it, maybe |
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"I HATE camping, for years our family holiday was camping and my enduring memories are of being cold and wet, everything being damp.
This!
I hate camping too!
It's like torture - it's either cold and wet or too hot in the tent - having to go to the loo somewhere disgusting no thanks!
Going to the loo at three in the morning, inebriated after wrangling for at least thirty minutes whether to go or not, getting half dressed whilst sleepy, struggling to find the torch then trouncing around a wet campsite isn't the best tbh
Him
Oh god yes! And that's a holiday?! I also remember getting ill every year. Maybe at a festival I might just consider it, maybe"
I don't rough camp - we have our favourite site in Dawlish that has immaculate facilities & plenty of them. I've never needed loo in middle of night though.
Always take solar lights for round the tent ropes
JG x |
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