Hi Well as sad as it may sound we are camping out tonight in my mums garden, just to practice putting new tent up etc, she is away and garden private so won't look like plonkers!? Can't wait actually, first time under canvas since I was 15! Yer i think it will be chilly, but hey, we have fleeces!
------------- York Touring park Feb 2011
River Breamish April 2011
ChyCarne July 2011
We went camping this weekend spent friday night under canvas. Think the survival blankets under our sleeping kit were the saving grace. The water in our water bottle was frozen on sat morning
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------------- The meaning of life the universe and everything = 42 or camping?
Fri night was far colder than last night freezing I recon! How brave you are! We were ok actually! Sleeping bag was great, so cosy! Got invaded by lots of nature though, toads, pheasants. Enjoyed our first experience, and haver booked for easter weekend, yeah, only we need an hour or 3 to put the tent up!
------------- York Touring park Feb 2011
River Breamish April 2011
ChyCarne July 2011
was going to go weekend just gone, but decided was still too cold at night at the minute. I am a wuss so will wait till heats up a bit. Sis went in her caravan and froze so i think my decision was right!
We had a great time at sherwood forest, it was a beautiful weekend and the ehu certainly put a new dimension on using a tent. Using a fan heater made it so much more comfortable that I feel we could camp in all but the most extreme weather conditions. I was pleasantly surprised to see the site busy, I had expectations of the place being deserted. Cant wait to get to ST Tinneys in N Cornwall the week leading into Easter.
Just back from my sat / sun camping trip minus one frame tent. There was no mention of near gale force winds on my local forecast. Sat night was a lot colder than Sunday, even with the very strong winds. The tent actually collapsed just as I was about to take it down, one really strong gust. I had already cleared all the contents into my car, so I nearly got away with it. I noticed it was a bit lop sided before it went, so the damage may already have been done. I did have the door open and I think the wind got inside even though the door was on the lee side. It was very quick, but I think I saw that leg lift just before the other end went. This takes me back to a previous thread about this tent only having four legs. No middle legs. I did make a set of middle legs but forgot they were not in the pole bag. First trip and all that. I think with middle legs it would have stayed up. Oh well. Every cloud has a silver lining they say. I was looking for some clear plastic sheeting to make a sail for my kayak, I'm sure the end window will do perfectly.
------------- Canvas tent, paraffin light, petrol stove. Heaven
I'd rather be kayaking.
Spent up, not pent up, just had my new tent up.
We spent Wednesday 19th to Mothering Sunday at Blue Hills Camping Site - Cornwall. We had lovely weather during the daytime, a bit breezey down n the beach, but absolutely brill. And I tried out the "kitchen" we had asked questions on and it worked a treat. Will post picccies later. It even stood upto the winds one evening that treatened our wind break, actually breaking one pole.!!!
Evenings a bit chilly and would have been far worse without the heater. But beautiful site and hot water in abundance for showers and pot washing. Great views. Sea fog made us jump tho. we had just had tea and were discussing a last walk down to the beach with the dogs, when we looked up this very eeerie sight greeted us of fog wandering all over the place and as dense as pea soup.
We got back yesterday the forecast didn't quite live up to expectations. Arrived just as the sun went down. First time puting up the tent in the dark, the temp dipped sharply too. Friday night was absoloutly freeeezing. The EHU was only 10amp so had to peg the fan heater back a little to stop the EHU tripping. The heater did the job but only just. Coldest night camping I have had in years. The sun took a while to burn of the cloud on Saturday too. Had a fire on the Saturday night to keep the chills off and the kids loved the weekend. Packed up okay on the sunday and a good weekend was had. we all went ot bed a 7pm last night and slept for 12 hours LOL!
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: Who is camping this weekend?
