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I camped with my family from a very young age and loved it,often going back to the same site every year. We all used to go ,grandparents in a camperva, aunts,uncles and cousins in tents.Most summer holidays we stayed for almost the six weeks,dad return for work during the week,leaving us there with mum,brother ,nan and grandad (they had a campervan) so we still had transport...we loved it, many an afternoon playing rounders or rolling down the hill in a big black inflatable tube,catching eels or just on the beach...happy days! Infact it was the first site i took oh and son to for our first camping trip and nothing much has changed....the site is in Barmouth north wales.

I started camping with my mum dad and brother when I was 3 until about 8 and then they went to the otherside and bought a caravan which I went in with them until I was about 17. I have great memories of going away with all my cousins pretending we were the famous 5 or such like.

One of the earliest memories I have was from the 1st time we camped when we woke up and the tent had leaked and our airbeds were floating in a couple of inches of water.  

Didn't put me off though - still love camping

I never camped as a child, in fact I was over 40 before I ever slept in a tent. My sisters had been avid campers for years and I always insisted that I would hate it. I was finally persuaded by my children that we should give it a try. We borrowed every last piece of equipment, including 2 small tents. and Guess What - I loved it!

We now have 3 of our own tents and camp as often as we can each summer. It is a shame I did not give it a go years ago.