Good
Choosing which tent I want use
where and when I want to go
the individuality and diverse choices other people make whilst camping (people and tent watching)
quality time for friends the OH and my dogs
Bad
Selfish inconsiderate and ignorant people.
------------- July 1-9 Nantcol Waterfalls meet Sept naturist week Sept SVR w/e Oct Secret meet Nov hopleys meet
The anticipation building up around March, new places to visit, meeting new people, doing what I want for a few days, no TV/Radio/Newspapers, the mini adventure of it all. The scenery and the great outdoors, Oh and of course being on here!
Bad Bits:
Inconsiderate morons and their offspring at 4pm or 4am, bird pooh on my tent, pigeons coo bloody cooing at 5:30am, lazy camp site owners who post rules but fail to enforce them. Condensation in the Gelert!
Choosing the tent
Choosing the location and campsite
Choosing the company! :)
Bacon butties
Green everthing
hot showers
putting the tent up in good conditions when everything just goes right
family time
being away on the cheap
listening to the rain patter on the tent when you're all snuggled up inside
quiet
reading
being able to go away multiple times in a year not just saving up all year for one abroad holiday
the spontaneity (?) of just being able to go
getting up in the middle of the night for a wee when the weather is clear and calm and starry
the fact that my little boy loves being away in the tent
the quality time with my hubby
Bad things:
mud
persistent rain
crap showers etc
tv noise and other excessive noise from neighbours
sloping pitches
being hemmed in
getting up in the middle of the night for a wee when the weather is nasty
but the thing I hate most is very windy conditions.
Good things ... Getting out and about.. Sausages ...meeting lovely people ....looking at stars ... Being all snug in sleeping bag listening to rain ....not being tied by time or money or lack of both lol
Bad things .... Inconciderate pratts who are totally unaware of others ... people washing pottys and other weird things in a sink I want to wash my face in... People who throw bread out for birds away from there tent ... Parents who have no idea where there kids are and think I'm a suitable babysitter once they do know where the kids are... Bloody boom boom boom music no wonder they are so noisy at nite they all have hearing probs because of it lol oh and what me dad would call lager louts
Seeing the children enjoy being outside and just playing, rather than constantly pestering me to go on the pc or their ds, they just play *proper* games like what I did as a child - shooting each other and all that sort of stuff. Great big huge adventures as far as they're concerned. In the daytime, of course!!
The smell when you wake up in a tent.
Sitting down to cook.
The satisfaction you get living simply.
Bad things
Wind.
Too much rain (don't mind a bit).
Huge queues for showers/dishwashing/loos.
Packing up
------------- Single mum of 4 crazy children!!
2011 So far...
April - 2 nights in Easter Hols in Haven, Burnham (down the road).
Taking my sister and family for a trial camp locally 20th May
GLASTONBURY!! And *no* kids this year!! (Working: secure camping too!)
Chy Carne July/Aug 2011...
Good: The first coffee in the morning, and the first cold wine in the evening, drunk outside in the fresh air.
My girls having fun playing without anything electrical. And meeting new friends.
No TV (I could happily live without it permanently).
Bad: People with no respect for other site users, being noisy very late at night. Luckily this only happened the first time we went, our 3 recent stays were fab.
Packing up to go home!!
The last trip of the season, next spring seems so far away.
Good : deciding when & where to go, getting the car packed and everything in "just so" so that it all fits perfectly, pitching and turning the tent into "home" for a few days, sitting outside at night with a beer, and a campfire if the site allows, snuggling up in the sleeping pod all warm and cosy when it is chilly outside, and most of all the fresh air!
Bad: Trying to pitch in the rain, without everything getting soaked. People who think it is acceptable to let their kids run around screaming at 7am "because they're camping and it's not like being at home", the awful sensation of waking in the middle of the night and needing the loo, when it's been raining and everything feels damp.....
------------- If you go camping to "get away from it all" - why take it all with you?
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.
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