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The Daily Mail are never happy unless they're spreading panic...this time it's amongst us!

The thought of packed campsites full of people who have no consideration makes me shudder!

Mission accomplished it seems!

Quote: Originally posted by Margo + Jerry on 13/4/2011

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 I really want to go next weekend but I know it's going to be too packed and I hate packed sites. Having a nightmare trying to find somewhere for our first camp of the year.

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Working in conjuction with a travel retailer - they have said that passenger numbers are down to last year - but are these people all really going camping ?  I think not.  Some people would never in a million years go camping (I know such a person) and if they haven't got £2000 to go abroad then its will be more than that to buy all the equipment and still have money left to book a site and to 'live' on.   Do the sums - family of 4 needs 6-8 birth tent that can be anything upto and over £800, then £200 for cooker/sleeping bags/chairs etc, its costing me £500 for 2 weeks in Devon for 4 people this year - that only leaves £500 for food and entertainment (£36 per day for a family of 4 is not enough) !!!

Quote: Originally posted by jdlovescamping on 13/4/2011

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Halfords has a camping expert?

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Quote: Originally posted by mel.bee on 14/4/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by jdlovescamping on 13/4/2011

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Halfords has a camping expert?

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Probably a 19 year old who went to Glastonbury last year

Be the same as the experts in B&Q....rubbish

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Quote: Originally posted by Tentz on 14/4/2011

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All the article does is to quote various dubious statistics & make those statistics into a load of old cobblers.

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