Please can you help, last year a friend of mine, ask me and my family (me, my husband and little boy age 3) to go camping but when i saw ther tent it put me off, it was a two man tent and really old,
A few weeks ago, we were out on a day trip when we past barretts of feckenham at measham, i fell in love with this tent (montpellier 9 made by royal)
The problem is we have been camping but it was many years ago with a group of friends and we did not take anything with us not even a knife and fork,which put me off,
Please can you gave us same advise on what we need to take with us from tents to knife and forks, this would be really helpful
beds : airbeds & pump,on special offer in tesco at the moment, or foam mats or camp beds.
Sleeping bags, pillows.
Cooker & gas, either a 2 ring burner and gas bottle or you can get a single burner suitcase type which takes disposable gas cannisters, On offer in woolworth for £15 . A table to put the cooker on, also £15 at woolies
Table & chairs - the folding table with chairs attached are around £20 most places
Plates, cups - plasic sets of 4 for 69p in tesco
Pots & pans, cutlery, take the ones from home or get the value range of nonstick ones from tesco or asda about £3 each.
A light, battery or gas lantern, unless you are going for en electric hookup lead.
Bucket with lid, saves going to the loo block in the middle of the night.
Thanks that really helpful, when we were at barrets of feckenham lookin at the tents, we asked the chaps there what we needed, and they tryed to sell us all the named appliances like royal, coleman and aztec, it is all a bit confusing, i have seen the air bed in morrisons £10.00 each do you think these are just as good, as he was telling me only by the best, not sure if he was on a commission.
Hi Claire, We mostly have the stuff designed for camping, our pans for example were quite expensive, as were our sleeping mats, but they are things that don't take up much space. We use poundstretcher cutlery (stored in a fabric roll designed for make up brushes!), plates and cups. Originally we had airbeds, but after we lost them (roofbox, M5, not a good day!) we bought thermarests, an investment but we knew what we wanted by then. This is our 4th year, and we have just gone electric. We started out with the bare minimum, then went for a weekend, then added to it. You don't need to spend a fortune to get started, but you will want to change things - its a bit of a hobby this camping lark!
you can get other equipment cheaper than the camping shops, lidls have some good deals on camping gear starting tomorrow, and the great thing about this site is that people will recommend whats cheap ,whats good ,and what's not. Check out the equipment forum and use the search for specific items.
Most people here recommend the coleman comfort dual chamber airbed as being the best, although i've only had the argos ones myself, with varying experiences, some go down in the night, others have lasted years..
Hi, my tip is Poundstrecher for tiny gas cooker- 9.99, hardly weighs a thing, and Argos for pretty much everything, and they deliver to your house. Warmest sleeping bags you can get, and a hot water bottle, and one of those kingsize furry blankets you can buy in markets with naff pictures on them, very warm and cosy. For the first time pick somewhere with good facilities and a town nearby so if you dont fancy cooking you dont have to, and dont spend a lot on brand names if you can help it. There are nice light kettles in Ikea, but just as cheap in camping shops, and best well used cheapie last year was one of those toaster things- metal circle with 4 wires- for 2.99- that fed a bunch of people last year breakfast for nothing as they brought their own bread and 5 kinds of jam.
Claire, for your first time buy a big torch for yourself and a cheap little one for your son to have in bed. Its great fun for them shining it under the covers. Plus you might have to reach for it in the night if you hear a noise- I sleep with the torch by my head just in case- We have a gas light but I am nervy in case it is knocked over and it hisses- I prefer the torch. We have electric but I dont like a lot of lights on in evening- it attracts the midges. A big citronella candle is good- half price in woolies- 2.99 at the moment.
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