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We are new to camping purchased an outwell nabraska xl put up today at home very impressed and surprised how warm tent was

also purchased a heater just incase a mummy sleeping bag for the 3 yr old i too hope its not too cold but im sure it will be fine

we are only going short distance this time to try tent out going to haye on wye in herefordshire

i think kids can keep themselves warm in daytime just needed more care at evening

Lindsay

Snap LOL we've already decided to give Easter a miss next yr, esp as our kids school holidays are two weeks later!!!! meaning we could only go for the actual weekend :(

I was also cold in night too, but it was mainly my feet, so i brought thermal socks which helped. all four kids were fine but they have decent bags, We don't cos we'd spent all our money on their bags. Also ahd no heater, and we was lucky during the day, was t shirt weather. Think that was also what made the nights seem colder.

I also agree bring on summer camping!!!!

The thing I noticed most on my Easter holiday trip here in the North of Scotland was the temperature dropped very low during the night after fantastic days! Hard frost on my tent most mornings!

Assuming you're not doing the EHU thingy and are travelling fairly lightweight sleeping bags need to be good quality.( Don't skimp on this item!)

Days weren't a problem. Fleeces were good!

Spent 2 nights camping this Easter and for the first time ever was FROZEN at night. My mistake was was not putting an extra layer under and over our air bed (Coleman!). I have a 4 season bag XL and the second night my it contained me, my 9 year old and his teddy! Very uncomfortable, My sister and her husband slept on an air bed with duvet under and over her and was like toast all night! I will definitely be taking our duvet next time. We had camp fires at night and did all the usual things such as PJ's under our clothes early on but it was a nightmare. I have arthritis and had a nasty flare up and had to leave one night earlier than planned. Still I'm looking forward to my next trip in early May! My sister's tent is smaller than me so I wondered if a larger sleeping compartment was why I was so cold. With camping I have learnt something on every trip. Best tip so far was freezing small bottles of water instead of ice packs.