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26/2/2017 at 10:16am
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Presuming you are arriving in a nice big car, all or any of the following will help...
Priority has to be a good nights sleep. If you are too cold/damp, it WILL spoil the trip.
A good sleeping bag. Some prefer mummy type, some insist on the wider rectangular shaped. We have fleece lined, waterproof outer. Made specifically for anglers sleeping out in a bivvy or under a tarp. Highly recommended. (Some say duvet, but I can't comment, as never used one in a tent).
If you're on the floor, lots of insulation, both below and above any airbed type set up. Think picnic blankets, horse blankets, silver foil survival` blankets, opened out cardboard etc.
Better still (imo), get campbeds and SIMs (Self inflating mats). You're then off the cold floor, and arguably more comfortable (and have storage space under the bed.)
Don't be ashamed to wear layers in bed, and that can even include socks, gloves and even a hat.
Don't bury your head in the sleeping bag. Your moist breath will drip back onto you an hour later!
On the subject of moist breath, you'll be amazed just how much condensation that produces overnight. Keep the tent well vented. A cold but dry draught is preferable to damp air and dripping tent walls!
Shower early (after tea), put your PJ's on, (seeing as you are now nice and warm!) then layer up over the top for the evening. At bed time, strip down to the required PJ's, which by now are body temp. Don't strip naked then put cold PJ's on to your cold body at bedtime... you'll never warm up.
If you go with EHU (Electric Hook Up) a small electric fan heater does more good than harm (though don't expect it to replicate your central heating at home. You are surrounded by flimsy material, not solid brick!) Find one with a thermostat and a tip-over safety switch.
Hot drinks of course, and for some, a hot water bottle... and not just in bed either.
Even if you have a loo bucket or similar in the tent, whilst still up and dressed, walk (or jog) to the loo block... the exercise will warm you up (take a brolly if need be).
Some site's have heated toilet/shower blocks.
Google "Heat Holders".
Smiling is more of a workout than shivering.
Twerking is even better (but keep the bloody music down, or better still, use headphones!
Apparently, there are more tips in this thread, though I've not read it myself... not my sort of thing...
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