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   Hi Scep....excellent thread..although we are not novice campers,we have been somewhat soft in the past,going places where we know we can get anything we need in case of a crisis(camping wise),but as we are starting to venture further away from the "all inclusive,near to facilities"sites this list is going to be invaluable....thank you so much for taking the time to think about and post it!

                                        Cate

Is there anything I should take for when the wife starts moaning?

Oh wait, that'll be the gaffer tape : )

Quote: Originally posted by Obzi on 05/3/2011

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Is there anything I should take for when the wife starts moaning?

Oh wait, that'll be the gaffer tape : )

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I always have a small pair of sharp scissors in the spares kit too. Also a nappy type safety pin is useful - used it last week when a bedroom pod hanger thingy came unstitched - made a quick temporary repair (and pleased to say I remembered to sew it when I got home!!)

And I have a spares kit for polyester tents and one for canvas - the canvas spares contains, as well as some of the above that Scep has listed -

spare springs for poles

butchers type hooks for hanging stuff on the poles

spare buttons for poles

pegging rubbers - various sizes

Scep

A good list and like other lists on here worth asking yourself as you read through it do I need that? And more importantly would I know what to do with it if I had it?

Personally, like others I am on the other side of the "preperation" spectrum and am not the type of person who does plans to detail we have our checklist of things to take but it doesnt cover all eventualites, just those that we feel are important.to us. Maybe partly because we wouldnt know what to do with a Pole threader if we did have one......but three rolls of gaffer tape, after 10 years of marriage I have plenty of uses for that....