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19/4/2007 at 6:57pm
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I mostly don't even lock my bike on site. I always have my handbag/barbag close and if I have my laptop, I ask someone I know to lock it in their car - more because of damp than security. I've never had anything stolen.

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20/4/2007 at 9:45am
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Thanks for the replies.  I wasn't so much worried about theft as my young daughter (who's 3years) wandering off! She had a tendency when she was younger to sleep walk!  Thanks for the post aobut moving the zips to the top that a great idea! 

So glad I posted, sorry if I was being a bit stupid!

Thanks again.


Kelly



20/4/2007 at 10:40am
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Quote: Originally posted by KellyJayne1981 on 20/4/2007

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't so much worried about theft as my young daughter (who's 3years) wandering off! She had a tendency when she was younger to sleep walk! Thanks for the post aobut moving the zips to the top that a great idea!

So glad I posted, sorry if I was being a bit stupid!

Thanks again.


Kelly




    It's not a stupid question at all, if you don't know something it's always best to ask... If you have anymore questions or problems, as you've seen there's lots of us ready to answer or help...


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20/4/2007 at 11:12am
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Quote: Originally posted by KellyJayne1981 on 20/4/2007

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't so much worried about theft as my young daughter (who's 3years) wandering off! She had a tendency when she was younger to sleep walk! Thanks for the post aobut moving the zips to the top that a great idea!

So glad I posted, sorry if I was being a bit stupid!

Thanks again.


Kelly




No such thing as a stupid question!

As to the zips, it`s one of these things that`s a real "duh" moment once someone tells you......I`ve been there, three kids, all escapologists, and the first one was a nightmare till a friend told me about the zips! The other thing that you can do is use a safety pin to hold the pulls together at the top. But NEVER anything that you feel you can`t undo, in the dark, in a hurry.

My third child was the worst for trying to run off when she was two...we eventually took her shoes away so at least she wouldn`t go past the gravel paths. Next thing we knew, she`d stolen a pair of mens trainers from outside the next door caravan and was heading for the swing park at the other end of the site.....


20/4/2007 at 5:32pm
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i would like to think there is an unspoken code between campers,you never touch anyones tent end of story.


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20/4/2007 at 5:54pm
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Quote: Originally posted by rattyc5 on 20/4/2007

I would like to think there is an unspoken code between campers,you never touch anyones tent end of story.

Unless they`re out and it`s about to blow down, of course. Then you get in there with the mallet and do your best. I`ve lost count of the number of windbreaks and such I`ve rescued from blowing around the campsite in high winds and shoved under the owners flysheet too.

And I did nearly once go into a tent when I heard their toddler screaming hysterically as if hurt, and I knew the mother had gone off to the toilet block. Fortunately she came back just as I was struggling with myself (I had one of the other neighbours there as well as a witness to my good intentions!) and we found out he`d tipped his travel cot over when he was supposed to be asleep. The mother was mortified. (And I think she learned a lesson.)

I wasn`t at all happy about my reaction to the situation though...I like to think I have the courage of my own convictions and damm the consequences, but there I was dithering around outside that tent with a clearly very, VERY distressed toddler inside. Just shows that I`ve got the Do Not Touch taboo as much as anyone. What would other folk have done?


20/4/2007 at 6:16pm
 Location: South Wales
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well, when we go to bed, I shut the curtains and put the deadlock on the door....

nah only kidding, we do shut the curtains though, some valuables get locked in the boot of the car and some go in the bedroom pods with us. Good point about taking the mallet to bed with you though, we usually leave ours by the tent door incase any pegs come loose (although that doesnt happen now with the deltas!) will take it to bed in future!



20/4/2007 at 6:42pm
 Location: Staffordshire
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I read somewhere of someone attaching a little bell to the zip in the child's bedroom pod, so that if the child did manage to reach the zip and undo it the parents would hear the "alarm".


20/4/2007 at 6:57pm
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there is just me and him (although i am hoping to have the grandchildren with us soon) and we go to sleep with all the 'curtains' open so i can wake up, take in the view,  and be on holiday :)

 

the zip thing is so obvious...  once you know it!  



20/4/2007 at 7:02pm
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I have always been led to believe, That the questions you think are stupid and that your to scared to ask, are usualy the most important ones, like in your case it all boiled down to the safety of your family.   WHATS STUPID ABOUT THAT. and also, all of us can learn a thing or two just reading YOUR queiry. keep on asking. Bob.

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20/4/2007 at 8:27pm
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generally my wallet etc are in my jeans that is usually beside me, car master key goes in the pocket in my sleeping bag. Plus I think I would hear anyone coming into the tent

have the mallet handy though, that is the joys of UKCS meets we all know each other and look out for each other



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20/4/2007 at 8:53pm
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We use the car roof box. This is stored in the spare bedroom (along with the usual camping clutter). Its lockable and secure. Handbag, wallet carkeys are kept with us at all times.

I'm sure  we would hear anyone trying to get into the tent, although we did have a scare last September in a field in Dorset.. We found a hedgehog found its way into the main living area, made an awful racket and gave us a hell of fright (no sewn in ground sheet!)

Happy camping

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20/4/2007 at 9:02pm
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Quote: Originally posted by BlondeDee on 20/4/2007

 This is stored in the spare bedroom (along with the usual camping clutter).


x thread .. i wish i had a spare bedroom at home to store my camping clutter

 



20/4/2007 at 11:40pm
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The only intruder I've ever encountered camping was a fox that attempted a break in.  It had it's nose under the zip and only disapeared after we called out to it and scared it off!  I have a maglite torch in case of midnight loo trips beside the bed.


21/4/2007 at 12:48am
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The only theft we have encountered from inside the tent was from ravenous rabbits. They gained entry under the mud wall and devoured our bread Wins couldn't sleep that night for fear of being attacked by ' Killer Bunnies'. Outside has been a different matter keep your eye on your tent pegs.


21/4/2007 at 4:06pm
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I remember the first time we went camping, we used to padlock our tent only to realise a few months later, if someone wanted to get in they would just cut the tent open

Like everyone else says just keep any valuables locked away and you should be fine




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