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Mamabear, don't be too sure about "no driving 12 hours here"! A few years ago I drove from Cheltenham to Glasgow (about 300 miles, motorway/dual carriageway all the way), started at 5pm on Friday evening and got to my destination 6.30 Sunday morning - it was one long queue from start to finish!

Just too much traffic...

wow. I remember my father borrowing a white real canvas ridge tent from a neighbour when I was about 4 or 5. Loved everything about it. Theres something special about sleeping under canvas. Camped for just under 40 years at HM expense and started again for leisure this time a couple of years ago. So all in 50+

RSM

First went camping at 6 months old to aldridge hill campsite in the new forest. I am now 27 and have been to the same campsite twice a year every year from 6 months old.

I have been camping with my family for 6 years. OUr boy's were 5 & 7 when we joined the Camping Club. But my wife had been camping all through her childhood until about 16 years.

We all enjoy it, in particular my boy's.

Colin

Well, we are mere newbies also  I first went camping with the Girl Guides years ago, eww LOL! I remember having a great time with my friends but the tents were a nightmare, we had to take our own single sized groundsheets and roll mats and the tent was infested with earwigs  You can only imagine how well that went down with a bunch of eleven year old girls LOL!

After that I didn't go again until I was married and our daughter was one year old. (Ten years ago). I used to work for Millets and we told head office we wanted a "hands on training weekend" hehehe! They paid our pitch fees and even let us borrow a couple of returned tents for the weekend, what a great time we all had! The best bit was unpegging our managers little tent and hiding it behind one of the bigger ones whilst he was down the pub

I've just persuaded the Bloke that it's the only way we're going to get affordable, fun, hassle free holidays and luckily he relented, after some careful grooming, hehe. We've been away twice so far and are now looking forward to a week in the Cotswolds in August! 

Quote: Originally posted by corpogreen on 16/7/2007

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a transister radio with a huge battery belting out rock and roll, brilliant memories

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