we tend to use the recycle morrisons carrier bags. We do find that suitcases can be bulky, also we have also cut down on the amount of clothes we take though it is tempting to take loads more for the kids as they always end up filthy, but don't mind too much so long as their warm dry and happy
last time, i used some of those previously mentioned 'chav' laundry bags, but, for my 6 yr old, i packed a complete outfit into carrierbags, so she had one bag for each day. that way i could decide what she was going to wear, and she wouldnt get changed several times in a day! i could keep her stuff in her 'room' without it all being spread about everywhere.
this also meant that we had spare carrier bags for using as a bin!!
i also kept hold of some 'spares' lol. i will definately do this again!!
------------- tina xx
mum to 5 kids
DD-20
DS-16
DD-14
DD-9
DS-3 and a half!
and a large, daft, black dog!!
I used those checked bags for tent bags, as a couple of my tents will not go back in the orginal bag for love nor money.
I used to use different holdalls for everysones clothes - but am slowly changing, especially for week long trips. I find those bags for life are great - or the supermarkets own shopping bags., as they are waterproof, so if they get moved off the picnic rug, onto the grass the clothes stay dry. Socks and undies get put into the free carrier bags from supermarkets - keeps them together, and I can have a separate bag for each of us. It is one of the few things where Pip and Alice have their own - as they are the same size most of the kids stuff will do both of them. I have also found that using the on site laundrette mid week has helped me reduce the amount of clothing that I need to take. Provided that I have one decent outfit if we go out anywhere, I am not bothered about the clothes being nicely ironed. An hour in the play area and the kids look like street urchins anyway.
Now that's a good idea having an individual carrier bag for each person's daily outfit! We usually get to the end of the week and one of us is wearing an ensemble that definitely doesn't "go!" That means that you can just pick a carrier bag with your clothes in and know your pants AND socks will be there too and not at the bottom of the last bag you look in. Will impliment that idea next time we go camping. Thanks for that.
------------- If you have a problem stressing you, sort it. If you can't, there's no point worrying about it coz it won't make a blind bit of difference!!!! Jules
I also use the carrier a day for my little DS. Its great, I usually pack shorts and trousers to match the T shirt along with his pants and socksand then a couple of extras loose just in case. When we went away last August it was soooo wet, I did have to do washing in the middle of the week. I take a couple of those big chav bags with towels and stuff in and then all the dirty washing gets stuffed in there as we go along.
Well i`m Sooooooo glad no-one has a peek at us setting up, because my trailer is filled with reinforced cardboard boxes, and these contain most of our camping clothes, food, and personal effects, they disappear into our personal bedroom pods to be arranged according to use and the empty boxes go back into the trailer, untill the sad day we have to pack to go home.
Have you considered using old pillow cases? They allow the contents to be scrunched up into smaller irregular spaces, either in the car, roofbox or the camper. They allow the contents a certain amount of air. The children all have their own, so it is fairly easy to sort out whose is whose, leading to less arguments over socks and the like. We pack them under the seats of the Pennine allowing easy access, but have previously left them on beds in the day and put them on the chairs at bedtime. Keep a couple of empty white ones for dirty laundry and off you go.