me !!! we used to camp when our older children weree little but gave up when baby came along - baby is now 5 so its time to start camping again - don;t know why it took so long . we have a week booked in august and i just can;t wait !
I'm itching to go sooner but i am expecting to give birth to a surrogate baby sometime in the next week and need time to recover before i start putting up tents not to mention the fact that all we actually have is the tent and have a whole lot of shopping to do beofre we go ;)
panic is usually cos i'm scared that i'll no longer like it?!?! but usually abated once i start the list of what we're taking! i'm off on thursday for 3 nights and have overcome the panic stage :D now just need to start cooking ;)
could you not fit in a sneaky weekend away in the run up? 6 weeks sounds like a long time!
No you're not alone !!....we're not going until the 7th of August and I find I'm wishing my life away...its terrible...I can't wait. Got lots of slog before then though, working.
I just hope that the weather is ok in August...I don't actually think we've had a good straight run of summer camping weather in the four years we've been camping. I just hope that at last, this year, we'll get the long hot barmy summer days under canvas I've always dreamed of !!
not been camping for 3 years last year went on a chalet holiday the year before had a caravan somehow it's not the same with solid walls and i miss the sound of a tent zip in the mornings our grandson comes with us and to make life a bit easier we have bought a new royal rimini 6 frame tent i am so excited i can hardly sleep at night and we have got another 5 weeks to wait. if the garden was big enough i would be out in it now.have enjoyed reading all the hints and tips and found them to be really great.
Quote: Originally posted by Sarah+Simon on 16/6/2009
i go through stages in the lead up.
excitement,
panic,
controlled excitement.
panic is usually cos i'm scared that i'll no longer like it?!?! but usually abated once i start the list of what we're taking! i'm off on thursday for 3 nights and have overcome the panic stage :D now just need to start cooking ;)
could you not fit in a sneaky weekend away in the run up? 6 weeks sounds like a long time!
LIST!!! i almost forgot about writing a list!
i'd better add it to my list of things to do/buy!
Apart from spending hours scouring this fantastic forum, I spend ages trying to justify reasons for making new purchases!
And in terms of a wonderful list....I have one in excel on my work laptop....just so I can think of things to add to it - and cheer myself up during lunch by looking at it! Maybe I do need help after all!
Quote: Originally posted by fairfriend on 17/6/2009
Apart from spending hours scouring this fantastic forum, I spend ages trying to justify reasons for making new purchases!
And in terms of a wonderful list....I have one in excel on my work laptop....just so I can think of things to add to it - and cheer myself up during lunch by looking at it! Maybe I do need help after all!<IMG alt=17 src="https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/forum_images/smiley3.gif" align=absMiddle>
Me too we cant go until 27th july and i am really excited . I am that sad that I am counting down the days unitl a branch of GO Outdoors opens very close to me on 2nd july!!!!!!!. ive already been online and told my husband what to go and get as im at work on opening day and cannot get there!!!.
Anyone that says they do not get excited needs to get a life!!!
I got so excited last month the week before we went my boss gave me the saturday off so we could go a day earlier as he was so sick of me going on about it the whole time........needless to say i havent stopped going on about it since ive been back!!