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Had a great time last night at the school family camp, apart from the noisy tw4ts in the village where we were staying that decided they would have a party at 2am this morning & do a tour of our campsite.  Mind you, the weather at that time of the morning was quite pleasant and we didn't need all the blankets that we took.

Several of the families that went had never been camping before, boring or even buying tents especially for the night and are hopefully now converted. One family I was chatting to were gobsmacked when I said that this year we spent 25 nights under canvas. 

Just returned from a brilliant weekend at Leek C & CC site - weather much much better than I thought it would be.  After reading all the threads about heaters on this forum (we have a gas one) I decided to try an electric fan heater - I'M CONVERTED GUYS  This will be my first purchase of 2010 season.  We still used the gas one though in the canopy in the evening.

Thought the nights would be freezing because of the clear skies, but I was surprised how warm and snug I was in my sleeping bag and the heater just on very low in the main tent, blowing towards the bedroom (even the socks had to be removed )

Sad though that all is being packed away tomorrow in the re-inforced loft until spring      but don't want to push my luck with the weather and may as well finish off the season with very happy memories.

I'm off to Moffat tomorrow. Then to Haydon Bridge, Fir tree (for 3 nights), then Longtown and finally Leadhills.

7 nights of just me and the 2 dogs. Wife staying at home. Bliss!!!!!