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A sense of humour and a sense of adventure, the ability to enjoy yourself when it's raining, and if anything goes wrong the ability to shrug your shoulders and adapt.

Necessary equipment:  Warm sleeping bags, seats, cooker, pots pans, plates, cutlery, matches, alcohol. and extra socks for kids (grass gets damp).

Welcome to the fantastic world of camping, hope you have many happy trips and create loads of happy childhood memories for kids.

Hi there and welcome to the forum. I only joined myself not long ago but have learned so much from other posters that I'm so glad I did

We started camping again recently after 25 years and for our first trip, I made sure that we had enough stuff to make ourselves comfortable so that we would be more likely to want to go again, but we didn't go nuts and buy absolutely everything just in case we didn't like it

Happy camping!

Happy camping I'm sure you will quickly become as addicted as the rest of us.

I've only just started and didn't buy too much, think everyone has given you the basics you're gonna need, then it's just a case of adding to. Lists are a must I think, really helpful,You will find most neighbours only too willing to lend you anything you may have forgotten or just lend a hand.

Enjoy, what ever the weather, beats staying at home.

Welcome to UKCS Blueinternet. You've certainly to come to the right place for advice. Do look at the Meeting Up and Getting Together Forum occasionally. There may well be a small meet in your area where you can meet other UKCS members and have a really enjoyable weekend of camping with the added bonus of having a good look around the other peoples equipment and setups and pick up some really useful info and ideas.

Above all Enjoy your camping

Hi, Blueinternet, a cheery hello welcome from "darn sarf".

I always advise new campers take hot water bottles.  No matter how warm the day has been, once the sun goes down and you're weary from all that fresh air all day, you can soon get cold.  Some folks put them into their beds a little while before retiring for the night, but we tend to fill ours soon after our evening meal, get into our nightwear and shove them inside our dressing gowns, even if we plan to stay up late.  It's far easier to keep warm than to warm up once you've got cold and this does the trick for us, like sort of portable, personal radiators. 

Also, whatever the weather, take your wellies with you.  The grass can be very wet last thing at night and early in the morning.  I can't speak for everyone, but cold wet feet aren't my idea of fun!

Have a brilliant summer and don't forget to post how your first trips went...We'll all be eager to hear and to see any pics