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Subject Topic: Officially Glamping Now
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18/4/2012 at 11:43am
 Location: Ashford mx
 Outfit: vango Calder 500
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 bad FoO,Have just made a cheese and onion toastie...had to be done

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18/4/2012 at 12:59pm
 Location: Severn Valley
 Outfit: Aztec Galeria 4 Outwell Virginia 5
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Well I had safely put all thoughts of toasted cheese out of my mind, and look - I read your post, and am now on my way to the kitchen, impelled by a force I can no longer resist... Bad both of us!

FoO

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18/4/2012 at 1:05pm
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,,twas yummy though

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18/4/2012 at 2:12pm
 Location: Suffolk
 Outfit: Kampa Filey 6 Vango Tigris 800
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Quote: Originally posted by brickiemum on 17/4/2012
Quote: Originally posted by mummy bear on 17/4/2012
I think they should make a little mini trailer to sit on the the trailer just for us girlies toiletries and home luxuries and bunting alone! 

It's called a roof box
sooooooo will it be fairy lights or bunting?? Enquiring minds need to know!!
Now there's an idea!

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18/4/2012 at 5:56pm
 Location: Glasgow
 Outfit: Vango Monte Verde 900
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Quote: Originally posted by Zeelees on 18/4/2012
Quote: Originally posted by brickiemum on 18/4/2012
and don't forget the new cooking possibilities....toastie maker, halogen oven, slow cooker, rice steamer, george foreman.
Ohhhhh,we have just got ehu for this year,so am just learning about what to use and what not to....toastie maker....yeah,now this will change my camping experience..I love toasties,thank you! (we also have a slow cooker and rice steamer,but not as thrilling as hot toasties in the tent!)

we started doing hot toasties in the tent on our main holiday last year and it makes a huge difference. Cheap, easy to make and scrummy :)


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01/5/2012 at 9:22am
 Location: Swansea
 Outfit: Sunncamp Grange - Aztec Galeria 4
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Now back from my "glamping trip" and found the addition of EHU such a benefit that I have already called both sites I already have booked for later in the year and added EHU to those bookings also.

Didn't go as far as a toastie maker, but between kettle, heater, toaster, laptop with TV dongle, phone charger, electric lights, air bed pump, hair tools (not mine), the EHU got a pretty good workout.

40mph winds and torrential downpours probably meant I got more use out of the hookup than I had planned to, but I am now converted and will find it hard to camp without this little luxury in the future.

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Aztec Galeria 4 - For weekend camping
Sunncamp Grange Cotton canvas frame tent - For the longer stays.

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01/5/2012 at 10:00am
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seriously tempted by an ehu. small outlay for significant increase in comfort... and I could charge my phone to keep up to date on the weather forecast lol!


01/5/2012 at 10:23am
 Location: Cumbernauld Scotland
 Outfit: Monty 6Icarus 500 Halo 300
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I went the other way on my recent trip...Have not camped without EHU for years (except when off fishing)...But the site I was on was non EHU..So needs must as it were...I managed fine! Took a wee gas fire to heat the sleeping pod before bed...And also to take the chill off in the morning before getting dressed...Was Ok once in bed..and wrapped up against the chill wind during the day...

Jelboy.

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01/5/2012 at 10:54am
 Location: West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Karsten 350 CA FW RA :)
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I can't help looking at the picture of Brettsy (assuming it is he) and laughing at the thought that the hair tools could be for him


01/5/2012 at 11:18am
 Location: Swansea
 Outfit: Sunncamp Grange - Aztec Galeria 4
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Quote: Originally posted by purplebean on 01/5/2012
(assuming it is he)


It is he, although the locks have grown a little since that pic, now all of 0.5 inches where it still grows, but still pink on top.


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01/5/2012 at 11:21am
 Location: Swansea
 Outfit: Sunncamp Grange - Aztec Galeria 4
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Quote: Originally posted by ailurotoo on 01/5/2012
seriously tempted by an ehu. small outlay for significant increase in comfort... and I could charge my phone to keep up to date on the weather forecast lol!


If it is just the phone you are looking to keep charged, then a car charger is likely available to do this from the car battery. The real cost of EHU is not in the kit, but in the average of around £3.00 per night charged by the campsites for it's use.


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Aztec Galeria 4 - For weekend camping
Sunncamp Grange Cotton canvas frame tent - For the longer stays.

Blue Hills - Cornwall 21/04/12
FieldBarn Park - Cotswolds 02/06/12
Portesham Dairy Farm - Dorset 07/07/12
Cuckoo's Corner - Hereford 04/08/12


01/5/2012 at 12:27pm
 Location: Severn Valley
 Outfit: Aztec Galeria 4 Outwell Virginia 5
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Good to hear your hookup was a success!

Like you, we have an Aztec Galeria 4, and we resisted using EHU for the first two years we had it because we thought that huge living space would be hopeless to heat. In the end, probably because we're getting older and we still try and camp in spring and autumn, we got desperate. Also we were finding it hard to read by gaslight or LEDs, so wanted to take a little table lamp. We got a hookup and also took battery charger for the camera and a small fan-heater. We were amazed how quickly the little heater warmed up that large space in the tent, just on a low setting. I even persuaded myself to camp last November, which I haven't done for years. It was lovely and warm! Result!

FoO

Post last edited on 01/05/2012 12:33:03

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01/5/2012 at 9:36pm
 Location: Devizes Wiltshire
 Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC
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Glad you enjoyed your trip with EHU.

Just need to add some bunting, fairy lights outside, string lights inside, some soft furnishing, and you will be truly glamping!

DK

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