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Subject Topic: How old should you stop camping
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PersonZeelees
23/5/2012 at 9:29pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Ben Tent on 23/5/2012

Your too old when you can't get up off the air bed!

Go for it!

We might as well give up now then,we have camp beds for that very reason,as well as being darned uncomfortable (imho),and unrelaible,(eeek,just my opinion!)

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Personheath63
23/5/2012 at 9:38pm
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If your mom is a spritley 85yro, I can't see why not. 

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Personleggy
23/5/2012 at 9:51pm
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Has your mum ever been camping before? Age alone doesn't mean you can't go camping and enjoy yourself but if your mum has never been before maybe its just not her idea of a good time. If she has been before she might have specific worries about going again. I think talking to her about why she feels she is too old would be a good idea to see if any of her worries can be overcome.  On a forum like this people will be very pro camping whatever your age but to some people it would seem like hell - if this is the case with your mum then I would just accept her wishes not to go.


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23/5/2012 at 10:11pm
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we went camping when I was a child but when I mentioned a camping trip whilst visiting my parents ( aged 80)  at the weekend my mum said she wouldn't camp now. Your mum knows what she can do/wants to do - respect her wishes. If there is a b&b near the campsite that would be an ideal compromise possibly?

 

I hope to carry on camping as long as possible myself :)


PersonFriendOfOwls
23/5/2012 at 11:27pm
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I'm sure you mum would be physically capable of camping, but something I've found with OH's parents when they turned 80 is that holidays and outings did become very difficult for them because they felt uncomfortable with novelty. They found even shopping in a new place very stressful, and if we took them out for a meal, they would eat like starving urchins so they could get back in the car and get home again.

I think it's just a part of getting old. Even if they're fit for their age, elders worry that their bodies are frail, and their bones brittle and their organs wearing out. Little things like falling over or having breathing problems could be life-threatening at that age. So they don't like their pond rippled, and they don't like to leave their comfort zone. Camping is outside the comfort zone for many youthful, able-bodied folk, so I can understand your mother's reluctance.

Finding a B&B near to your site might be an answer, as Poppy suggested.

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PersonObzi
24/5/2012 at 10:11am
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I'd be quite happy for my wife to take my ashes along when she goes camping.

Enough said.



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PersonPamJ
24/5/2012 at 10:27am
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If your Mum thinks she's too old then she is too old !  If she was happy with the idea then it wouldnt matter if she was a hundred as long as she was physically able..  PamJ


PersonRTS5
24/5/2012 at 10:34am
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Maybe you could have a 'trial camp' in the lounge so she could try out the camp bed and chair to see if she finds them comfortable and can get in and out of them with ease. That may alleviate some of her worries or make you both realise that it is a no go without the hassle of getting to a campsite and discovering this.


PersonBob61
24/5/2012 at 4:27pm
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Too old is when they close the coffin lid



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