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Subject Topic: What do you take with you?
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08/6/2012 at 6:21pm
 Location: Manchester
 Outfit: 2005 Bailey Ranger 550 6
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Hmmm, we take a lot I think but we're happy. I worry about not being warm enough more than anything (more for the kids)

Tent/extension/carpet for living area/wind break/picnic blankets for bedroom/3 x airbeds/2 x quilts (kids hate sleeping bags /2 x sleeping bags/4 x pillows/3 x fleece blankets (for on the airbeds)/3 x bed sheets for over fleece blankets/spare fleece blankets!/towels/dressing gowns/pop up laundry basket/toilet bucket thing/big table/small table/cupboard/4 x chairs/cooker stand/cooker/EHU/elec coolbox/pots pans cutlery/numerous items of clothing and footwear/food/few toys and wet weather activities/pushchair

I suppose its a bit mad but its for a week and we use everything. Oh, I've bought an small fan heater for this week too.

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08/6/2012 at 6:29pm
 Location: kettering
 Outfit:  Outwell montana 6 & vango icarus 500
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Oh my goodness we take far too much it seems but tend to use everything! We fill our zafiera and trailer plus two children with everything crammed around them! We only just get the boot shut and once its opened eveything falls out haha. Our baby is 11 months and so once he nolonger needs travel cot, buggy and highchair things should get easier!!! We take luxuries like own toilet, kitchen stand and 2 tables and for longer visits blow up sofas :)

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08/6/2012 at 7:00pm
 Location: Sunny Suffolk (West)
 Outfit: inflatable dome Palamos6 frame tent
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I filled my citreon synergie last weekend when it was just me and the three children, no room for another person as tent & gazebo were in passenger seat. I must admit I did take something that was large, heavy and of no use to me............ the steel poles to the 1-2-trio I recently bought as they are too heavy for me to carry to the house and find a spot for them (I bet you thought I was going to say my husband ). If they hadn't been in the car I probably would have squeezed the tent in the back. Most stuff still in the car ready for my mini break tomorrow for one night, all clothes bags, toys, gazebo, sofa bed, kids sleeping bags and main carpet removed (still have my rug) plan is to use tent, rug, camp bed, SIM, sleeping bag, fleece, one table, EHU, double electric hob, lamp, heater & cooler box all the little bits are loaded in the plastic drawers at the back of the car so will be able to use those from the boot if needed.


08/6/2012 at 7:13pm
 Location:  North Yorkshire
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant carav
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i seem to take nearly the same amount of things on a long or short trip and with 5 of us going we fill 2 cars with all of us and equipment.
last time i left the wardrobe behind thinking i wouldnt need it but ended up thinking how much better it was with things neatly put away with a shelf each for our clothes.
i make an extensive list of items to take hoping to cross some off that wont be needed, but always seem to add to it instead!
nevermind, its all good fun.


08/6/2012 at 8:57pm
 Location: Ashford mx
 Outfit: vango Calder 500
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Am sure we take too much but we use everything and I couldn't think of anything to leave behind..list is usually...

tent,canopy,carpet,groundsheet,windbreak,toilet,campbeds,sleepingbags,pillows,fleece blankets,2 wicker baskets with cushions,lights,gas,emergency kit,first aid kit,cooking utensils,pots and pans and picnic bag inside,cooker (single or double depending on length of trip),kitchen stand,heaters(gas or fan depending on ehu or not),and ehu if needed,chairs,small folding table,picnic table/stools,2 plastic boxes for clothes,solar chargers for phones...dog stuff..bed,food,toys,bowls,coat,blankie,fleece blanket,bones,lead,doggie bags,...oh and dog!

 



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09/6/2012 at 8:20am
 Location: Tipton
 Outfit: Marista 700
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Missed out first aid kit


09/6/2012 at 9:38am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Too many!
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There are 5 of us....myself, OH and 3 teen DD's and the only thing that changes is the amount of clothes we take!

Has to be tent, beds, sleeping bags, table, chairs (did a weekend without them and hated every minute), pots, pans, cutlery and kettle, suitcase stoves and cylinders, windbreak and lights. Also take (pre-prepared) food for the first night and breakfast the next day, tea, coffee, milk, sugar and bottled water. We have a box specifically for batteries, tea towels/cloths/bin bags/washing up liquid/first aid kit/kitchen towel and other odds and sods and then towels and personal hygiene stuff in another.

Doesn't sound a lot really  



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09/6/2012 at 10:30am
 Location: Oldham
 Outfit: Sterling Eccles Elite Trekker caravan
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I thought we'd have cracked it by now, having bought a trailer earlier in the year. But I forgot that we also bought some more stuff between seasons, and there's only 3 of us! I was convinced that our trailer had shrunk over the winter, lol!

We managed to fill the trailer and the boot. How did we manage without the trailer last year, lol!

Take a notepad with you on camp, and write down what you use and what you don't use.

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May 2013 - Saxdale, North Yorkshire
May 2013 - Nantcol, Snowdonia
Aug 2013 - De Molenhof, Netherlands
Sep 2013 - weekend somewhere
Oct 2013 - Bonfire/halloween camp
Dec 2013 - New Year camp (if I'm brave enough)


09/6/2012 at 10:46am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Too many!
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gedhart.......your signature makes me

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09/6/2012 at 3:13pm
 Location: west midlands
 Outfit: Pennine Folding Camper & Comanche
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I take whatever makes me comfortable. I don't go withoutat home so don't see why camping should be any different. It is my home whilst i am away. If you have the room why not take what you want?

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