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28/5/2014 at 10:46pm
Location: Northamptonshire
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A garden camp is a great idea, nothing quite like trying it to see what works and what doesn't - get your disasters out of the way when home is just a few steps away  Just make sure that it is a good lesson - everything that you took out to the garden, try to pack to see what carrying it would be like. Perhaps spend a night in the garden with the kids, then leave the tent up and spend a night in it with your husband to show him the potential joys of camping 
The alternative of hiring a tent already pitched would be a really good idea to try before you commit too much, would be a little more expensive, but this would be offset by not buying a tent for a start.
There are several sample packing lists kicking around both this site and the internet. Search for one or more of these, and see how much you can borrow from home so that you don't commit too much money to it at first.
Read these forums lots, to become an expert. There's tons of great advice, including the important things like staying warm and comfortable at night.
Especially read up about things like EHU, and carbon monoxide.
Don't get too caught up in the glossy brochures about the kit that you need. Look at the advice on here for guidance. Think seriously about second hand kit, there are some cheap tents on ebay/preloved/gumtree/local papers/newsagent windows.
There is a very good chance that the tent that you buy first will not suit you for very long and you'll want to change it. This is because once you start camping, you can work out what sort of camping you want to do. Will you be a 'glamper' or a 'back to basics' kind of camper?
We're only back to camping for our third year, and are on our third (and hopefully last for a long time) tent, and every time we go away, we learn more about what we like, what works for us and what doesn't.
Good luck!
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