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I think there will be room for us all, more demand may result in more (and varied) sites.

Personally I'm trying to stay in the budget end of the market, all my gear (inc Tent) has come to less than £60 total.

I pay £6.50 per night and 50p for a shower and I think that's pretty steep, I like having the shower but I could easily do without any facilities but that is hard to do if you have a car to park too (rules out wild camping).

Steve

Quote: Originally posted by Saturner on 05/5/2006

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I think there will be room for us all, more demand may result in more (and varied) sites.

Personally I'm trying to stay in the budget end of the market, all my gear (inc Tent) has come to less than £60 total.

I pay £6.50 per night and 50p for a shower and I think that's pretty steep, I like having the shower but I could easily do without any facilities but that is hard to do if you have a car to park too (rules out wild camping).

Steve

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My favourite of my three tents cost me £70 and I just love it. On my recent 10 night trip .( on this occasion solo with my scooter), I paid nothing the first night( wild camping), then £4.00 per night( all possible facilities) then  £3.75 per night ( CCC site age concession).Brilliant facilities.

Just have to look to suit your own expectations.

Main thing is to enjoy it!

Shigeo Shingo.

No I haven't gone barking mad... I did actually write, Shigeo Shingo.

Dr Shingo is the guy we have to thank, indirectly, for the availability of lots of luvverly cheap camping gear and hence it's mass appeal.

Sure, the Americans came up with the idea of mass production, Ford being one of the first firms to use it, but the Japanese, and more specifically Dr Shingo was the guy who refined it to the point where, making something like a tent, that used to cost £300 and weigh as much again now costs as much as is reasonable to spend and does only what you need of it.

Go ahead, put his name in 'google' He is credited with re-inventing both the car and ship-building industries but his key ideas apply to all manufacturing from cars, fridges, egg timers... tents.

Put it like this, he devised a cheap and simple way of reducing the time it took to build a ship from nearly four months to two weeks, which in everyday terms means he could watch you and your OH unpacking your camping gear, sorting, getting your tent up and finally sitting down to enjoy your first cup of tea after 45 minutes. He could then expain how to do the whole thing on your own in just two minutes with out spending any further money!

Remarkable guy.

I think there is plenty of room for all of us and different sites to suit all tastes. I still have no problem finding peace and quiet even on Bank Holidays. If lifes little luxuries attract more people to the camping lark then bring it on I say.

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by ianork on 05/5/2006

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My favourite of my three tents cost me £70 and I just love it.Main thing is to enjoy it!

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Morag MacDoodle Said: Shigeo Shingo.

You're right, I've studied some of his stuff (mainly the Toyota Production System), I'm working on Six Sigma right now which is pretty interesting (to Geeks like me, anyway).

Steve

I have returned to camping as it brings back lovely memories of happy family holidays and I want to give my children the chance to experience what I did growing up.  Where else can we give them that sort of freedom in todays world.

We still have out main holidays abroad but camping is ideal for an impromptu few days away when the weather looks to be holding. I am sure there are a few purists out there that may sneer at all the luxuries now available to campers but at the end of the day it is still sleeping in a field.

As with all holidays there is a wide range of choice in sites, equipment etc and everyone chooses what suits them.  Can't see a reason to be anything but glad that more people are now camping.

Quote: Originally posted by PyromanicMatt on 04/5/2006

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Yes, camping seems very much in fashion these days

Gets to me in a way, i do it because i love the outdoors, love the escape of camping but also i cant afford to take any other kind of holiday.

You can usually spot fashion tenters a mile off, all the gear but no idea types.

Hopefully like most fashions/fads they will fade away

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Surely one of the best things about the Outdoors is that its there for everybody ?

More people camping means better prices for Gear etc, fifteen years ago skiwear and ski eqipment in the UK cost a fortune and was hard to find, now its more popular there are ski shops everywhere and the prices have dropped to sensible levels.

Welcome the growth in popularity, and try not to sound superior when discussing people new to camping, we all started out the same with little or no idea didnt we ?

Quote: Originally posted by PyromanicMatt on 04/5/2006

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Yes, camping seems very much in fashion these days

Gets to me in a way, i do it because i love the outdoors, love the escape of camping but also i cant afford to take any other kind of holiday.

You can usually spot fashion tenters a mile off, all the gear but no idea types.

Hopefully like most fashions/fads they will fade away

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Nothing to do with the thread, but where in Black Country are you from. Just want to ask as i'm from Costa del Tipton, and i've not seen anyone else on here local.

Nice one ar kid

Quote: Originally posted by ianork on 05/5/2006

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Quote: Originally posted by Liddenham on 05/5/2006

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ianork, I hope you managed to pick up the £1000 used-once camping equipment for a song?

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Still in the garage I believe.Serve them right if mice have eaten the lot

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You can spot the "Tried it once a didn't like it" sales of camping kit on ebay quite regularly. At least that way these impulsive types can rcoup some of the expenditure - before they blow it on their next fad any way.

(Not as much fun for the mice though.......)

I know where you mean, i used to work at Barretts and Bairds (slaughter house) up that way, i work in Cannock now as i love gettin up an hour earlier for work than i need to, just to get there on time. lol.