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11/7/2010 at 10:36am
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Hi Dools70, I often camp with my young daughter and am now accomplished at carrying and putting up bell tent alone and lighting fires.
One thing I always do is to make sure the tent,poles,mallet and pegs are the most accessible things, ie don't pack everything else on top. If it rains then you can grab your tent, set it up, leaving the kids in the car.
Kids can then help making the beds once set up whilst you set everything else up.
Also, freezing bottles of pop/milk/water and then putting them in the cool box keeps other stuff cold and constant cool drinks.
I also do things like wrapping treats up in tin foil, hiding them and then the kids use the torch to find them (perhaps when yours are a little older.)
Even on a freezing Feb night in the rain, I couldn't get the kids back inside until they had found all of them!!
Enjoy, and if you are struggling for help getting you tent up, don't be a proud male, ask for help. It also means you won't be trying to manage a huge windsail whilst chasing your kids around the site!
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