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Quote: Originally posted by cazz51 on 07/8/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by FriendOfOwls on 07/8/2011

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Before we bought our tent, a very good bit of advice was given to us by the salesperson who guided us through the various tents on offer.  Don't be tempted to buy a huge, heavy tent with steel poles just because you like the look of it pitched.  You have to transport it, pitch it, take it down in rain and dry it out.  Buy the tent that is the right size, weight and ease of pitching for you and your car.  Perfick!

FoO

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Oh Dear, I have just bought a huge, heavy tent with steel poles that was love at first sight, she is large, heavy and after practising 3 times still impossible to pitch solo, however, once she is up I absolutely love her beauty and I never want to leave her lovely space, Perfick  

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Hehe, if she works for you, then definitely perfick, cazz!

I was the same with mine... a little big for our needs, and I don't think I could pitch her by myself, and she fills one side of the back seat of the car but oh what a tent!  We forced ourselves to go round and round the showground looking at others, and still came back to our baby!

Love is love, and that's that!

When you want to go solo camping, you can buy another tent!  Any excuse is a good one!

I think it's not bad advice for newbies, though.  The first tent we bought as a couple was really too heavy.  It was like a marquee!

FoO

Yes, I had to make an exception for LilacLizzy, FoO, as she was my dream tent but I do have a couple of Vangos I can sling up in the dark, and have just been on a camping trip this weekend to pick up a smaller, more manageable purple canvas for solo camping.

It is good advice I agree.

Quote: Originally posted by FriendOfOwls on 07/8/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by sallygeewizz on 07/8/2011

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At the last camping trip one of the things that were packed last into the car (including the tent) was a small cool bag with a few bottles of frozen beer. By the time we got to the site they were perfect temp, and made the whole striking camp a whole lot enjoyable and tolerable of the the kids wanting to help/hinder the whole process.

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Oooh, Sallygeewizz, I LIKE IT!

(Don't the bottles burst as they defrost? I had a lager bottle that did that once. )

FoO

 

The freezing/boiling point of liquids are altered by the amount of preasure its under. So a bottle of beer may be below freezing point but not frozen untill that is you open said bottle then it ices up because the preasure has been equalised. We put bottles/cans in the freezer for an hour or so, usually the last shopping trip before packing the car, then whack in a cool box with anything else we are planning on taking i.e. milk that would go off before we get back, half packs of bacon or sausages, yoghurts, cheese, philly etc. then put it next to the tent in the back, and off we go. the last time it was a good 3 hour drive to the site so may not do it for our next trip, only half an hour away...

 

Quote: Originally posted by victoria1 on 07/8/2011

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Bring a hot water bottle, they don't take up that much room

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