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Another mix of old and new here, I only started camping again last year at the end of season so missed out on the secondhand carboot bargains. I have suprised myself at how much new stuff we have, pop up tent for kids to play in during set up, kitchen unit, table & chairs, large table, airbeds, sleeping bags, blow up sofa bed, cheap carpet, rug, table cloth, bath mat, shower mat, plastic drawers, EHU, fan heater, rechargeable lantern, toaster, fairy lights & windbreaks. Secondhand items are TT, bell tent (unused customer return but cheap secondhand price ) stove effect fan heater, kettle and managed to pick up a rechargeable lantern for £1 and a double electric hob for £2 at carboot today. Items from home are fleeces, pillows, small side table, old dinner set, cutlery, my trusty halogen oven and will now be taking my steamer pans & a fry pan.

Most of our large things were bought as a package e.g tent carpet and footprint but most of the cooking stuff has been recycled from unwanted or unused things I had hanging around the kitchen.

I have no problem buying a tent secondhand but I knew what I wanted and couldn't get it secondhand at the time.

My camp kitchen is secondhand. I don't really mind about colour coordination however if there is a choice to be made I will go for blue which matches the tent but if its secondhand and useful and a good price I will go for it anyway. Everything is a bit blue now though so need some colourful bunting and solar lighting to brighten things up a bit!