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Well I only ever leave the barbeque outside the tents protected by a well hammered in windbreak, all the cooking stuff lives in the day shelter and it is closed down at night and when we leave camp chairs are chucked in the car to use on the beach or whilst out and about so I always keep a tidy pitch

I usually some of my stuff out but try not for it to be on show - but ti depends on where I go to camp - there is one site I always use and would be happy to leave eveything out as the site is always being patrolled by the owners (patrolled is not the best word) - they are not the sort that just takes your money and on you go - but there is one site I went to where everything went back into the tent and then the tent zipz padlocked (why I dont know you can rip through a tent lol) or back into the car.

Each person does something different but these days unless it is stormy everything stays out.

Whoever said the bbq cover idea - brill - never thought of that.

Chairs and things that can collect dew in the morning would come in to!

As for clutter around the outside of the tent - well I am a culprit of that too - but it is only toys and boots, walking poles etc; but this does get tidyed away it aint there for ever - but now that I have got some windscreens - I will hide it all behind them. Rubbish however is not allowed to accumilate - that goes straight in a bag and taken to the communal bin area and put into its relevant bin for recycling!

Happy camping!!

Louise x

I finally got to use my canopy windbreaker as a kitchen.  Brilliant.  Only thing we had to do was to add two more guys to the windbreaker section and then it wasn't goinging anywhere!  Kept my table with cooker, washing up bowl, rubbish bag and a blue plastic chest to keep all the other kitcheny stuff in outside and out of tent - which is what I wanted it for! At night just put the cooker back in its box and put everything under the table.

I do not leave anything outside the front door!  I'd probably trip over it while doing an early morning toilet dash!

Quote: Originally posted by OutWard on 31/5/2007

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I agree with frankie...youve got ta have a respect for your suroundings and be tidy...From a security point of view then its down to you...there is nothing wrong with putting stuff out of site,nobody will frown upon you for doing it...you will get a feel for a site and your neighbours your pitched near to ...do whats best for you that makes you feel comfortable....and with out doubt if its windy stowe it away securley (its one thing bieng slaped in the face with a nice piece of langerie  its another trying to get the shape if an empty kettle out or you forehead whilst on ya way back from the loo )... 

   happy camping

   OutWard  

  

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We never leave anything outside if we are leaving the site for any length of time. If we go off for the day everything is taken inside the tent, although OH has left our small aluminium table out occasionally and it`s still beeen there when we`ve got back.

The windbreaks are left up all the time, but if it forecasts strong winds OH will take them down to prevent damage to our tent and others around us. We have never had anything taken, apart from three pegs that went missing one night when we stayed at Park Foot in Pooley Bridge. OH said he wouldn`t have minded, but we had three bags full of pegs in the trailer and if anyone was short he would have gladly given them some.

I have to say this website should be advertised as somewhere to go if you need cheering up (not that I do) as everytime I come on here I read something hillarious - sorry Outward.

Just tried telling my OH who's watching TV about your misfortune without much luck, I couldn't speak as hysterical laughing. Whenever he hears me laughing to myself in the other room he  always says 'you're on that camping website again aren't you'.

Anyway, just got back from out first trip with the kids and we did tend to leave our gear in view but in a porch.  I used a Tesco green crate to throw all kids bits in rather than them taking off around the site.  Maybe it was unwise to leave out new coleman stove but we were on a small site where everyone seemed to do the same.  But I suppose you never know.