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Hi there,

I have just been on my first camping trip to Knight Stainforth Hall in the yorkshire dales, i had bought a brand new tent from millets and was not very pleased when i set up camp, the tent wasnt the best i have seen as i had to lift the groundsheet up to keep the water out! also for a two man tent it was small, However i did still enjoy my trip, i had a nice walk into a little town called Settle on the "Ribble Way" route on my OS map, only thing was i crossed over a style and in the next field there were a load of cows loose with no fence dividing the pathway from the cows, i had walked a long way already so i stopped for a bit at the other side of the style to see if the cows would move on, but they didnt, so it was either go back to camp and have a wasted journey or chance it, me being the chancey type i chanced it, across the field i went and the cows didnt bother, further up near Settle i was walking along a gravel track and had my first encounter with a mouse! At night-time i laid in my tent with a cup of tea listening to the owls (which was actually the first time id heard one in real life) and then through the daytime in my spare time i would sit for many an hour looking at the sheep and cows in the adjacent fields and up the hills to what I think is called "smearset" and "smearset copys" enjoyed it and definatley will be going again.

hey mr woo i presume u live in a city yeah lol

glad u enjoyed ur camping

thats another newbie converted lol

glad to hear that you enjoyed it. Peeps don't understand what it's all about until they try it. bet your hooked now.

Perhaps it's time to buy a better tent, one with a sown in ground sheet.

If you've taken to camping there is no point being squished up in a leaky tent

Go get the very best you can afford. Try a 'proper' camping shop where they can give you unbiased advice.

Great camping is all about those outdoor (owl/badger/wildlife) moments, oh and don't forget to look up at that great big star filled sky (if you can see it through the rain cloud  )

Keep camping

Quote: Originally posted by jellycattwo on 23/7/2007

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Hi, that all sounds very peaceful. We (myself & OH, our 2 boys and a friend each) have just returned from a very wet and muddy Bug Jam. Not alot of tranquility there!! just lots of mud! but we also had a great weekend.

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I have never heard an owl in real life either! obviously gone to the too commercialised sites

I'm glad you had a great first trip, including the cows!

I can't help but wonder if you pitched your tent as well as you might have, if you had to keep lifting your ground sheet to keep the water out?  Or were you camped on a slope or gully?  I find Millets tents are perfectly decent for ordinary summer lowland camping and their shops are nice and convenient for people to pick camping gear up from.