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Hi Rex!

For us, its 3-4 times a year, usually long weekends as the rest of the time is taken up with working (unfortunately.... but have to fund my buying of camping stuff somehow!)  We both only get 20 odd days paid leave, so that has to cover our camping adventures as well as other hols. 

Our set up times are about 1.5hrs for the lot, 30mins to get the tent up and then an hour for all the other bits.  Its a team effort, OH has his jobs and I have mine!

I totally agree with you Rex, there is nothing better than sitting out in the Friday evening sunshine with a glass of something cold and watching other families driving on, getting set up...the smell of someones BBQ, the gentle burble of chatter and laughter...ahhhh....can't wait for the weather to get better!

Quote: Originally posted by msty29368 on 23/3/2008

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About 3 times for a week at a time and every other weekend when weather is a bit finer seeing as we have a 8 month Son added to the family clan lol

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Quote: Originally posted by frizbomb on 23/3/2008

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Hi Rex!

For us, its 3-4 times a year, usually long weekends as the rest of the time is taken up with working (unfortunately.... but have to fund my buying of camping stuff somehow!) We both only get 20 odd days paid leave, so that has to cover our camping adventures as well as other hols.

Our set up times are about 1.5hrs for the lot, 30mins to get the tent up and then an hour for all the other bits. Its a team effort, OH has his jobs and I have mine!

I totally agree with you Rex, there is nothing better than sitting out in the Friday evening sunshine with a glass of something cold and watching other families driving on, getting set up...the smell of someones BBQ, the gentle burble of chatter and laughter...ahhhh....can't wait for the weather to get better!

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We go as soon as the temperature gets over the magic 5 degrees   old bones don't working under that temp.   We get away nearly every weekend but only for one night.  We use sites that allow us to arrive about 4pm Saturday and leave 4pm Sunday.   So with the Kyham we can be totally set up including toilet tent in and hour.   Sunday is a different matter usually takes all day bed plugs pulled first thing in the morning and then as the day goes on as everything that will not be used again it's put away.  Until dinner time then the washing up done all equipment packed away and all we have left is the toilet tent and suitcase stove for a brew  
You can't have one without the other

Cheers Rex, wise words!

Hoping to go Wales soon (shortest drive for us to get to the coast)....gotta wait till May tho' - bah!  I've already had my camping kit out from our "cubby under the stairs" and checked it over, removed some bits, added some new ones...itching to get going! 

We have a 2-3 week holiday in France in the Summer. We also pack in as many weekends/long weekends as we can.

We tend to pack the car on Thurs evening and if the forecast looks ok will head off when I finish work at 3 on Friday.

OH and I have different versions of ok camping weather!! I am gradually bringing him over to my way of thinking!

OH gets one full weekend off in 4, and I work monday-friday, but this year we have a cunning plan!  The occasional Saturday, Sunday or Monday has been booked off to make up more weekends off together.  Plus we have 1 week in May, 2 weeks in July and 1 week in September to look forward to.

We have decided to try and get away as often as we can this year, starting next weekend. 

 We are retired like you Rex , so it's when the weather is right We look what the weather is like in 100 mile radius of Nottingham on a Wednesday, then we go on Thursday till Sunday. We only managed 4 camps last year but in 2005 we got 8 in Our way has payed off so far so we will carry on this way. Trailers packed ready when the weather is right UKCS meet at Newhaven in Derbyshire looks like being our first this year 24th April