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have booked a week in the New Forest for my very first camping trip. Am i mad, not sure, kids think its a great idea, we are going to stay in Hollands Wood.  Hubby and son will check stuff out on a one night camp in June at some car show, and then its our turn in August. Wish me luck, i have read and reread reviews, keep reading all the interesting stuff on message boards. The more I read, the more I feel I need to know. HELP I'm addicted to this site i think. Maybe i will cancel camping and spend a week reading all these messages instead.

All joking aside I am looking forward to it, but any advice from anyone who has been to Hollands  Wood or just general would be appreciated.

many thanks

Lynne

Hi

I camped at Hollands Wood last summer and can offer you some advice

1) choose your pitch carefully, as its a woodland site, the rain tends to run off in small rivers usually under your tent, we found out the hard way, and had to move pitches because of this. 

2) If you can pitch as far to the right of the site as you can, as this is further away from the main road and therefore much, much quieter.

Hope this helps