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well, have booked a site, bought equipment, enough to sink the marie rose so hubby tells me, and we are off on saturday to hollands wood in new forest. i have never ever camped before, kids have been with school etc, they are aged 15 and 17. don't panic everyone, they are nice kids (although i am obviously biased). i must admit to being quite excited although a bit nrervous about this. We have tried out tent, boys went to santa pod for a weekend and it survived heavy rain, wind and thunderstorm, despite being a bargain from argos. so any advice please. Have you visited this site, and also we have nothing electric so no EHU, really going back to basics - what do i keep food in etc. Have a bucket, these forums are brill, would never have thought of a bucket for night time emergencies. lol.

any advice, tips etc would be very welcome.

  new camper alert.

Hiya,

I have just returned from our first camping weekend away and now have booked our next weekend for the coming bank holiday weekend. it was great and I really enjoyed it, even although I didn't have my straightners!!

We didn't have EHU either and we just kept our perishable food in a cool box, we were unable to replace the cool blocks as there was no facility for this on the site,  but the food, (even the milk) kept reasonably fresh for the couple of days we were away.  I have seen that a lot of people fill up water bottles and freeze them and this seems to last longer than the cool packs so depending on how long that might be an option, another tip is to buy the ice cube bags and fill them up.

My family who are all seasoned campers, hikers etc swear by getting UHT milk as it doesn't need to be kept cool until you use it, they also swear by packets of pasta and noodles and the like for food as again it doesn't need to be kept cool.  Another idea would be to cook chicken or whatever and freeze then it will last a couple of days. I suppose it really all depends for how long you are going for and what facilities are on site, nearby for fresh food etc.

Elaine x

Hi there

Up My Street . com is a great site for looking where things are when going to new places. You can search for most things.

Try this for supermarkets near to Brockenhurst

http://www.upmystreet.com/findmynearest/results/shopping/food-and-drink/supermarkets/l/brockenhurst.html

Enjoy your trip

Quote: Originally posted by Dragoncry on 28/7/2008

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Hi there

Up My Street . com is a great site for looking where things are when going to new places. You can search for most things.

Try this for supermarkets near to Brockenhurst

http://www.upmystreet.com/findmynearest/results/shopping/food-and-drink/supermarkets/l/brockenhurst.html

Enjoy your trip

 

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I used to live in Brockenhurst

Beautiful place.

THere is a Tesco Express there that sells everything you need, plus an amazing butchers, patisserie and greengrocers all situated next to each other. The venison sausages are amazing!

Hi

I have been to the new forest on many occasions one word of caution dont and i mean dont leave any food of any description lying around either outside or inside your tent unless in properly sealed boxes as you will find the horses and donkeys will confiscate it and they are not worried as to how much you have paid for your tent they really dont mind.

Just  a word of caution from someone who has had a horse in there tent and had it ripped

have a great time though it is an amazing place Brockenhurst is the best place for shopping as said before tesco expess and there is a chippy and takeaway all within walking distance of brockenhurst.