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Those hand held bug zappers... equivalent to a pound :)

Angie

Half bottle of whisky from Morrisons £4.77

The Roy half of roywins

my bargain is the £1 shop UFO lights too

another thing that I use everytime that we go camping which cost less than a fiver but can not remember how much it actually cost is a steamer tray that fits into any pan and allows me to cook everything on 1 gas burner. It is made from metal and is kind of a circular fan shape, looks like this one

xoopsx

Folding picnic rug for £1.50 (same material as Vango tent Carpets) bought from a local factory shop.  I bought 8 pieces 4 to use as carpet in the living area and 4 to use in the bedrooms by laying them side by side. Much cheaper than buying a tent carpet, also easier to wash, dry and pack away but same comfort as a carpet.

I also bought microfibre fleece cloth for £0.50 each. 

Husband's wellies from wilkinson's half price at £3.98

Quote: Originally posted by oops a daisy on 21/8/2008

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 a steamer tray that fits into any pan and allows me to cook everything on 1 gas burner. It is made from metal and is kind of a circular fan shape, looks like this one

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i bought one of those in wilkinsons. When the weather was truly awful and cooking with our suitcase cooker was severely restricted and the campfire was out of the question, my husband put it inside a saucepan with a lid and made a mini oven to heat a ghastly ginsters pasty from somerfield.  He said it actually tasted very nice :)

he said it reminded him of cooking with a biscuit tin oven, when he was in the boy scouts. If he still had the biscuit tin it would probably be worth a bob or two now!

my best buy for under a fiver is my brolly spike from lyndhurst leisure fare and my bestest ever buy which i think was 4.99 plus p&p on ebay was my brand new bodum barbecue! If i had looked at where the seller was from i could have collected it and then it really would have qualified for this thread!

A set of Five camping pans, from Ebay, 99p bid £3.50 delivery. They have been brilliant.

Max

Poundland ufo lamps have been brilliant .

the £1 packs of 12 batteries to run them lasted very well too.

A wind up torch poundland, excellent and £4.99 in our local petrol station

£1 straw beach mats to put under airbeds

Poundland again for 4 flexi chopping boards, take up no room at all, but so useful .

99p for the long handled gas lighter.

£5.50 for a b&q tarp 5mx4m to serve as a footprint groundsheet.

£3 for a kids folding table and 2 chairs in woolies sale.

Quote: Originally posted by micklaine on 21/8/2008

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A  plastic bucket from Wilkos.  It is night time pee bucket, fire bucket, beer fridge and used for throwing the ball in the bucket game.  I have also turned it upside down in the shed when putting camping stuff away and used it as a step!

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