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12/9/2008 at 11:30am
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Outwell Georgia XL
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I know it's not nice to boast, but........

I have just managed to get my Outwell Georgia XL, sleeping bags, seats, kitchen stuff (cooker etc), beds, pillows, kids backpacks, my clothes bag, blankets, in fact everything we will ever need in my Vauxhall Calibra!! I have a bit of a headache now (I bumped my head) and I'm sure the neighbours were having a laugh at me, but I'm so proud. How did I do it when my boot won't usually shut with a weeks shopping? I kept the boot closed, took out the parcel shelf and loaded everything up by chucking it over the back seat. lol

I've even left room for the dog, kids and OH. Do think it's time for a slightly bigger car now though.



12/9/2008 at 11:43am
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
 Outfit: Compass Kensington + Octavia 4x4
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LOL well done Dizzy! We took both cars when we took our Georgia XL and the 2 kids! No idea how you managed it!!

Andi


12/9/2008 at 11:50am
 Location: Kent
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So that's who everyone was laughing at!


12/9/2008 at 12:07pm
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lol! You should have seen me laying on the back seat pushing my feet against all the stuff I had managed to cram in!

Anybody know of a car with decent boot space that is very easy to park?  I'm only 5ft tall so need the seat close to the pedals and I am very very bad at parallel parking.



12/9/2008 at 12:10pm
 Location: East Kent
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My volvo S60 2.0T has a massive boot, easy to park, so many adjustments on seat and steering wheel height a midget like my mum and my lanky OH can all drive it

But, apparently, has no street cred

Jo



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12/9/2008 at 12:14pm
 Location: Kent
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I think after what I've just been through I have absolutely no street cred left at all.


12/9/2008 at 12:17pm
 Location: East Kent
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I didn`t here tem laughing in my part of Kent..........probably watching me prising all ours in the boot too.....its the extra blankets that caused the squeeze......


12/9/2008 at 12:20pm
 Location: rotherham south yorks
 Outfit: rage bergen 8 and higear kalahari 8
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Well done dizzy! Where are  you off to? Hope you have good time and weather ok for you!!!


12/9/2008 at 12:23pm
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
 Outfit: Compass Kensington + Octavia 4x4
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We only have an SX4 and a Swift so very limited boot space in fact once the tent is in the bigger of the boots there's practically no more room left lol. We've bought a handirack and holdall so we may be able to use one car next time it's 4 + tent! If not it's either an estate car or a tow bar!

Andi


12/9/2008 at 12:24pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Outwell Georgia XL
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Only going to Pevensey Bay, just an hour or so away. I don't think my son will cope with his legs on top of the sleeping bags for longer than that! Pins and needles all the way.

You may not have heard them from Faversham Jo, but I'm sure there will probably be a report of excess noise at about 10am this morning on meridian news! lol



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12/9/2008 at 12:42pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Khyam Michigan 12 & Coleman Weekend 6
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Lol.


12/9/2008 at 12:56pm
 Location: East Kent
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Won`t have a TV on site atTunbridge Wells..........., we`ll listen out on Sunday morning when it all goes back in!!


12/9/2008 at 1:03pm
 Location: Norfolk
 Outfit: Cabanons - 5 of them!
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Well done! But will you get it all back in after your trip ???

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Anne - mad mum to one - foster mum to many - adoptatent to you guys!


12/9/2008 at 2:01pm
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 Outfit: Outwell Georgia XL
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Don't know if it will all go back in, is it a bad idea to make the kids wear all there clothes they packed home? It would take out two backpacks! Perhaps we should just hang the dogs lead out of the window and he can run home beside the car?


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Quote: Originally posted by dizzy WO4 on 12/9/2008

I know it's not nice to boast, but........

I have just managed to get my Outwell Georgia XL, sleeping bags, seats, kitchen stuff (cooker etc), beds, pillows, kids backpacks, my clothes bag, blankets, in fact everything we will ever need in my Vauxhall Calibra!! I have a bit of a headache now (I bumped my head) and I'm sure the neighbours were having a laugh at me, but I'm so proud. How did I do it when my boot won't usually shut with a weeks shopping? I kept the boot closed, took out the parcel shelf and loaded everything up by chucking it over the back seat. lol

I've even left room for the dog, kids and OH. Do think it's time for a slightly bigger car now though.




Hi dizzy
Well done But all you have to do now is remember how you did it for the return trip when we used to go without a trailer,our gear always seemed to grow and we have often left bulky things on site.Hope all goes well in your case
Good luck and have a nice camp
Rex.

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"Be the person your dog thinks you are" (BM)


13/9/2008 at 1:02am
 Location: town called malice
 Outfit: montana 6 & evolution 600
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now you have passed the 1st test now here's the second, you have to get all the stuff in the boot of a mini....



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