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23/11/2008 at 4:06pm
 Location: New Forest
 Outfit: Ford Duetto motorhome
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I bet there’s more like us around. We have decided no more static van holidays. We spent our most miserable holiday in a static van site in Devon this summer with so many vans rammed on the site, our children had nowhere to play. Miserable children =unhappy parents = pants holiday.

We visited my sister on a normal campsite a few miles down and her children had so much room to play and run around and so they had a great time despite the weather.

We thought back and realised that our best holidays were always on campsites and so having raided our savings, we bought a Montana 6, extension, portaloo, beds etc.

We are now looking for a nice coastal site in Cornwall with some facilities and hopefully peaceful at night for the summer.

I have to say we are really excited and can’t wait to start. We will be easy to recognise as we will be the one’s putting the tent up inside out, the wrong way round,on the wrong pitch or even the wrong site.

Thanks for a brilliant site and all those who add to it.



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23/11/2008 at 4:31pm
 Location: Plymouth
 Outfit: Sterling 645 Elite
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Welcome, let's hope you enjoy it like the rest of us!!!


23/11/2008 at 4:37pm
 Location: bolton
 Outfit: minnesota 4 outwell
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i'm a newbie and started this year and love it, didn't think the wife would like it but shes can't wait for the next trip! this site has helped me a lot too and i've learned so much, and people are alway willing to help and advise.

no doubt you'll  get bitten by the bug (sounds like you already have)and have years of happy camping.

ps i only wish i started when the kids were younger cos i think its brilliant for kids, they're big kids now but still want to come with us cos we enjoy it so much

 john x



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23/11/2008 at 5:40pm
 Location: Dutch Mountains
 Outfit: Sharp talons beak and a hernia!
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It's never too late to start camping! Welcome to the forum and a good season to start accumulating all the gear. After camping seasons it's best to buy bargains. But don't fall for the spring lures every other campingstore has come march and April! Stick to what you got and see how that suits you. Adapt to your needs and before you know it you have the first meritbadge or carsticker you can proudly look back onto in ten years.



23/11/2008 at 7:23pm
 Location: Swadlincote Derbyshire
 Outfit: Outwell Montana 6 & Vango Tamor 500
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Quote: Originally posted by SmileySteve on 23/11/2008

I bet there’s more like us around. We have decided no more static van holidays. We spent our most miserable holiday in a static van site in Devon this summer with so many vans rammed on the site, our children had nowhere to play. Miserable children =unhappy parents = pants holiday.

We visited my sister on a normal campsite a few miles down and her children had so much room to play and run around and so they had a great time despite the weather.

We thought back and realised that our best holidays were always on campsites and so having raided our savings, we bought a Montana 6, extension, portaloo, beds etc.

We are now looking for a nice coastal site in Cornwall with some facilities and hopefully peaceful at night for the summer.

I have to say we are really excited and can’t wait to start. We will be easy to recognise as we will be the one’s putting the tent up inside out, the wrong way round,on the wrong pitch or even the wrong site.

Thanks for a brilliant site and all those who add to it.


Not that easy to recognise coz that's how we end up doing it everytime and we've had three attempts now! We're not natural born campers lol but what we lack in experience we more than make up for in enthusiasm. Happy holidays and welcome to a fab forum.

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If you have a problem stressing you, sort it. If you can't, there's no point worrying about it coz it won't make a blind bit of difference!!!! Jules


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23/11/2008 at 7:36pm
 Location: Cumbria (Upper Eden Valley)
 Outfit: Cabanons SunValley Michigan Khyam ABI
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I think we are all now, if not by stocking up an goodies then in our heads, already planning everything for next year.

Doing everything 'wrong' is part of the fun and I'm sure even the most practiced campers don't get it 'right' 100% of the time.

Happy camping, whenit comes.

Johnnydiamond - aren't you off to your pod soon?



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23/11/2008 at 7:40pm
 Location: bolton
 Outfit: minnesota 4 outwell
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aye -next weekend-can't wait- hope we can cope with the cold! xx

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24/11/2008 at 8:06pm
 Location: Cheshire
 Outfit: Elddis Avante 636
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Hi & welcome you sound just like us we spent the last 3 years in statics on the Adriatic coast (so at least we had sun) until we were introduced to camping by my best pal and her hubby - we resisted for a long time not knowing what we were missing.  We suddenly realised that we could save at least half the cost of our static hol by going under canvas and have lots of fun doing it!

We bought a Monty and extension and just about every gadget going for our new tent - you will not be disappointed with your choice of tent we love ours.  We are now onto tent number 2 and eagerly awaiting next Spring to get back into the swing of things.



24/11/2008 at 8:08pm
 Location: Cumbria (Upper Eden Valley)
 Outfit: Cabanons SunValley Michigan Khyam ABI
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Quote: Originally posted by johnnydiamond on 23/11/2008
aye -next weekend-can't wait- hope we can cope with the cold! xx
Just put an extra string vest on and you'll be rite

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25/11/2008 at 6:59am
 Location: north-east-lincolnshire
 Outfit:  5m bell tent and several cabanons
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hi smiley steve and welcome........... we to have a montanna 6 and we have used it 3 times this year and we still struggle with it so if you me and peggybabcot all end up on the same site noone would know who was who as we would all have upside down tents lol

have to say though it is a brilliant tent once it is up and it so room, there are 4 of us and there is still room for more to sit once we are zipped up,

enjoy your trips



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A tent is like a newborn born baby..... to some they all look the same..... but if its yours it's beautiful.


:o) gillychick
Willows - Laceby March
Lee Valley - London May
Nanctol Wales June
Croatia September
undecided October


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25/11/2008 at 6:59am
 Location: north-east-lincolnshire
 Outfit:  5m bell tent and several cabanons
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hi smiley steve and welcome........... we to have a montanna 6 and we have used it 3 times this year and we still struggle with it so if you me and peggybabcot all end up on the same site noone would know who was who as we would all have upside down tents lol

have to say though it is a brilliant tent once it is up and it so room, there are 4 of us and there is still room for more to sit once we are zipped up,

enjoy your trips



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A tent is like a newborn born baby..... to some they all look the same..... but if its yours it's beautiful.


:o) gillychick
Willows - Laceby March
Lee Valley - London May
Nanctol Wales June
Croatia September
undecided October



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