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Quote: Originally posted by tin pockets on 02/4/2009

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Well, in the interests of seeing if our new sleeping bags are warm enough I will be leaving my nice warm centrally heated house to sleep in the pop up tent in the garden tonight. I figure if i can survive tonight i will be fine in any weather the spring and summer can throw at me.
I have been dropping hints all night to get my OH to sleep out there instead of me but he wasn't buying it and has now buggered off to bed leaving me with my hot chocolate.
Nuts!
Oh well, here goes, it was nice knowing you all.
Claud

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Enjoy your hot chocolate and sleep well :)

Angie

LOL thats the sort of thing I would do

Hope you sleep well!

You will be fine Tinpockets. It's not unduly cold tonight and I trust your sleeping bags will keep you warm.

I camped in my garden in February and although it was cold when sitting, it was really cosy once I got into my bed.

I will be braving it for real this weekend with 7 kids, who are all new to camping. Should be interesting!!

Good luck

10 pints of lager would have been more effective than a hot chocolate...........haven't you heard that all campers are partial to a drink or ten?

When we first got the tent we all slept in it in the garden.

But I went in the house in the middle of the night and left the wife and kids to it.

It was because my head was in a hole and lower then my feet. Honest.

Planned to go back in the tent and say I'd just been to the loo but one of the kids caught me asleep in bed!

 lol at Jamen.

hope your night in the pop up was a good un!

Quote: Originally posted by tin pockets on 03/4/2009

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I'm back and I didn't freeze. It was surprisingly snug in the tent and since we normally don't camp in anything colder than it was last night we will be fine. Heading off on maundy thursday to a farmer's field with no facilities so i can relax now knowing that even if i can't go the toilet I can at least be warm at night.
I had to check the bags out because I had got what looked like very thin and cold double sleeping bags, one for me and OH and one to stuff the 3 kids in together. they said 2-3 season but at only 250gms or whatever measurement they use i was sceptical. But i made innner sleeping bags out of flennalette sheets and then made outer sleeping bags out of giant fleece blankets. The idea was that the whole sleeping arrangement can be rolled up including pillows into a big sausage and stuffed quickly in the car. last year stuffing 3 single bags, 2 undersheets, 1 fleece, 1 duvet, 7 pillows and 3 air beds into seperate stuff sacs was taking so long to do every weekend it was putting me off. I didn't even put my fleecy undersheets on the mattress last night and i was still warm enough.
Thanks for all your support.
Claud

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So OH didnt even bring you a cuppa this morning?

Shocking lol

Glad you  slept well :)

Angie