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We mostly go off for the day- like Alan it's a base to explore from- but I really enjoy the rare occasions when I can get my OH to just sit in the tent on an afternoon chilling, playing cards or dominoes and enjoying a healthy snack of crisps and wine!

We are very much sit-outsiders with the odd trip to the supermarket or pub. For us camping is about relaxing and that's how we prefer to chill out.

Each to their own.

When I go to France it's usualy around a 1000+ miles to the site from home, with a couple of overnights on the way, so it is nice to spend the first couple of days chilling on the site, after all that driving, this year I plan to use the car a lot less, once at the site, and will be using the train for any day trips to the med for instance, which is about 100 miles from the site, last time I went to the Cote d Azur, we hardly used the car, public transport was so good and cheap, it just wasn't worth the hasssle with traffic and parking etc.  

On our 'long' French trip we tend to plan about 5 or 6 things to do in a 3 week period... the rest of the time we chill out on site... however, the sites we go to tend to have lots of activities - like pools, flumes, tennis, table tennis, crazy golf, pony rides etc. so the kids disappear and we just sit.

If we go for a weekend in the UK we normally plan to have something specific to do on the Saturday, but other than that we chill...

This May bank holiday we went without a plan, and in the end couldn't be bothered to leave the site - we played rounders with the kids and actually had enough time to read the Sunday papers while they played footie and met up with other kids - bliss!

Christine

We go out everyday wether walking or in the car to see the sites.

Get back make tea and if there is onsite entertainment go about 7.00 for an hour.

If No entertainment play games generaly relax.

As a kid we never camped at a campsite so we always went out to get water from other campsites Naughty i know lol. But very exciting.

hellx

we do a bit of both, but the site we are going to bank holiday weekend has a beach 1/4 mile away!

so probably spend more time on site this trip since mostly we travel to beaches, however will sqeeze in several visits also.  I was lucky enough to have been given a pack of leaflets so definitely doing a trip to sea and seal sanctuary and probably other places as well.