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Valuable like handbag, camera, phone I always have with me anyway, the DVD player stays locked in the car, I leave everything else, my cooker, gas bottle and cooking stuff stay outside my tent, behind my windbreak, and not had anything go missing yet touch wood.

Thank you all very much for your replies. I dont feel as silly for asking now

We wont be taking anything of any worth like laptops ect as i wont the kids to be game/laptops/phone free lol

Thanks again

Vikki

Quote: Originally posted by John Preece on 18/8/2009

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i think your all being over cautious.  I have heard the saying better safe than sorry, but how many have actually had someone invade there space?  I have had nothing taken and while i don't confess to being an old hand, I think on proper campsites its just a no no and isn't done.  Not saying that is the same at some of the chavier sites, but its still far from the norm.

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I'm ok with caution but not to the point of obsession.  If you have something with you that you are really concerned about losing then perhaps it shouldn't be with you.  Most of us take cameras/camcorders etc around with us anyway so they don't attract attention being carted to and from the car.

I personally have never had anything taken while camping, but last weekend was away with friends, we spent the day doing a dog training course, when we returned to the campsite (lovely country location, not a huge all-singing-all-dancing site with loads of people) there were 3 tents in the group which had been broken into.

Items stolen were gas bottles, stoves, EHU kits, cool boxes etc.

It was devastating for the victims. Especially as one of the victims is deaf, she then felt unsafe (as she'd never hear someone getting into her tent at night) and immediately packed up and went home.

I would have NEVER expected crime on that site (there were only 20 tents there in total), and it's made me a LOT more wary :(

Edit to add: it was a local trip, and is not one of the locations in my signature