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Subject Topic: How cold at the moment??!! Post Reply Post New Topic
Personnitnat
07/4/2010 at 8:56pm
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We are off to Tynllwyn Caravan And Camping Park on Friday for 2 nights and as this is the earliest(coldest!) we have ever camped I was just wondering if it is noticabely colder than say May/June?

We have good sleeping bags, will have picnic blankest under the matresses, will have plenty of layers ourself & if room allows we will be throwing in the quilt from home too!

What are your experiences at this time?

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Personbeefysmum
08/4/2010 at 12:41am
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Last year we went the 23rd of april for sons birthday and it was very mild, we had some warm sunny days and even when the rain came it was still warm . Not even tempted to try it this year , its bleddy freezing here . The nights were no problem either , we were all warm and snug . we didnt even need the fan heater on .

The year before our first camp was at whitsun and it was absolutely freezing , too cold to sit outside in the evenings and we were cold in bed too.
not much help really, take hot water bottles just in case .

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PersonTidburyboy
08/4/2010 at 7:59am
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Personally I don't think there's little point looking at last year really. It's no guide for the weather as it is right now really.

To my mind, you're better to judge things based on your own personal experieince and take a view of what you have done before and how you got on with the kit you have. If you've never camped in these temps, then it's a risk.......but that's part of the camping "thing" isn't it?

The daytime temps for the next few days are likely to be quite reasonable (13-15 C in the Midlands) But night time temps may result in mild ground frosts.

I have an external temp gauge in my car, and it was reading 8C yesterday morning at 7am but only 3C this morning. There's a good chance (in fact every chance!) that the night temps will be lower than this. Brrrr... for me, but others will camp out in the sub zeros.


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08/4/2010 at 9:43am
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we've just come back, and it is cold in the evenings, lots of layers, wooly hat, out to the pub if you like, then into bed early!

we still haven't used our heater!



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Personpjh10
08/4/2010 at 8:01pm
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Hi . All I can say is that there was a sharp frost round here last night. Took ages to scrape the ice off the car

Pete

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10/4/2010 at 11:11am
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What a day today, though! Hot and sunny. Can't miss this opportunity - got to go camping now!


Persondenscott
10/4/2010 at 8:51pm
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I am off, therefore I will camp.

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PersonSoup Dragon
10/4/2010 at 10:04pm
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I'm taking my 2 boys on Monday for a couple of nights. Thinking of Devon, the night temp looks to be 4 degrees,    which doesn't sound too bad and we've camped in plenty of times before. Last summer in the Jura we had one odd night when the temp plummeted to 5 degrees.

We'll use the Vango Beta 450, all together I can keep a close eye on the kids. I'm going to put my 5 year old in his   junior 2 season sleeping bag then put that partly inside his Dads sleeping bag.


PersonSpeedcamp
11/4/2010 at 4:34pm
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We've just come back from 4 nights in the Peak District. Nice and warm at night with the following bedding: airbed, fleecy mattress protector, Vango 350 sleeping bag, 10tog duvet, 2 blankets (our son also had a Gelert sleeping bag liner) plus hot water bottle. It was a bit cold first thing in the mornings (no heater) but dressing gowns proved too warm by 8.30. Plenty of layers and its fine!

Helen


Personnitnat
12/4/2010 at 9:22pm
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Blimey Helen, no wonder you were warm!!

Well the ewather during the day was glorious and was beach weather, so had a lovely seaside break!...all gone cold again today though.

Night times were also fine, I was aware the temmp was low, however we were not cold...if that makes sense?!!

Had a great time and now know we will be fine to camp at those night time temps again....hope everyone else that managed to get away this weekend also had a great time.

Roll on the next trip!


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