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My OH and I have decided to take the kids camping next weekend (all 6 of them!) and I just needed some advice on keeping warm at night. I have an amazon 800 that got pitched yesterday for the first time and its huge so was worried it will be very cold inside.

I've got thermal roll mats for under air beds, thermal fleece toppers, 3 season sleeping bags fleeces for on top, am I missing anything off. Sorry this year will be our first year camping and I like to be prepaired. Also the campsite were going to has EHU so advice on a good electric heater would be great.

Bring  hot water bottles that you pop into kids beds a few mins before bedtime. Also get them into thei P.J's earlier in the evening and put their clothes back on again over the top. That way they're nice and toasty. Wear your socks to bed too.

You'll be fine it's warming up finally!

Thanks for the advice, will pop into town later and get hot water bottles for beds, didn't even think of them. I have gas heaters but don't like them because of my youngest 2 boys, scared of them getting burned on them.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for mild weather, don't fancy pitching my beast of a tent in the wind and rain

We've just got back from 4 nights in the Peak. Airbed, fleecy mattress protector, Vango 350 sleeping bag, 10 tog duvet, 2 blankets and a hot water bottle and we were cosy. Our 3 year old also had a gelert fleecy sleeping bag liner in addition.

It was a bit chilly first thing out of bed, but we were too hot in dressing gowns by 8.30.

Have fun!

Helen