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valbarley

28/4/2010 at 8:24pm
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Quote: Originally posted by dbspider on 28/4/2010
is that coleman bag the type you need to order a left and right zip ?

it's got zips down both sides, so no!

stash29

28/4/2010 at 10:02pm
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Have you gone overboard? Perhaps, but then so have a lot of us. We've bought 3 tents in the past year and for some reason I've got four different stoves in the garage. Two different gas lanterns etc etc Just enjoy it though and camp the way you want to.

Personally I would have done without the TV, I think part of the joy of camping is being away from it all and amusing yourselves in other ways. Then again I don't have kids so it's easy for me to say that, and I'm sure if I did I'd at least have a laptop handy for them to watch DVDs on for the times when their 'boredom' started to encrouch on my tranquility and peacefullness.

At the end of the day it's your holiday so take whatever you need to enjoy it. I can't see why anyone wouldn't love it so you'll probably get loads of use out of the equipment you've bought.

I'd recommend getting some decent chairs and one thing I can't camp without is my large acrylic whisky glass!

Oh and by the way, see when you think you have bought everything you'll ever need?....you haven't!....

Enjoy your trip and let us know how it goes...

dbspider

29/4/2010 at 7:58am
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trip not until july but i j wanted to start and get everything to gether as the last thing i wnted to do was wait till the week befor

dbspider

29/4/2010 at 11:45am
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just been to get the prta loo from lidl and was really surprised to see it was a thetford make still had all the stickers etc on it and also had chemicals as well

dadsbeaniemad

29/4/2010 at 11:48am
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I don't see a Corkscrew on your list

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dbspider

29/4/2010 at 12:34pm
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tea total lol so no need for corkscrew

mzzy

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I don't think you have gone over board at all, its each to their own!

I tend to buy everything I can think of then spend all year de-cluttering and selling stuff, that I didn't need after all. Its all part of the fun!

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Re lighting, we've tried all kinds of lighting and have decided that the best lighting is gas, also gives off some heat

Great lights for reading etc. The battery type were next to useless, the LED even more useless

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Cuddley toy!

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windbreak?
And agree some of the little chairs you can pick up for under a fiver in asda for sitting outside, inflatable sofas are a bit of a nuisance I've found.
Oh, puncture repair kit for the sofa!!
and some tables for definite.

bridgeywidge

29/4/2010 at 10:50pm
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Perhaps....just how long are you going away for?!?

Don't forget the spare mallet - always useful - and loo roll.

....Hope you have a BIG car or roofbox and/or trailer.Anyway, have lots of fun trying out your kit and finding out what's essential, and what's not

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Glamper Puss

29/4/2010 at 11:19pm
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We had one camping trip with friends before we decided to invest in our own equipment. Then, before I knew it one weekend we had spent over £1000 getting what we wanted. We have since expanded on that and I love all the bits and bobs that make our camping trips more comfortable. Oh and we take a TV too, though not planning to for our trip to France in the summer.

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dbspider

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at bridgeywidge going for a week. space not too much of a problem have mondeos me father in law and all equipment in that as well as roof box other mondeo wife mother in law

kids and dogs in that i think that should give me enough space if not then im f**ked lol

well just an update today seen more spending

porta loo from lidl
2 x outwell contour 1900 sleeping bags joined no make double
outwell titan lantern
2 x chairs these ones
1 x large tourch
1 x sleeping bag for youngest as the one we bought him after looking was going to be no good
oh and finally a campinggaz burner hold all bag

bridgeywidge

30/4/2010 at 7:52pm
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Hi - do post again after your first outing and let us know how you get on and if YOU think you went OTT, also what was a wise investment and what perhaps was not. Good post as had lots of 'us' commenting...

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dib-dib-dib

30/4/2010 at 8:43pm
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Quote: Originally posted by valbarley on 28/4/2010

Quote: Originally posted by dbspider on 28/4/2010
is that coleman bag the type you need to order a left and right zip ?

it's got zips down both sides, so no!

So I could buy two singles and zip them together to make a nice big double??

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30/4/2010 at 8:57pm
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If you are anything like us, then no, we got our tent in 2008 and of season outwell sunvalley 8, so good deal but got all the bits with it too. We done as basically we could not afford to go away abroad anymore, slight cash flow issue. Therefore it was like camping or dont come!

This year my husband has got a new bigger trailer so i am looking for a duvet instead of sleeping bags, which i hate and i bet you will still be finding things to buy even if you think you have it all.

Def a corkscrew as someone mentioned, and a masher!

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