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There's no such thing as a camping season. Get yourself an EHU cable and a good fan heater and go anytime the weather is reasonable. It can be quite pleasant in autumn/winter/spring. You just need to adjust your gear for colder weather.

Cheaper, and no need to book up in winter either.

Quote: (We're going to seek some sun in November in Portugal in an apartment - please don't hate me!! ;-))

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Dont hate you for seeking winter sun we went to Portugal last november love some back end winter sunshine gets me through the winter

Went away early may bank holiday none ehu and vowed never to do it again it was freezing,on the saturday kids were out and about with some friends while me and clare ended up sitting in the car with heater full on,then we lit a couple of bbqs to keep warm,we had a chat and decided sunday morning we were going home,sunday came and and it was quite warm and the kids persuaded us to stay, then  about 4 in the afternoon it all of a sudden got cold and it began hail stoning,that was it car packed and of home we went,i swear it took the whole 2 and a half hour journey home for me to get warm....never ever again.

For a few days after i was getting vibes from clare and kids that our camping days could be over so like falling of a bike i had to make sure we got back on so i booked for late may bank holiday and what a difference we were all happy campers again.

Now i'm far from being the perfect planner or camper but by hell l made mistakes that weekend,mainly the tent(argos thing) it was far to small for 4 of us to sit in,we had no heating of any kind but mainly i should never have booked for that weekend with the gear we had....lesson well and truly learned.