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hi i was just wondering to myself is there a thing called too much.

went for a drive to go outdoors yesterday and yes you guessed it ended up buying loads of stuff again. We will soon need a 49ft lorry to transport it. But is only stuff that was on my list that i made on last camping trip but in my eyes we both think we need it. And to be honest some of it was to replace other stuff.

i just think we have too much but got a big tent to fill (montana 12)

I believe there is such a thing as too much.  One of the lovely things about camping is the compactness of it.  My home is very cluttered and small, so I like to get into a simple, practical frame of mind when I camp, and it would grieve me to have more things in my tent and less space.

Have to be firm when bargains spring up, as they do from time to time, but we don't want any more stuff now.

FoO

I can only have what will fit in the car, if it wont fit we say "do we REALLY need it" if so we have to rethink what we can do with out....

Its a right night mare as i need Everything :(  hubby thinks otherwise.... but I dont like packing away, so i do it so we can pack away quicker...   dont want to have a Trailer (yet) - like to zip down the motorways, not bothered about a roof box (again yet) - dont want to get a bigger car, just got this one :)

now trying boxes see if this works,

Quote: Originally posted by LittleRuby on 31/5/2011

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I am at the opposite side and trying to condense what we take as ultimately its all left to me to unpack once home and i loathe it!! but yet i still spend as much in the stores buying smaller/portable items to replace perfectly good but larger items (its not working)

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I've just done the same, as my OH wanted to be able to tour with our vintage soft-top landrover. Even involved a new tent for a sturdy, standup, quick pitch option. Must admit - having got the kitchen into a set of saucepans and a digital camera bag and most other things in a folding bucket, a small holdall and a large drybag for bedding - its fab just to pick-up and go. We don't seem to lack anything when we use it either - although standard chairs and a table would add a bit of extra comfort.

We are using the big tent for a week this coming Saturday with all the standard gear and even though all the smaller items are packed ready in a couple of plastic boxes and a wheeled crate and its all been designed to minimise manhandling - it does seem like relatively harder work. "Easy pack and go" is our moto these days...