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Way back in time we discovered our coolbox had been opened and raided. Apparently the New Forest donkeys were adept at opening tent zips.

Lately, while staying in Sandringham, we spotted a squirrel investigating inside an awning - the owner had left the front open - but it got in under the mud flap - cheeky blighter.

Many years ago I went camping with a 'non' camping friend who did not understand the need to zip up the bedroom pod.  That night I was sleeping like a babe when I felt what I thought was a wet leaf on my arm, I brushed it off and it seemed to have more life than the usual wet leaf - it turned out to be a frog!!!  It was dark and it was loose in the bedroom pod - I got my torch, put my hand in a sock and managed to capture it and return it to the wild!!! I got said 'non' camping friend back as she always slept late, so that morning I unplugged her airbed!!!!!!

We had a lovely and very welcome visitor in our tent last week - a beautiful dragonfly!  It stayed just long enough for me to grab the camera and take a pic

Wonderful dragonfly, LewLincs!

This little guy paid us a visit at Rynys in Snowdonia last year.  He arrived on the side of my plastic mug, and I didn't see him until I picked it up to drink. 

He was huge, and spent about half an hour in the tent, creeping up the inside of the flysheet, looking curious and handsome!  Then he came to the front door and simply bounced out into the grass.  I felt very privileged he'd come a'callin'!

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Quote: Originally posted by LewLincs3 on 09/9/2011

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Ooh what is it FOO?!  Some sort of grasshopper or cricket?  He's got a cute face lol

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I'm not sure what he was, to be honest.  He seemed to have wings, and I think must have flown in, as he arrived at quite a height.  But he was very big for a flying bug!  He did have a nice little face... probably the most expressive insect I've ever met!

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Quote: Originally posted by sonja.p on 09/9/2011

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New forest ponies eat tents on their way to eating any food that is in them!

We had a similar creature to the one above, in Dorset. It was crawling along the top of the tent underneath the outer skin so all we could see from inside was the outline of it's feet. I'll dig out a photo later. It turned out to be a big grasshopper and the scariest bit was when I was filming it when it was in the ground and it hopped up under my skirt!

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The Dreaded New Forest Tent-Eating Horsies!  It should be a film! 

I wonder if your grasshopper was a Great Green, Sonja?  They can give a really sharp bite, so one up your skirt could have been nasty!

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Hi Pingvin,

Just spotted your user name on this thread and sorry but hijacking it- to say we had a marvellous time camping in Denmark in August.  We got to the 6 areas we wanted to go to, weather wasn't too bad although Mons Klint was damper (we had little frogs and toads and ginat snails all around us), and we also enjoyed Dieanes again too although it was very quiet on site this time.  Many many highlights for us- Skagen was amazing, we went mad in Copenhagen with a visitors card and saw new Viking and Iron Age sites too.  I should get around to uploading some pics but need to find the instructions first!