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22/1/2012 at 9:09pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Bear Lake 6
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Sight - the tent all tidy and all the windows and doors open to welcome the day.

Sound - horses clip cloping along a road that isn't too close, but it is so quiet that you can hear their hooves

Smell - the first time you go into the tent after you put it up, before you get smelly boys in there ;-)

Taste - eggy bread when you roll out of bed just before lunch

Touch - lying on the smooth zig in my bear lake.  I have a carpet/furry fabric phobia and this is pretty close to heaven for me.



23/1/2012 at 12:03am
 Location: Retford
 Outfit: Outwell Nevada M
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Sight - Watching other people pitching their tents!!

Sound - Wildlife noise in the distance at night (owls hooting) and Dawn Chorus.

Smell - Bacon cooking first thing in the morning

Taste - Mug of hot chocolate and mashmallows at bedtime

Touch - My dogs curling up at the bottom of the airbed, keeping my feet warm



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Carly


23/1/2012 at 2:05am
 Location: Coventry
 Outfit: Cabanon Elody & Julie & Combicamp
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Sight - A massive garden just outside our front door with a few other tents to look at too.

Sound - The gentle ripple of a brook just behind our tent, or the sound of waves.

Smell - Fresh air & dew covered grass.

Taste - A mug of malty coffee

Touch - The feel of the canvas as we're pitching the tent, and the warmth of the sun on my skin.



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Jean


23/1/2012 at 6:52am
 Location: Bootle
 Outfit: various tents & A steam train
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It varies throughout the day.First thing in the morning it is all that goes with sitting outside with a cup of tea, and watching the site wake up.   First of all the quiet of the site when few people are up, whispered "morning" as fellow dog walkers pass each other taking Fido for a wee.
As we are on family sites, the lovely sounds as the kids come out to play.
The smell of the countryside as I am sitting with my cuppa first thing, which then changes tot the smell of bacon.
Touch has to be the grass between my toes


23/1/2012 at 5:41pm
 Location: Northants
 Outfit: Berghaus Nightfall4
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This is making me hungry!!!!!!


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23/1/2012 at 7:14pm
 Location: Sheffield
 Outfit: Enough!! No more room in shed!!
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Not sure if mine can be called favourites but they are certainly camping related.

SIGHT- The beauty of Britain from a camping chair

SOUND- People crunching gravel underfoot in the middle of the night when off to the loo!

SMELL- A full English (we never have a cooked breakfast at home)

TASTE- Packet mash with butter and cheese

TOUCH- The weight of the backpack on my back with our flask of coffee and sandwiches for our lunch as were off exploring our surroundings.

There are so many things that I associate with camping it's quite difficult to narrow them down..

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*** A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on***


23/1/2012 at 7:39pm
 Location: Northumberland
 Outfit: Vango Diablo 400 & Sunncamp Evo 400
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Quite similar to everyone else really...

SIGHT - The morning sun on the mountains promising a day full of amazing adventures.

SOUND - The pitter patter of rain on the tent when I'm curled up all cosy in my sleeping bag.

TASTE - A rare Quorn bacon and egg fried breakfast (accompanied by HP sauce of course) with a good cup of coffee.

SMELL - The salmon sizzling away on the BBQ ready to be washed down with a nice cool lager.

TOUCH - A good hot shower which I always seem to appreciate more on a campsite than at home.

TOUCH #2 - Snuggling up next to my lovely warm fluffy dog.

Is it nearly time to camp yet????

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Magic Bunny x


24/1/2012 at 4:44pm
 Location: North Yorkshire
 Outfit: Kuro 500; Bailey Orion; Fiat Ducato
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Sight - row upon row of bikes and trikes gleaming in the sunshine

Sound - Listening to live bands blasting out rock n roll

Taste - Nice cold cider (and lots of it)

Smell - (Not the portaloos ) . The smell of a hundred full English brunches

Touch - Hugging my biker buddies that I haven't seen since, well, the last bike rally!

I would just like to point out that my list for C&CC Rallies and "normal" campsites is VERY different lol! Honest!

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Caz :)


24/1/2012 at 8:55pm
 Location: Denmark
 Outfit: None Entered
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Sight: The sun shining through the canvas in the morning when I wake up
Example:


Sound: The sound of nature and wildlife (wind, rain, owls, foxes and hedgehogs sniffing around the tent...) when I fall asleep

Taste: Italian icecream at our favourite café in a town close to our favourite campsite in Denmark

Smell: grass

Touch: My youngest daughter huddling close to me when we fall asleep in our sleeping bags


25/1/2012 at 8:11am
 Location: The Black Country
 Outfit: A proud owner of a old ABI maurader
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Here goes 

 1  Sight The English countryside from the tent / my kids fast asleep at night.  2 Sound  wild birds / kids playing / breakfast cooking .3  Smell fresh moning air / breakfast  /     bbq .4 Touch cuddling my kids in the middle of the night to keep warm/ holding a hot cup of tea first thing in the morning /holding my fishing rod . 5  Taste burgers& onion / bacon eggs /hot tea / home made cider& wine . All in all just to be outdoors away from the rat race even if its for a weekend  20  miles away its the best hobby ever ! Atb  Roy          



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25/1/2012 at 9:22am
 Location: milton keynes
 Outfit: Vango Skye 600 Bail
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SIGHT - Kids Playing free

SMELL - Fresh air amd Camp fires

SOUND - Birds, Wildlife and Kids Playing

TASTE - Morning cooked Breakfast and Evening Burnt BBQ offerings

TOUCH - Cuddles from 2 Sleepy Children

Umm would rather be camping now outdoors not stuck in an office working..........



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Louise K & K


25/1/2012 at 1:09pm
 Location: Near Drabingdon
 Outfit: Coleman Weathermastr & Vango Delta 300
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Sight: Nice view be it meadows, mountains or sea.

Smell: Cut grass in the spring, campfire at night and the smell of propane when I put the tea on (yes I know it's strange). I also love the smell of tent!

Sound: Birds twittering.

Taste: First cup of tea in the morning and good cider or ale in the evening.

Touch: A good morning shower in a decent shower block.

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Ploppy son of Ploppy.


01/2/2012 at 2:39pm
 Location: durham
 Outfit: Tent Hi Gear Zenobie 6 Vango Icarus 3
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Sight: Everyone pitching up and generally having good time

Smell: Cooked breakfasts and barbecues and fresh air,

Sound: Of nature and everyone enjoying themselves

Taste: Eating outdoors

Touch: My lovely sleeping back after a great day.



05/2/2012 at 11:57am
 Location: Tidbury Green
 Outfit: Swift Fairway SE 442
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Sight - Rain beading neatly on the canvas

Smell - that has to be the bacon sizzling in the pan

Sound - of the last peg being driven in.

Taste - the bacon........

Touch - that's private, mind your own business  

 




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