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MOLLYJESS,wish we could go camping at weekends but unfotunately I work Thursday to Monday on nights,so,alas it is na immpossiblilty.Please check here for weather.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html

Well MOLLYJESS, we're taking the plunge this weekend and setting off for a couple of nights at Loch Ken, South West Scotland. Forecast isn't looking too bad - some light showers Friday and Saturday, dry on Sunday. It's the temperature I'm more concerned about, getting as low 0 degrees during the night. That said, our three season Gelerts and some extra duvets should keep us cosy - and we'll have our wee fan heater to defrost the icicles from our noses in the morning.

In terms of your campfire, brilliant if you're able to do that. Last year I bought a small Chimnea. I took our gazebo, put the Chimnea in the centre of it and arranged the chairs around it, it worked a treat. The smoke from the fire simply rises to the top and vents from the sides.

Go on, be a devil and give the kids an adventure. My view is always to ask myself "What's the worst that can happen?"

I don't think an open campfire in a gazebo would be wise. Depending on what you're burning it might spark and give off cinders among the smoke which would most definately burn or even hole the gazebo deeming it useless for it's intended purpose.

If you're going to use a Gazebo it may be wise picking up a wee Chimnea, you can get them for about twenty quid. Because they're steel they really heat up giving you a kind of low tech radiator!