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Oh dear, the British weather. We're going on our first ever family camping trip on Wednesday and it's decided to rain.

Any tips on what we need/don't need for camping in the rain? I know we'll need to dry the tent out when we get back and I'm thinking we'll take the porch and a doormat and enforce a strict shoes-off rule, but anything else we need to bear in mind?

 Good waterproof clothing and boots .

Warm Camping gear .  3 season Sleeping Bags . Good Insulated Sleeping mats .

lots of Games . Plenty of Hot food and drinks .

And a good sense of humour .

Go for It ............

Keep the vents open as if you batten down the hatches and all escape inside the tent to avoid the rain the condensation will be a nightmare! Plenty of fresh air through the tent will help to keep condensation down - always a bit of a problem when a few bodies are in a polyester tent. Don't hang wet clothes/towels in the tent if you can avoid it as again that will not help thecondensation problem.

And of course everything the others have said - take plenty of wet weather gear and you'll have a ball! Make sure you have plenty of changes of clothing for the kids - they'll get wet & muddy (and love it!)

Have fun!

We go tomorow too, I think we shall be needing scuba gear...lol

We have decided due to weather it is best to take a laptop & a few dvd's for the kids, they have books & colouring stuff & wellies for puddles & we all have Rumikub, Manopoly & playing cards...........etc

But hopefully we will still find plenty of outdoor stuff to do no matter what the weather throws at us