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01/9/2012 at 6:30pm
Location: Bootle
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I like the fact that everything is my own. I am not worriedif a cup get broken or the kids accidently spill their hot chocolate on the bed.
I like the fact that I am not tied to time - I can eat what I want shen I want.
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01/9/2012 at 7:29pm
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Your thoughts pretty much sum up my feelings too, our set up is what some might regard as luxury, we often have people pointing out our fur throw covered sofa or crocheted blankets, comfy chairs, we have airbeds on top of campbeds and a heater, electric coolbox etc. We actually sat lastnight commenting on how we couldn't do it without our luxuries, on Thursday night it was so cold we left the heater on overnight, its the first time we've ever done it but it really was cold. All this said, at the end of the day we are still in a tent in the middle of a field and enjoying the great outdoors.
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01/9/2012 at 10:12pm
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In the words of my five year old during our camping holiday this year ... 'this is the best holiday ever!' I can't argue with that  Fresh air, peace and quiet (well as quiet as it can ever be with a 5 and 2 year old!), outdoor cooking and quality family time. All at a fraction of the cost of a package holiday. We worked out that if you multiplied what we paid for our camping holiday this year by 10, we could just about go to Center Parcs! Easy decision! Oh and I 'glamp' too 
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01/9/2012 at 10:37pm
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I guess there are 'those in the know' and those who aren't!!! Whenever anyone asks about the camping thing who don't camp, like you say, they already have some kind of 70's throwback image of Carry on Camping and are quite shocked when I explain my set up or show them photos. Especially when I talk about my cosy flannelette duvet sheets and feather duvet, mmmmm snuggly warm!! Likewise have also managed to pursuade friends to 'give it a go' with the right advice about kit. Best wishes Sam
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01/9/2012 at 11:49pm
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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 01/9/2012
Another reason is perhaps the caveman instinct in me, the building of a "home" so to speak.
I think there's something in that, DK. As a kid, I was a great builder of dens, even indoors (I used to use 2 overturned armchairs and sheets). My first tent was the clothes horse with a bedspread over it, and I was thrilled the first night it was considered warm enough for me to sleep out in it, with only our German Shepherd for company.
I wonder if camping meets some sort of primeval need to create your own shelter.
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02/9/2012 at 11:15am
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My sister is one of those aghast at me camping, and I have the works! Yet last summer she booked a static caravan (luxury version) on the same site as me and her and her family were at my tent from 8am till bed time. She kept saying how relaxing it felt compared to the static. The boys loved the open space in front of the tent, she loved lying on my bed and chatting while I was preparing our meals, and yes they brought their food and I cooked for them! The boys ate their food with no hassle so they could go back to the friends they had made in the tent next door! But oh no!!! You'd never catch her camping!
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09/9/2012 at 7:57am
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If im asked why i go camping i get out my phone and show them two pictures taken from the front of my tent one as the sun comes up over the hills in Debyshire and one of the sunset over the Llyn peninsula in west wales.After the ooohs and aaaahs i simply say "why do i go camping ?
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09/9/2012 at 9:38am
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I do take some gadgets with me, my Kindle is a must, means I can have loads of books without taking up any space. Kids both have their own as well, very useful as Alice is a reader. The kids have their DSs - for the journey as much as keepin g them quiet if the weather isn't being too kind.
Music goes on their phones.
I now take my IPad with me - useful for weather checks, see what's local. We were able to look up the timetable of the local steam railway, and work out the best way to do things
Portable DVD is taken for when the weather is bad, or we simply want to chill as a family and it may be too cold to sit outside - nice to be able to sit and watch a flm as a family.
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