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Topic: A whole year without camping!

AngelicMinx

03/10/2012 at 7:20pm
Location: Netherlands
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Well we have done it, after many years under canvas, we have been a whole year without camping.

Alot of our gear has been sold or given away and space has been freed .. yay!

Have we missed it? A little but not as much as we thought we would. Circumstances dictated that we would be camping no more and we accept that.

So it seems there is life after camping. Hard to imagine but true. Who would have thought so :)

I must confess however to still having one tent. But in my defense it is an Esvo and I admit to being a complete Esvo junkie.

She is so beautiful I am finding it hard to part with her. How blummin sad is that.

Nice to read the posts on the joys of those still camping. Pity the weather wasnt better this year. Maybe next year will be tropical :)

Assorted rantings of a semi sane ex camper over and done with .

Angie

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03/10/2012 at 7:27pm
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always keep 1 tent back - in the loft/garage/under the bed ... u just never know when your just suddenly going to get the urge to go camping again!

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dk168

03/10/2012 at 8:28pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
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Hello Angie,

Glad to hear there is life after camping for you.

Take care!

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splendidisolation

03/10/2012 at 8:52pm
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Hi Angie,

Shame you've had to part with your tents but the free space must be good...and and presume you're enjoying an ensuite and not having to wear a woolly hat in bed!

Thanks for you help/advice when I was purchasing my little De Waard....used her properly for a full two weeks holiday this summer and it was great.

jelboy53

04/10/2012 at 10:28am
Location: Cumbernauld Scotland
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Don't think I could go a whole year without at least one trip away..Unless as you say Angie circumstances dictated it...I would miss it badly....

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mantrachant

10/10/2012 at 6:36pm
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Good to hear from you again Angie. Glad to hear that you're coping well without the camping, I expect you're much better off now too ;)

bluenosewidow

11/10/2012 at 8:28pm
Location: West Midlands
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Oh no. Have you got rid of your lovely tents without posting them on here?

AngelicMinx

13/10/2012 at 11:15pm
Location: Netherlands
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Quote: Originally posted by bluenosewidow on 11/10/2012
Oh no. Have you got rid of your lovely tents without posting them on here?

We only have one left and I really am struggling to let her go. I spent a few years looking for this particular tent and now we have one she has to go again.. heartbreaking !

I guess I should make an effort and let the world see the beauty that she is :)

Angie

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19/10/2012 at 6:05am
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Yes please, post a pic of her on here.

brickiemum

19/10/2012 at 6:18pm
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but it's not life after camping is it? You have a tent, you are curious about what the weather will be like next summer. You have simply had a hiatus

AngelicMinx

04/11/2012 at 2:19pm
Location: Netherlands
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Quote: Originally posted by brickiemum on 19/10/2012
but it's not life after camping is it? You have a tent, you are curious about what the weather will be like next summer. You have simply had a hiatus

No doubt whatsoever. The only reason we still have one tent is that it took me 5 years to find it, it is truly gorgeous (Dutch, canvas, pyramid and Esvo) and I am struggling to part with her. Sad or what lol. Due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be no more camping for us :(

Angie

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04/11/2012 at 2:58pm
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This situation might come to us all one day - how reassuring to hear that there's a life after camping! Since I had a life before camping too, I never really doubted there could be a life after...

Enjoy all the free space in the house - and don't get tempted to fill it with too much other stuff...

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04/11/2012 at 4:57pm
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Life after camping is often called caravanning.

SunnyBallynewry

04/11/2012 at 7:31pm
Location: County Armagh NI
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