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New to this aspect of camping ! I will hopefully be camping again this season, but as a single male parent, how do other parents keep the kids entertained and is there any groups to join...Cheers

look in the single/solo parent group and you willl find a lovely bunch of nutters.  the kids all sort of get together and entertain themselves.  usually a footballl or manhunt when dark gets them all joining in. 

 take a look at our halloween for nutters meeting we had 2 weeks ago.....

Hi, I'm in the same boat as you it seems.

I'm a single dad in Birmingham and was concerned with the whole thing about putting the tent up, watching them every minute whilst alone, loo trips, etc.

I've done it once with the extended family which was ok as there was always someone around to keep an eye on them, entertain them.

The other issue I had was the tent as when I'm alone I don't fancy putting up our montana lake alone so have just bought a quechua base family pop up family size tent and am going to try it for a weekend once the weather warms up a bit.

There is a northern group of single campers on here and I did plan on joining in with them at some point if time allows a bit later in the year. Or failing that maybe we could start a midlands group, although camping in the midlands usually means at least an hours drive away to find somewhere decent so maybe not that useful.

Either way, I wish you all the best, and may you and your kids have many great adventures together.