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26/8/2015 at 12:44am
Location: London
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Personally I would rather pay a bit more for a less crowded campsite. We've just come back from a weekend away and the site felt very crowded, the pitch we were given for four tents was long and thin, bumpy, with fruit trees either end, which made it very difficult to find a good place to pitch. I ended up having to pitch very close to the tent on the next pitch - the guy ropes were practically crossing - I did try and angle our front away from theirs so it wasn't too obtrusive, but there wasn't any other choice.
I do have a large tent (Outwell Montana with awning) as we are a family of 5, but I agree with tentaddict, I expect to pay more for this, it's my choice to have 3 children and a big tent! Although most sites I have stayed on recently have charged per person, so I am paying more anyway.
Personally the close proximity of the other tents is one reason for me not returning to that particular campsite. When everyone left on the Monday I suddenly realised what a beautiful site it was, but when it was so crammed you just couldn't tell, we could have been camped anywhere.
Earlier in the year we camped on a site where the centre of the field was deliberately left empty to provide a playing area, it was lovely, lots of families were having games of cricket and football, and you felt that the kids could play without having to constantly worry they would kick a football onto someone's tent or car. There was a huge gap (probably about 4 tents worth) between our group of tents and the next. It wasn't that the site was just not booked up, as when I booked he said ours was the last booking he would take for that weekend. I would happily return to that campsite. It was more expensive so I guess you are paying for the extra space.
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26/8/2015 at 12:50pm
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Outfit: Vango Kalu Hypercamp Eldorado
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This is why I love the more 'wild camping' style sites where you camp where you like and there is acres of space. But they are often surprisingly expensive for the low level of facilities provided - see the CampingUnplugged sites and WoWo for reference on costs.
And will never camp at a festival with everyone overlapping and no clear gangways between tents - shudder!
Camping is about getting away from it all in the heart of nature - for me, at least. But it is good that we don't all want the same kind of sites.
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27/8/2015 at 11:59am
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27/8/2015 at 10:25pm
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Perhaps my response should have been put under the "coping with wind" topic?
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13/8/2018 at 9:08am
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Probably worthy of note that we have an 8 man vis a vis and without the porch it'll easily fit on most sites but we prefer it with the porch so book sites accordingly . When we bought the tent we didn't know sites have such requiremens - wouldn't have changed the tent we bought but we did buy a five man over the weekend to give more versatility - sites and erection time.
We stayed at a lovely and spacious site near St Austell a couple of weeks ago and just before we left someone turned up with a massive tent - airbeam , expensive - brand new, with lots of new kit inside - just made me think that sometimes the camping shops can be so alluring - when we bought our 8 man five years ago we only went in to browse and came out with a boot full !
Not sure how many shops say to people "oh there's xxx of you of course you'll need a 12 man "
Suggestion the existence of large tents actually helps over-all as if you are in a smaller tent on a site that takes bigger tents you could end up with a cricket pitch all of your own.
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13/8/2018 at 1:47pm
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We re tied to the school holidays but still managed to find somewhere reasonably quiet peak season this year
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24/8/2018 at 4:56pm
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Stayed at Ace Adventures campsite in the Findhorn valley for 2 nights last week; beautifully spaced out individually named pitches amongst mature larch trees. Campfires allowed too!
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