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03/6/2014 at 2:11pm
Location: wirral
Outfit: Outwell Nevada m Vango sigma 300
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Valuables are locked in the car, when we are out and about off site. as Bob61 says, doors and curtains are zipped up.
Chairs are put inside the tent, mainly if it rains, I don't want them wet, while we are away. No point putting a look on zips, for two reasons
A) advertising valuables,
B)a sharp knife will do.
Normally you get to know your neighbours,so you know who should be there or not.
I like chill out on site, then explore the surroundings. I decide which county or area I want to visit, then research the area, to plan my outings.
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03/6/2014 at 2:30pm
Location: Cotswolds
Outfit: Vango Shangri La & Renault Grd Espace
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No don't padlock the zips, you never know if you will need to get out in a hurry, for a wee for a start!
If the kids are small, do the zips up so that both parts of the double zip are at the top corner of the door, then they can't reach.
Don't worry about all the what ifs, that's what camping is about - and that's why I love it, you come across every eventuality, and learn how to work/mend/make/assemble almost anything!
Everyone is different, just like parenting, do what works for you.
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04/6/2014 at 9:49am
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If you are camping without a car then you will have minimised the weight and bulk of family and personal kit.
The family kit will be the tents of course, plus any cooking equipment including plates and cutlery.
Each person needs a sleeping bag, mat, torch and clothes for dry/wet conditions.
When you leave the tent carry light weight valuables with you eg cash/cards, cameras, phones.
Anything valuable that you cannot carry hide under heaps of dirty underwear etc. Try not to be too tidy and never leave the good stuff on show.
Don't leave anything outside and around the tent in your absence, bikes should be locked up, preferably to a fence or tree.
I have never used a tent lock, it invited the use of knives.
Unless it is raining you will not want to spend whole days inside a small and crowded tent especially if you can hear the waves crashing on the beach just over the dunes. If you are too worried about your stuff to pack it away and stroll off to the beach then you probably shouldn't go camping, but remember in an hotel the cleaning staff go through your room every day, I find that more scary.
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