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18/8/2014 at 8:53pm
Location: Oldham Greater Manchester
Outfit: Outwell Idaho XL and Hartford XL
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So I had a conversation with my husband a few months ago, feeling sad that with 4 kids, 4 dogs etc... we cannot afford to go on holiday, and since we used to camp when we showed dogs pre-children would it be fun to try it now with the kids??
2 months later we've camped twice, going again for a long weekend on Friday, are the proud owners of two Outwell tents, an ever evolving kit including furniture, electrics etc....have bought a trailer and having the towbar fitted on the car this week before we go away, what has happened?? Anyone else ever wonder how this camping lark takes over??
BTW I do love every bit of it, having great fun, and never knew how much I loved being in wellies, chopping firewood, cultivating the perfect campfire and constructing the "perfect" tarp!! Long may it continue :)
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18/8/2014 at 8:57pm
Location: Lancashire
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Well done!
You can surprise yourself by how much you enjoy the experience. I resisted camping for years, then drove to Rome and back with a friend, mostly camping rough. I loved it, couldn't believe how resourceful I was.
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18/8/2014 at 8:57pm
Location: Ulverston South Lakeland
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Neither evolution or snowball effect, 'tis the fabled camping worm once it bites it never lets go.
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Dance before the storm and don't look back to where you've been.
If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, you obviously haven't grasped the gravity of the situation.
I don't want it I just need it.
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18/8/2014 at 9:45pm
Location: Midlothian
Outfit: bct bell
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For us it was an evolution.
BC (before children) it was the two of us, a wee two man dome tent, two sleeping bags, two roll mats and a spindly little stove.
We always camped wild, and would trek for miles to find the perfect spot, so never took much if we could help it.
Now we've got three kids and a 5 metre bell tent and canopy. Our camping list spans 5 pages of A4 and takes hours to pack.
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18/8/2014 at 10:07pm
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Thing is.. your children will in later life reminisce about those happy times when camping.
For all the various types of holidays our children had, the camping and caravan holiday are the ones they remember with fondness.
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It is a fool who has to say something.
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18/8/2014 at 10:23pm
Location: Midlothian
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The kids love it. They will always remember the bell tent and the camping trips as something just a little bit magical.
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19/8/2014 at 7:35am
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We only went camping as something to cross off my bucket list.....3 years later....5 tents, numerous kit that appears from the tent fairies and no spare room in the house. Teens that wild camp, grandsons that have all their own kit here and a lovely, lovely site about 20 mins away that we can ring on the off chance. Oh and a tent specific for garden camping for when I need a fix. It's an addiction plain and simple!
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