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Topic: Camping Easter Weekend - do we dare?

Stich16

12/3/2017 at 10:43pm
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Thinking of using the tent for 4 nights over the Easter weekend. We have booked our favourite spot for may half term down in the south of France but have only ever tended to wait until May to use our tent at the earliest.....

What is it like camping at Easter when the weather is still quite unpredictable? Anything you would really recommend we think about before we book? I know the overnight temp can still drop in....?

Help and advice would be really appreciated as we are looking to use the tent more!

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Tigermouse

13/3/2017 at 12:22am
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Book a pitch with electric and get a hook-up cable - a fan heater should keep the tent reasonably warm if the nights are still chilly.

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hankakampa

13/3/2017 at 2:00am
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i had ice on the inside of my porch windows and it was wonderfully exhilirating waking up to the fresh icey cold air!.

get dressed and get moving and the blood flowing, lots of layers on and soon warm up and enjoy & embrace the fresh frosty air!.
stove on, hot coffee watching the steam rise...

cant beat early in the year camping - pity easter is so late into the year this year!

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I have booked for the 4 nights over easter weekend in Essex, might get cold in late afternoon and evening. I am seriously considering getting a Robens tipi with a stove to keep it comfy.

lazychu

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We've been before during the first week of April and it was fine. We didn't have EHU or a heater either, just lots of fleece blankets underneath us.

Having said that, we're going back during the first week of April this year and I have already posted asking for tips on keeping warm...

lazychu

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Make sure you are warm before you go to bed especially your feet and there is a lot that can be said for an electric blanket.

Also walking distance to a pub is a good idea too and be prepared not to go if the forecast is really awful.

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We have had Easter booked for ages, whatever the weather we will go (well not if we have force 9 winds, we aren't totally stupid). You just need to be prepared for whatever the weather throws at you. Hubby and I were just laughing yesterday at our Easter 2012 trip, we bought a new tent after that ;)

tornado17

13/3/2017 at 9:49pm
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Quote: Originally posted by hankakampa on 13/3/2017
i had ice on the inside of my porch windows and it was wonderfully exhilirating waking up to the fresh icey cold air!.

get dressed and get moving and the blood flowing, lots of layers on and soon warm up and enjoy & embrace the fresh frosty air!.
stove on, hot coffee watching the steam rise...

cant beat early in the year camping - pity easter is so late into the year this year!

Hank
You forgot the crispy bacon sarnie with the hot coffee watching the steam rise!!

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Stich16

13/3/2017 at 10:25pm
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Thanks guys!

I think it is just the heater we need to buy!

As we take plenty of blankets and fleeces anyway and put our bed on a picnic blanket to stop damp.

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baddon

14/3/2017 at 8:17pm
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Keep up of the cold ground. sleep in thermals with light hats on.

Used to rally all year round at bike events. when you can see your breath inside the tent.......

Use a REALLY good sleeping bag and if with other half, snuggle in tight in a double. that can lead to some extra heat.....lol

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Baddab

15/3/2017 at 6:22pm
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We're going for 3 nights in Scotland probably no Ehu so no heater lol

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mitzionline

15/3/2017 at 11:26pm
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We are doing Easter too and decided not to bother with EHU on the basis we got away without it with a little preparation on a couple of previous trips in cooler weather. As others have said, well insulated beds and thick blankets are the key. bring a fleece to pop in your sleeping bag as well as on top just in case. We use camp beds with a SIM on top for cold weather, if it were an air bed then insulate under the airbed. Oh, and another thing.. EHU or not, can highly recommend the "bog in a bag" so you don't need to leave the tent for the loo in the night if it gets that cold!

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