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Quote: Originally posted by novicemummy on 08/9/2021

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asnali you have a similar approach to us in starting from basics and building up depending on length of camp.

....dread to think how we'd cope if we had to change tyres, so much to unpack around and above the spare!....

Tent storage - we take clothes in day pack size rucksacks so we can use these while out and about away and the actual clothes go into the tent into 3 quid folding cube storage boxes from B&Q that live the rest of the year in one of kids' bedroom storage units, one for each of us on a longer camp, just the kids for a weekend one works a treat and avoids clothes explosions!

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Quote: Originally posted by novicemummy on 09/9/2021

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Ooh (slight thread derail) those storage boxes / drawers look handy - a quick google image, are they from homebase and £4.90 each? I said only on our last camp that I needed to find a kitchen kit box that would be the same size as our kitchen unit flat packed as I know that fits in the car boot perfectly and the cool box site on top of that (tetris car packing!). 2 x 2 of these could and then that's both off season and away clothing storage potentially sorted in one hit. Will have to measure later to double check.

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Quote: Originally posted by Kate45 on 18/12/2021

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Hello, sorry to hijack the thread but we're a family of four planning a three month camping trip round europe if the virus permits next summer. We will be going in a toyota verso, with no roofbox or anything so finding this really interesting.

Was planning on getting stacking boxes, but being able to pull them out as draws would be handy. How robust are they asnali? The kids *will* sit on them at some point.

Also we currently use standard flocked air beds like the ones you'd buy at tesco. Comfort is key - we don't want 3 months of only ok sleep, but space and time taken to put up and take down should be a bigger consideration. Tell me honestly how comfortable are the alternatives (things like the exped synmat, not standard foam rollmats, I've used them) and how much space do they take up? We currently use two doubles that fold into boxes approx 20x30x10cm.

Thanks

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