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xplore44

27/11/2022 at 2:15pm
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undercover camping........has it ever been done?
Just imagine a large barn/warehouse/or similar where you could camp all year round in a tent!

Must be possible? What do you think? A good idea?

Dry, warmer, all year camping!

Maybe its been done?
Seems a good idea.

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https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/towed-town-camping.nl.html

also possible in the Netherlands and Germany

Beetlecrusher

28/11/2022 at 7:34am
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Doesn`t this kind of defeat the object of the great outdoors ??

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xplore44

28/11/2022 at 7:45am
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Yes, but most places shut during winter, this could be a chance to camp all year round.

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Some years ago Scouting Magazine informed us of the National Scout Indoor Camping and Activities Center. It was exciting, the floor was covered in a geometric grid for installing the tent pegs for any type of tent. Electric campfires would take place in assigned areas.
If I remember correctly this was in the April edition.

If you are in a building you don't need a tent, you need a bunk. The Youth Hostel Association operate a international network of bunkhouses or hostels.
With modernisation you may even get a family room.
You won't need to carry a stove as they have kitchens and even allow you to order cooked meals.
As wardens and staff have become more proffessional they do the cleaning for you, in the old days you were expected to volunteer.

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DeborahTurner

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I could see the attraction of this!

Camping under large Dutch barn type structures but still looking out at the view. No mud under your tent, no wet pack up.

Less keen on sleeping to the sound of rain coming down on the metal roof of a Dutch barn!

Monty15

01/12/2022 at 10:12am
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Quote: Originally posted by DeborahTurner on 01/12/2022
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Less keen on sleeping to the sound of rain coming down on the metal roof of a Dutch barn!

All of us 'tin tenters' cope with it in our caravans with 'tin' roofs!

Fiona W

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All sounds a bit like a camping showroom to me; like a camping showroom, could be on any industrial estate & not out in the country; might be useful for housing refugees temporarily if it’s in walking distance of shops.
However, I suspect anything like this out in the countryside will now house turkeys, formerly free range chickens etc, since they have to go under cover due to Avian Flu.

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Quote: Originally posted by doortje on 27/11/2022
https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/towed-town-camping.nl.html

also possible in the Netherlands and Germany

That looks truly awful!

When I read the OP's post, I envisaged a large barn, straw underfoot and open doors. You wouldn't fit many camping units inside though, so not sure how lucrative a business it would be.

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You'd fit in more camping units in an inner city multi story car park.

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Monty15

12/12/2022 at 12:43pm
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Quote: Originally posted by lidds0 on 12/12/2022

Quote: Originally posted by doortje on 27/11/2022
https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/towed-town-camping.nl.html

also possible in the Netherlands and Germany

That looks truly awful!

When I read the OP's post, I envisaged a large barn, straw underfoot and open doors. You wouldn't fit many camping units inside though, so not sure how lucrative a business it would be.

Absolutely agree, looks like staying in a caravan showroom!

Rather defeats the entire objective of the great outdoors, which is the draw for me. May have got soft in my old age and use the caravan more than a tent now, but don't fancy 'camping indoors' if that's what it's like!

oldham

12/12/2022 at 2:13pm
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Well I see a business venture opening up.

Sell popup tent, over priced of course

With instruction leaflet of how to turn off gas water electric at home, and let them camp in their living rooms.

Of course offering it as a cheap winter break with snow covered views

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DeborahTurner

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I nearly booked that indoor caravan place as it came up as a cheap option when I was looking for accommodation to visit my son in Bristol. Then I realised it would be a total party den with all night noise etc and changed my mind.

Pixie_Hez

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I’ve seen it at an indoor festival/conference in the Harrogate Convention Centre but just for a few nights and I assume (as we didn’t actually use it) that you would need to be prepared for a lot of noise!

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Noooooooooooooooo!
That's just plain wrong. I love the outdoors. I can't be a battery hen.

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Just wait for the Metaverse to introduce camping holidays then just don your Virtual Reality googles & enjoy. Given how many home comforts folk seem to need when camping I'm sure it'd be popular.

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