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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 15/9/2024

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lol the wrong tent then! yeah you sure did, you need to go shopping for a proper tent, but if there are any other tents on your camp site go and take a look at them, ask the owners what they like/dislike about their tent.

you need to get a tent with the highest hydrostatic number possible, under 3000mm is a waste of time for the uk. self inflating mats are fine, as long as you are up off the floor so you need a campbed too. and decent sleeping bags 4 season ones.

cooking get done on a stove, bbqs are not really up to being your only source of cooking, 2 burners, and something to put the stove on up off the ground. and then you need a windbreaker or a porch awning with the doors wide open for ventilation.

that set up you have hired i would only be thinking about letting the kids in in the back garden, i wouldnt be intending to use it for proper camping

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Quote: Originally posted by Bramston on 15/9/2024

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What's wrong with your airbed?
Is it a cheap pvc thing or better made one 6" deep with a flock surface?
You say you're using 2 single airbeds, it may be too narrow for you.
Actually I have a good quality double air bed, used once that I want to dispose of, but you'll need a pump.
Self inflatiing mats are amazing but tend to be narrow and may not be your thing, go to a camping shop in shorts with keys in your pocket and consider the SIM you can't feel your keys on. You can actually get double SIMS.
Also look at the camp beds, a camp bed may be your thing.

The higher your tent the more ground space you'll have but the more damage your tent will take in windy conditions. A cheap tent marked Showerproof at you local supermarket will leak and tend to blow down easily, unknow Chinese brands of tent are best avoided so look at quality British brands, I tend to buy Vango, they have experience of making mountaineering tents so their family summer camping tents are usually ok.
A massive tunnel tent, the size of a garage, pitched sideways to the wind will take a lot of damage in a storm, the glass fibre poles will gradually shred and split.
I've never used an airbeam tent, they're not my thing, consider one before declining on the concept.

Compliment your BBQ with a small camping gas stove, don't get one of those small suitcase stoves they're awful. If you intend to go to France get a Campingaz stove with disposable gas cans, but you have to buy the gas in France as gas isn't allowed in cars on ferries.

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Quote: If you intend to go to France get a Campingaz stove with disposable gas cans, but you have to buy the gas in France as gas isn't allowed in cars on ferries.

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Quote: Originally posted by seanfdh on 16/9/2024

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Quote: If you intend to go to France get a Campingaz stove with disposable gas cans, but you have to buy the gas in France as gas isn't allowed in cars on ferries.

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I don't know where you've got this idea from but it's wrong.

Link to Brittany Ferries FAQ re gas

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Quote: Originally posted by Bramston on 16/9/2024

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Arriving at the security checkpoint at Newhaven Ferry Port by car this year we were asked if we had petrol in a can, camping gas cylinders, or weapons.
DFDS Ferries do not want car travellers in possession of petrol or explosive gasses on their ferries.
We were allowed the fuel in the fuel tank of the car and nothing more.
Caravans and camper vans are allowed gas cylinders in "permanently fixed" locations but cars are not allowed "loose" gas cylinders either refillable or disposable.
I have complied with these rules and use hike camping stoves and disposable gas cans while in France.

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