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Hi all,

I just wondered whether we were the only family that kept a 'camp diary'? Every time we go we take a little book which we add our lttile tales and comments of our trip. It might seem a bit formal but it's far from that! Kids,adults,family friends we all add our little bit. It's really good to pick it up when at home in the winter and remember our adventures! Our closest camping budddies moved to Australia last year but we still have their tales & comments in our little book. When we take 'virgin' campers away it's always a laugh after a couple of beers to read through. As the kids get older they laugh too at their comments of yesteryear. Just thought I'd pass on our little tip.

Happy camping this summer

Andy P

what a fantastic idea!!!

i always buy foto albums with space to write notes at the side and keep a picture diary... its sooo funny, sometimes the comments are just funny quips or others are in diary format, i always start a new album with a little note to us and finish it with comments on what we have been up to

I have kept a log for many years. Something along the lines of

Where we went.

The journey and how long it took.

Good and bad things about the site.

Things to do in the area.

Any unusual happenings.

When we changed the gas bottle.

Places to eat and shop.

Its nice to be able to look things up when OH says "What was the name of that lovely site we went to in Robin Hoods Bay, the one where you walked into the shower room door and broke your nose"

Yes it happened and is recorded for posterity.

Carol

Hi we keep a diary as well. Sometimes when we get it out we reminisce about the good times and the bad. In it we add picturess postcards and photos. And then we add the date, the weather, the towns and villages we visit and anything that stands out as being rely memrable and we also give the camp site a marking out of ten. Ten being the best.

fredjen

Always tended to keep a record of where we go, sites, miles etc. Since I have had my website I keep a pictorial diary on there.

David

Great idea!  

combining two of my fave hobbies camping and crafting! (or scrapbooking - the techie term for a diary with photos and memories)

Never thought of it before

emma

I think that's a great idea - especially as the children are now old enough to join in and make their own contributions.