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31/8/2016 at 10:22am
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Hi Guys!
New to the forum and new to camping!
We randomly accepted an invite from a friend for a couple of nights away three weeks ago - mainly because we wanted to keep it cheap and neither family wanted to travel the full 5 hours to visit each others houses.
First night, I got soaked in a freak shower and ruined my only trousers (be prepared people!) so spent the next day in pj bottoms... Our ancient air bed gave up so we ended up sleeping on the floor... The tent let in quite a lot of water, so the living area kept giving everyone cold drips... The site didn't have any facilities to speak of... and the other families kid broke her arm getting in to bed on the second night.
Needless to say, it's been probably the most fun we've had in years! And we love the flexibility of just picking up and going on weekends etc...
My wife wanted to make sure it was "definitely for us" and that we weren't having a great experience simply because we were with other people... So I rifled through the attic and found an ancient Eurocamp 4 man tent with sleeping bags and we shot up to the Breacon beacons last weekend to give it another ago.
Two things happened on this one night excursion that sealed camping for me forever...
1. I was getting stuff out of the boot of our car and my wife was going back to the tent from the loo... She thought we were all in the tent... She was in a world of her own! And her face was one of utter contment and happiness - I will remember that face forever!
2. I went to the loo at 3 in the morning... Opened the tent to the most clear night sky I have ever seen! Literally thousands and thousands of stars making up clouds of galaxies! On my way back, I told my wife and our eldest daughter (5) over heard us and we sat an watched the night sky together for about 15 minutes. The awe on her face was incredible!
So, all the above leads me to believe we are now campers.
There's just one problem! The tent we have has no real living space, not outdoor space, the doors when open let water in etc etc and so on...
I tried my luck with a 5 year old Studland Classic yesterday on eBay but missed out :( So, now I am keen to see what the manufacturers have in store for the 2017 season!
This week, I have started to see pre-orders for 2017 awnings pop up across the internet. I have also inquired and have been told that 2017 brochures are being distributed to trade clients.
Does anybody know which manufacturers have their 2017 model details out yet? Or when they will be being released?
Don't think this itch is going away, so am going to need to figure out what I am getting soon - or I am going to go crazy!
Thanks so much for reading!
crabby
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