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18/8/2024 at 7:27pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC
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Welcome to UKCS.
If you are still capable of putting up a tent, then perhaps consider having a different sleeping system.
I did not wish to sleep on airbed (due to risks of puncture), and SIM (self-inflating mattress) directly on the floor due to reduce in mobility.
I switched to a camp bed with a SIM on top, secured using a flannel fitted sheet with additional sheet clamps.
How about a trailer tent with a bed that is off the floor?
As for a roof tent, personally, it is not practical for me as I do not wish to climb up and down a ladder in the middle of the night in order to go to the loo.
I also have a dog and cannot imagine him wanting to climb up and down a ladder. Of course he can sleep in the car, however, at home, he sleeps next to me on the bed.
With a roof tent, I would need to find a way to cook, eat and to sit down. Therefore, I would need some kind of awning or event shelter of some sort so that I could have a living and cooking area.
As for car tents, I have only seen the ones for a small van like a Citroën Berlingo.
Probably more practical than a roof tent without the need to climb up and down a ladder, however, the same issues exist in that I would need some additional space for cooking, eating and relaxing.
Hence I opted for a motorhome with her own facilities as in a kitchen, toilet and shower. Not a VW T5 as I don't want to have to make up and put away my bed every time I use it.
Hope the above helps in some ways.
DK 
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18/8/2024 at 9:01pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC
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I did not opt for a trailer tent or folding camper as I do not wish to tow.
In addition, for a trailer tent, it means I would need to peg it out and I was done with tent set up and wanted an unit that was quick and easy to pitch, hence a MH.
I had been eyeing a Camplet for years, however, the need to tow, having a kitchen inside the tent and the need to peg out, put me off getting one.
DK
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* Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest And Play! *
- 2025 - inc. FR & DE
- 2024 - 10/56 inc. FR & NL
- 2023 - 48 inc. FR
- 2022 - 49
- 2021 - 34
* Ex-tenter & solo female camper *
* Treat life events like a dog: If you can't eat it, play with it, or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away! *
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