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I've read through all these posts and find myself nodding in agreement with everything thats been said. I don't have a windbreaker so thats one less problem for me than the rest of you, but I still find packing the car a problem.

I've only just started camping so I probably don't have all the things that you guys have, but on our last trip, admitedly only a 2 night stay for 2 adults and one child, I packed the car with the tent (Gelert Cadiz 5), 5 sleeping bags (we use 2 on top of the airbeds) a double & a single airbed, 2 stoves, 2 lanterns, food, cutlery,large water bottle, folding table & chairs, 3 canvas chairs, ice box with plenty of beer lol, electric pump for blowing airbeds up, kettle, pans, hammer, 3 pillows, extra gas canisters and a holdall with all our clothes etc. Okay, you're all thinking I take more than that, and you probably do , but the car I drive?........

A 1.1litre Citroen Saxo  ....... and you thought you had problems  lol

Quote: Originally posted by billyceltic on 05/9/2006

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I've read through all these posts and find myself nodding in agreement with everything thats been said. I don't have a windbreaker so thats one less problem for me than the rest of you, but I still find packing the car a problem.

I've only just started camping so I probably don't have all the things that you guys have, but on our last trip, admitedly only a 2 night stay for 2 adults and one child, I packed the car with the tent (Gelert Cadiz 5), 5 sleeping bags (we use 2 on top of the airbeds) a double & a single airbed, 2 stoves, 2 lanterns, food, cutlery,large water bottle, folding table & chairs, 3 canvas chairs, ice box with plenty of beer lol, electric pump for blowing airbeds up, kettle, pans, hammer, 3 pillows, extra gas canisters and a holdall with all our clothes etc. Okay, you're all thinking I take more than that, and you probably do , but the car I drive?........

 

 

A 1.1litre Citroen Saxo  ....... and you thought you had problems  lol

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We bought a new Outwell windbreak this year:

We will alwys use what we take, the trick is to tell ourselves we wont use it and so dont take it.

We just been down to St Austell and I made a plan that we only take what we would so rightly require (not use)... big difference, keep to this rule and you wont end up taking the house with you... hehehehe

I'm worried now.  How do you all get this stuff in!  I have a Izusu Trooper and when we all go away I borrow a 5x3 trailer and I still struggle to get it all in! 

I do have two dogs so some of the boot space is taken up by them (they have to squeeze in between boxes with my kitchen stuff in though!)  I took my son and his friend and one of the dogs away a couple of weeks ago and managed without the trailer - but only just! 

I'm seriously considering using my horse trailer next time.  Do you think I will have room for it on my pitch?

Quote: Originally posted by tentpegjenny on 09/9/2006

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Once you are towing a trailer you might as well tow a trailer tent/folding camper...... thereby starts the slippery slope

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