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Quote: Originally posted by DeborahTurner on 30/5/2023

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Agreed, Ewen C.

I camp because I love being in my tent, and as far from built up areas as possible. I want to be outdoors with my campfire in the evening, birdsong in the morning and the gentle (or otherwise) patter of rain on the canvas.

My favourite campsites don’t even allow vehicles in the camping area, you have to use a barrow. And you can barely see other campers for trees or tall meadow grass.

I don’t want to be in a metal box: when / if I get too frail to manage my tent that’s when I will revert to a premier Inn or room in a pub.

I am wincing at some site fees and now use that as a filter to choose sites, whereas in ye goode olde days it wasn’t an issue.

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Quote: Originally posted by bofs on 31/5/2023

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Although we started off camping in an old, 2nd hand trailer tent with 3 young children as it was the only way we could afford to go away, in the U.K. and then later on in France, we now, as a retired couple, caravan in the U.K. and abroad for extended periods, as it is our preferred way of holidaying. We are fortunate in that we don’t have a particular budget to stick to for our holidays, but old habits die hard and we always look for the best value for money for where we want to go. We do enjoy occasional breaks away in hotels, but our main holidays are always in our caravan, now by choice rather than budget.

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Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 01/6/2023

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We do pretty much the same but have only been married once. Tent camping for years with parents and each other (no kids), sold our first tatty tent for 1p to a group of boys in Cornwall. Bought our first caravan in 1994 and have quite a few since then.

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