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When you're not on your own you'll not be bothered anyway.....

If I were you I'd get some of those reflective things from Halfords anyway, they fold up really small.

Oh I couldn't be doing with all these layers of fleece blankets, mattress toppers, extra blanketsa on top, duvets etc. etc. :-) just to make an airbed warm enough to sleep on.

We all sleep on self inflating mats now. Wife (who is a cold sleepr)has a lovely roomy and snug Outwell Camper Lux. If we are ever camping somewhere reliably warm it might be to warm (though openeing the zip and sleeping part out of it works well, but we have lighter/cooler 'caravan bags around as well we could take). For UK use it's not been a problem for her.

I have a lighter weight 3 season (though as it's 20 yo probably nearer 2 season now) bag, I tend to adjust clothing layers to suit. At may bank I was using a lightweight fleece top over a t shirt with lightweight fleecy trousers and socks

We were away last week too and had two nights of torrential rain and two seriously windy nights but were positively hot with our sleeping set up!  It felt like we'd left an electric blanket switched on underneath us.  We used;

Cheap reflective mats from Tesco (I removed these after the second night to cool us down).

Fat Airics

The patchwork quilt from our bed at home, doubled over as it's king-sized.

Fitted sheet

King-size 13.5 tog duvet.

I just wear an ordinary nightshirt and OH just wears his smile , so why we so warm, I don't know.  The tent is polycotton so we didn't have any condensation problems, which I'm sure helped.

Always try to stay warm during the evening before you go to bed, if you can as getting into bed already cold won't help you warm up quickly.  Try putting a covered hot water bottle up your jumper whilst you're sitting around in the evening.

 Many thanks, we have decided to get a fleece cover from Wilkinsons and a fleece liner and if this doesn't work will then invest in either a 3 or 4 season bag.

Once again many thanks for all of your ideas and advice, much appreciated

 Steve