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Hello and welcome to UKCS

Ok so you have all the gear which is half the battle and you have been camping a few times so you have a rough idea what its all about.  EHU would be a good option for keeping the family warm.  When we first started out our youngest was 18 months old so I understand your concerns re keeping warm etc.  We use a fan heater which does the job nicely of heating up the tent. 

There have been many threads recently re taking young kids away camping so have a wee read through them and that will give you lots of help and ideas.  Sorry, I am not good at doing links .

I am sure there will be plenty folks along with more suggestions for you soon.  You say you fancy Wales?  We have never been camping in Wales yet.  Which part of the country are you from?

We did the same as FionaW1971, with out 1 year old twins, travel cots and layers of clothes, we put tights on them both (boy and girl) and then layered up from there, they usually don't feel the cold like we do, but we used a oscilating fan heater to keep a base heat in over night. i find it harder now they are older as they are in sleeping bags (jnr pods) and they have much more 'air space' around them!

A quick tip from when I used to go camping (real, lightweight camping!) in winter to help keep the older children in sleeping bags warm - put jumpers (or similar) in the sleeping bag with them to fill some of the dead air-space - just don't stuff the bag so full they can't move!  It really does work.

As for taking a 1 year-old camping, my daughter spent her first night under canvas (ok - it was a folding camper, but it was still unheated canvas!) when she was 4 weeks old (it was early May), and she was perfectly happy.  She took her first steps in a field and camped regularly from then until 2 years ago when we stopped touring (when she was 18) and was always happier in a tent than any other accommodation.  As others have said, try to fill the space under a travel cot with insulating 'stuff' so that the cool air isn't circulating under his bed.  When my daughter was small, I used to put a cellular blanket (those with the little square holes) right over the top of her cot so that the air inside was kept still and warm (use your judgement about this - if it's a warm summer night and you are warm yourself, baby will be warm too and won't need the extra cover).

Have a great time - there is nothing better for the little ones than the freedom of a field.

Quote: Originally posted by iaingray5 on 04/3/2012Wife found the willows abersoch - unfortunatly no EHU..... is there a solution for an electric heater with no ehu such as a battery facility?? any ideas would be very welcome

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we are the same, our boy will be 7/8 months old when we go camping this year, its our 1st child and like you, we are a bit apprehensive but have all the gear as we have been camping for about 5/6 years now, were equipped with EHU and all the modern equipment that we need to enjoy ourselves. back to baby though, we have invested in his 1st sleeping bag, follow the link, alot of people have maybe seen this or got it already. we will also be packing plenty covers, thermals etc so i trust he will be nice and cozy all day and night.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/vango-nitezone-baby-sleeping-bag-p191540

we get married in november and we want to take Lucas for his 1st camping holiday aswell as us needing one due to the OH stressing about wedding plans etc.

enjoy your trip when it comes round all.