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Quote: Originally posted by Mucker1884 on 29/7/2020

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Not one of us on here can truly vouch for others of course, so any risk has to be of your own consideration, but the overall general consensus when replying to similar posts over the years always seemed to be a positive one, with very few exceptions.

We've never had anything stolen/lost/borrowed in the 8 years we've been camping, and if you take a look at my photo's in This recent thread..., you'll see we were in the habit of setting up just how you describe.
We've left out pretty much everything that you see in my pics, although normally, the two larger/comfier camping chairs went inside at night/when out for the day. We've even left bottles of spirits out, and I once (accidentally!) left my iPhone in full view, and in easy reach, on an outside table for the best part of 2 hours, when we wandered off for an early evening stroll. You can imagine how relieved I was when we got back to find it untouched!

The only reason that stopped is that we now take less gear, very rarely set up a kitchen worthy of the name, and if we do, we now have enclosed awnings (as per my last photo). On site security was never a consideration during that transformation.

It goes without saying, that such items as mobiles/tablets/wallets etc should be locked out of sight in the car, and jewellery/wads of cash/uncut diamonds etc should be left at home!




EDIT:
Oh... Just remembered... we did have some washing taken from the line once whilst we were out for the day... We found it neatly folded and dry, on one of our stools under the tarp, despite some afternoon showers!
We had a good idea who had done it, but the kind lady caravanner on the next pitch 'fessed up before we even questioned her!

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