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22/5/2022 at 8:23pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC
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Camping can be cheap if one discounts the initial outlay of camping gears to purchase.
I reached my camping gear nirvana and was on Tent No. 5 when I stopped being a tent and switched to a panel van conversion (PVC); upgraded my kitchen set up along the way; got a roof box then outgrew it and got a leisure trailer.
Comfort was and still is, of paramount importance to me.
I do not consider myself a glamper, and carry very few non-functional items.
Eventually, the time and effort it took to set up was too long and laborious for me. Hence I switched unit and got myself a PVC with its own onboard facilities.
Camping enables me to bring my dog with me on holidays, which is not always possible with hotels and B&Bs.
Besides, hotels and B&Bs have restrictions whereas camping is freer.
I would consider my van a home from home, just smaller and more compact, and tidier!  
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06/7/2022 at 3:09am
Location: OLDHAM
Outfit: KYHAM XXL Sterling Eccles Emerald
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It is what you want it to be, so camping allows you to change to your needs, So yes I can do pop up overnight to 6 week school holidays and survive both. Do I need all the mod cons, no I can and will wash the underwear in a bowl and peg on the guy ropes to dry. Yes the twin tub on sale at Towsure a few years ago was mentioned. Didn't happen 
If I had got everything for total comfort then I would not be camping.
Old adage The more you take the less you go 
So for me weekends low tech car boot full, longer than a week trailer, Winter caravan yes I got old 
So advice is, Your break, your way, for as long as you want. Where you want to be, with just enough to so that you want to do it again
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06/7/2022 at 4:58pm
Location: London
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Just back yesterday from France, and a no frills basic temporary camp site at Le Mans Classic motor race.
Think our only concession to 'extras/luxury' was the gas fridge, 'cos we didn't want to have to drive off the site to shops once on it and pitched, so 5 days worth of perishables had to survive 28/29 degree ambient temperatures.
50 year old Campingaz 2 burner stove provided the hot food. Old cheap tents provided sleeping accommodation. OK got to confess did splash out on a new large poled tarp to provide shelter for fridge, cooker, and us when sitting out, but all a rather bare bones minimalist set up otherwise. Didn't sit around in evenings with battery lanterns for light, pretty much went to bed by torch light after sun went down and daylight faded completely.
When the portacabin showers failed, even had an old fashioned 'wash down' with a flannel and bucket of water, cold water at that! (With no electric lights - AND no natural light, and no hot water in shower - figured trying to wash er-hemm 'retreating from the ice cold water' body parts in pitch dark was just too challenging! ).
No EHU, no electric gadgets (other than phones to keep in touch with others in area that we were meeting), almost like going back to camping of my youth.
Next trip away will be in my caravan with all mod-cons, I don't wish to make living like a cave man a way of life!
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I camp for peace, quiet, starry skies, and being away from urbanisation, and as a base for walking and sea swimming.
Style: back to basics, simple, functional, comfortable enough to enjoy myself.
I never have EHU and now that generators are starting to be a thing I prioritise places that do not allow them.
My expense has been upgrading to my beloved canvas tent, and an Icey Tek, fantastically effective but pricey passive cool box.
I often cook over a fire, but take a small stove for fresh ground coffee in the mornings.
My friends are the same (less tolerant of compost toilets than me) and we always camp places where we can pitch where we like, so in a group, with loads of space, and sit round a campfire.
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