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After a childhood of many camping holidays and spending the last 5 years as a camper taking kids of mine, I eventually gave in and said, hey lets get a cheap caravan and see if we prefer it...

I am happy to sleep out in the awning, I like the fresh air but just looking to see if anyone has similar stories really I guess

Can imagine that! I bought an estate car in February just because we needed a bigger car AND we have a trailer!

Now thinking, do I sell the tent which is only 2 years old or keep hold of it. But at moment, just geared up for getting the caravan ready for hopefully a night away on Saturday!

still camping but seriously looking at caravan (had one in past but didn't use it enough) Its the packing and unpacking and the trying to dry the tent which can sometimes drain all the enjoyment out of trip... so thats why caravan seems good option. We also have space on drive now (had other one in storage, miles from where we lived) We have big car, trailer and top box and I still end up with one of the dogs on my knee!

Hope you enjoy your w/end away  and good luck

yes, its all the rain we seem to have had on several trips which make camping such a dismal time

have now booked a place nr Chichester just for one night to see how we get on : )

We got our caravan in January 2008 after spending 5 years camping with our huge tent and our friends.  We got fed up with caravanners turning up after us, setting up and sitting outside their awning with a beer when we were still sorting out our tent and all the gear!!!! That and getting flooded out a few times persuaded us to move up to the caravan.

I’m not new to it - I spent the first 18 years of my life caravanning with my mum and dad and to be honest one of the things I love about it is that it brings back all the great memories – my children now have the same fun I had 30 years ago.

You won’t regret moving to the caravan, it opens up the whole year to adventure.

LOL, seems to be a popular choice to move onto a caravan then...

Today, we took the caravan down to a friends and got all the awning bits out. We hadn't actually seen the awning or had any idea how to put it on but 3/4's of an hour later, it was done!