Camping! Give me a quick guide

Jono · 16 May 2011 at 23:27

rotters said:
people forgot beer! loads of beer. We camp and so much gear that we now have a trailer.

we have this http://www.outwell.com/en/Products/TentsTarpsWindscreens/Tents/DeLuxe/HartfordXL.aspx which we love to bits. loads of space and 3 bedrooms. We take a gas stove and cool box and some luxuries which at times includes the laptop as the kids can watch a movie if its raining.

loads of games and the kids bikes.

rotters

how times change. The best we could manage was a plastic bucket and a really crap fishing net on a cane, which usually fell apart as soon as a fish got near it. Or a frisbee (no aerobie for me), or a tennis ball that we'd stolen from some kid's dog.

Oh and travel battleships with 31 missing pieces.

tom_e · 16 May 2011 at 23:29

rotters said:
people forgot beer! loads of beer.

True dat! first thing we pack is always beer, meat and disposable bbqs everything else is very much secondary

jojothemonkey69 · 16 May 2011 at 23:52

Always take an extra blanket to put beneath you as during the night 90% of your body heat will leave through the floor. So if you have a lovely blanket it will keep you warm and prevent you from being cold the next day.

pingwing · 16 May 2011 at 23:55

Dont have sex in a tent when its warm, it gets sweaty and horrible fast

Gammawolf · 17 May 2011 at 00:00

To added to the above lists

12V lights to plug into the car, hang from tent ceiling.
Big tent is a plus if you plan on camping for longer periods.

peterattheboro · 17 May 2011 at 00:00

pingwing said:
Dont have sex in a tent when its warm, it gets sweaty and horrible fast

Or when your kids are in the same tent with you. That's just wrong.

Here son, this is how you do it...

Tefal · 17 May 2011 at 00:01

Therm-a-Rest.

The greatest invention in camping history.

rotters · 17 May 2011 at 00:02

ok a slight derail of thread but not really worth a new one, sorry OP. any recommendations re tent repairs? Outwell recommend these: http://www.imagescotland.com/scottishmountaingear-contact.asp but getting my tent to these guys would be expensive, any down south??

rotters

Tefal · 17 May 2011 at 00:04

do it yourself rotter if it's just a small rip /mouse been nibbling.

cm1179 · 17 May 2011 at 00:15

don't do it

rotters · 17 May 2011 at 00:26

crude arrow to be slightly helpfull. its not an easy job or I would repair it.

the tent was set out perfectly, we had an almighty storm and that was the only damage. sorted out the guy ropes in the morning and it looked non saggy again.

Curiousalien · 17 May 2011 at 00:38

Best tip I can give is use a spare tent peg to remove the other tent pegs when you are packing up.

Also make sure the tent is well dry before packing away else next time you come to use it it will be mouldy

lokiss · 17 May 2011 at 06:27

Psp, ds for when you wake up at 4/5am..... it happens

Other than that, firepit/bbq, make sure you take bricks or some kind of stand, site owners get angry as if you burn their grass.