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Didint read all of the thread but i am getting married in july and a few of us (5 adults and 7 children) have decided to go camping for our honeymoon last time i went was approx 25years ago but looking on the net we found a great site "CyberCheckout.co.uk wher we purchased an 8 man tent that should of been £425 for only £85 as we are short due to the wedding etc this i thought was a bargain delivered in 5 days due to the weekend set it all up and not a problem with it hope all the campers find something that might be useful on the site OXO.....0
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Originally Posted by kirkie
Can anyone help with this one please?
it only works when the car is running and the cooler should stay cool overnight no problem just put it in the car everytime you go for a drive to keep the cooler at the lowest temp0 -
Hi MSE's
Has anyone bought the 6 man 3 room tents ALDI are currently stocking for £79.99:question: I'm looking to buy one but was wondering are these too good to be true as comparable tents at ARGOS and some websites are £120+ and even second hand on EBAY are £80+.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance David.:j0 -
Make sure you have a couple of 'cold blocks' in the cooler....they will help maintain a low temperature when the power is off.0
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Can anyone help with this one please?
We've used sevceral cool boxes....camping gaz e.g.....Halfords usually have some good offers on.
We've also taken a small, mains, fridge in the boot....no use when travelling, but brilliant at a camp site where you can access power....nothing like a cold can in hot weather, and stopping the butter flowing!0 -
Airbeds are heavy, take ages to pump up, take up a lot of space and (in my experience) get freezing overnight! They seem to dissipate heat at an extreme rate (poss cos of large surface area?) And if you get a double one I wake up every time partner rolls over. And you have to take a pump with you.
My self inflating mat is light, rolls or folds up extremely small. Chuck it on the floor and it has inflated in a few minutes, kept me cosy all night long, and it's much more comfortable imho. Cheap too.
Tip....don't bother with a pump....use a hair drier, set on warm if you want immediate warm bed!....they inflate a bed very fast....you'd be amazed....and most women want to pack a hair drieer anyway!0 -
whenever you are in a super market cafe and they have those plastic knife fork and spoons, grab a handfull. We always take plastics freebee KFS with us and simply sling them away instead of washing up. Like the previous poster, we always use paper plates. Who goes on holiday to do washing up?0
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I guess what you'd call essential items is really down to the kind of experience you want and how much space you have. i do a fair bit of solo cycle camping so try to keep things light. if you're eco conscious then a trangia cooker is great as you can use greenheat fuel cells which are eco friendly and a lot less scary than the meths that you're supposed to use.
My essentials are a little tupperware of instant coffee, sugar and milk powder in more or less the right proportions, tea lights, a couple of sarongs for sitting on, saved travel size bottles for toiletries and w up liquid, tub of porridge oats, rasins and milk powder for brecky, trek towel (folds up small and dries quickly), head torch, book, mp3/dab radio, bin bags, flip flops for the shower, and vodka
When i was with exoh and the dds were smaler we used ot take so much stuff that the girls and i had to take the train. ex would take the best tent putter upper with him, get everything set up, and then pick us up. I would spend most of the weekend dreading the take down.
For young families the haven type sites that take tourers are great - pretty cheap with plenty to do if it's wet - we used to go to kiln park every year
put a new tent up in the garden before you go - nothing worse than trying to do it for the first time in the dark and rain - if you do get stuck though on site then ask your neighbours for help - campers are brilliantly helpful people.
if you're camping in a group don't bunch up the tents - ensure adequate space between - i think 6 metres is what's recomended - to reduce the risk of fire spreading.I'm going to feed our children non-organic food and with the money saved take them to the zoo - half man half biscuit 20080
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