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Bugs



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 9:41 am    Post subject: Guide to camping Reply with quote
    

Maybe a bit of an afterthought but I know a lot of you do this, wondered if anyone would care to write a virgin camper's guide with all the tips you have picked up through your experience - I'm sure this would be a good collaborative one too and a very downsizery type of holiday, I assume?

I'm terrified of camping as it looks dangerous (mad axemen and rogue cows), cold, uncomfortable, inconvenient, hungry and difficult. Any enthusiasts able to convince me otherwise?

 
monkey1973



Joined: 17 Jan 2005
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Location: Bonnie scotland
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My wife and I are about to go camping for the first time in a few weeks so we have still got to learn from our experiences. I'll maybe do a journal of how we get on.

 
Bugs



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That would be absolutely ideal Monkey, where are you off to?

 
monkey1973



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We're going to Kinloch Rannoch, a small town 20 miles west of Pitlochry in Perthshire "The Heart of Scotland". Its only going to be for a few days and we hope to go walking, cycling, taking photos and mibbe do a bit of foraging for good measure.
I've never been before but the wife went for the day last year with her college mates and said it was absolutely stunning.

 
monkey1973



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Here's the view

 
Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That's not the campsite is it?

 
Bugs



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Never heard of it but it looks and sounds lovely, good place for your first trip as that view will surely make up for a lot of spiders in your tea

 
monkey1973



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:
.......a lot of spiders in your tea


Crikey! Don't mention that to the wife

 
hils



Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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Location: Nottingham
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 12:39 pm    Post subject: ! Reply with quote
    

camping is ace!
The only good night sleep I had whilst pregnant - and I was 8 months gone!

Treat yourself to an air bed and you'll be fine. A good warming spirit will keep you going too and it'll send you into a good deep sleep so the you can't hear the axe man coming. I favour Auchentoshen (sp?) single malt.

 
nora



Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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Location: West Yorkshire
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hils, I agree with you, an airbed is essential. Also a nice pillow and a hot water bottle.

 
Joey



Joined: 03 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you are a virgin camper, stay away from boy scouts.

 
RoryD



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
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Location: West Yorkshire
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Is Kinloch Rannoch far enough west to be midge country? If so, August could be just terrible for campingvirgins....Even with coil burners and mossie spray it can be quite challenging. We camped on the edge of Rannoch Moor at the top of Glencoe 10 years ago on the way up to Skye and it was pretty midgey then.

Am I being a big blouse?

 
otatop



Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We camp in Cornwall every summer - and have experienced all weather conditions. Here are a few thoughts :-
An airbed is essential. I take a fitted sheet and use my sleeping bag as a quilt - it's much more comfortable than being zipped in.
If you have children, you really need a tent that you can stand up and move around in.
Whisky is another essential - although now we have a little extra space in the car, we've invested in a camping fridge so we can have ginandtonics at 6 o'clock.
However basic the amenities - you can always have plenty of hot water for washing etc - if you leave it in the sun all day.
Nigel Slater's "Real Fast Food" is useful for meal ideas - and doesn't take up too much room.
Bacon tastes best when cooked and eaten out of doors.

 
Lozzie



Joined: 25 May 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 5:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Guide to camping Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:
I'm sure this would be a good collaborative one too and a very downsizery type of holiday, I assume?



Cab, I wondered also about doing a piece about having a self-catering holiday abroad, and trying to stick to Downsizer/Ethical principles at the same time; would this be appropriate?

L x

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 05 5:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Guide to camping Reply with quote
    

Lozzie wrote:
would this be appropriate?

L x


Totally (sorry jumped in before Cab)

 
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