General Chat

I went camping last year with my daughter & family, first time since I was a teenager. Things are very different now, we had electricity, a private loo & a shower shared with only one other family. Booked too late to get an exclusive one. I enjoyed it, would be happy to go again. Vivienne

no no no - need a comfy bed, private loo and no creepy crawlies

Not me luvvie ... like a nice comfy bed ... proper toilet, en suite, and shower. Went camping when I was a brownie (a hundred years ago) and didn't like all those creepie crawlies and things that go bump in the night. Jean x.

In times gone by I took my children on several camping holidays and we all loved it - they did more than I probably because as a single parent it was hard work. It was a cheap holiday though, and I couldn't afford any other. It was their father who took them skiing and to foreign parts - (a reference to Derek's thread on the CSA here). We saw lots of the Lake district that way and met some lovely people. There's a lot of cameraderie amongst campers. Nowadays, with the children grown, my aching bones prefer to camp at the Best Western or some other bricks and mortar establishment. Camping is for youngsters! :-)

Tsk.... no adventure in you young Dan. You're an old fart in a young mans body !! LOL XXX Sioux

we have a 2 year old in Aus who loves camping - has her own rucksack to carry and sleeping bag - when asked where she was going said the Outback - I thought she meant the back yard but it IS the outback.

We used to go camping when the kids were little but still had all the comforts of home. We had a hook up in the tent so had tv for them to watch, somewhere to plug my hairdyer etc etc... :-))))

Not a good idea in stilletos unless you act as tent pegs

we always went camping when I was a kid. My dad bought an old post office van at an auction and we 3 kids and dog were bundled in the back along with the tent. It is great fun for kids although I never took mine cos we never had a car.

Paul, You will love it, me and my old army mates go walking and camping all the time and never take a tent? we just basher up where and when we like, we are happy as long as there are several pubs on the route. Roy

chick wants to go camping, but after 15 years of doing it for a living (army) i just cant see the attraction! think i'll have to give it a whirl though - got to keep the family happy!

Val each to his own eh ! The trouble is , with my health I just cant go camping in a tent (it would kill me !) not literally of course but I would be very ill .

Oooohh Paul you bitch. *Checks to see if spelling is correct*

oh i dont know dan, you seem like a very camp person to me!

Love camping like the tent better than the caravan Val

This is exactly why we have a caravan, all the comfort but still a cheaper holiday,and we have electric hook-up so can have our little luxories with us too.

Daniel, Its a good job that you was not born in the 12th century then? Roy

I take your point Roy but I'm not an outdoor person. Never have been. I prefer my bricks and mortar :-)

I'd hire you (to proof read for me) but sorry to say I've already got one. A doctor in fact! She's very good.

Some of use just like the outdoors, if you wake up with a saw back or neck or a cold then this generaly meens that you are not very fit as in your body is not very supple, and a cold is a virus so you will get that whether camping or in a nice warm bed, unless you ment cold as in 'your muscles' and this would be because you did not have the correct equipment. Roy