I mostly do it for festivals and tend to regard it as a necessary evil.
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Thinking about a dash to France back end of June, see how the weather looks. Not got too long so will probably do a one shot drive, loire or troyes way.Love it. Done it every (not quite true, missed 2 years) year for the last 30 years.
France only. Not interested in freezing to death in this country.
Love it.
I've done it since I was a kid and I got a love for the outdoors. So have done it all my life.
Myself and the missus camped camped in the UK before we went to Aus but then when we moved it went to another level. I ended up buying a trailer I had so much stuff. A brilliant tent, a gazebo, camp beds and a good BBQ + more and it was an amazing set up for a few days. We went away with friends and one of my mates was an engineer in the army and he built a full water system in his trailer for instant hot water for a shower. We bush camped but the place had running water so were well served there. Spent the days messing about on the river or taking 4x4s off on trails. Loved it.
Mind, when we decided to move back home I decided I couldn't be bothered with the set up/take down when it will probably be raining. So bought a caravan instead which is sited in north yorkshire. So doesn't get about anywhere.
Now I'm hiring a VW camper this weekend to see how we get on with that and may buy a VW van to do a conversion on that.
Thanks mate.Ours is a converted Toyota Hi-ace with a high top. My main gripe with it is the roof doesn't lift. The VWs are expensive but there's quite a few other van types that make good camper conversions. Ours can get a bit cramped with 2 adults and the kids. We can all fit in to sleep if needed but the long term plan is to have the kids sleeping in the awning. When we go away next week we'll be chucking a toilet tent and windbreak up. Good luck in the van thisweekend.
You can patch the holes marra.Air tents are the way forward like
You got the power?2 nights max
DOESN'T SOLVE A SHOWER PROBLEM
When the marriage went tits up in 1990 first thing I did was bought an old combi and found a careless housekeeper then hit the road.France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco got down as far as the desert.Best two years of my life and reason I ended up here in France, would love to do it all again.Enjoy your weekend mate.Love it.
I've done it since I was a kid and I got a love for the outdoors. So have done it all my life.
Myself and the missus camped camped in the UK before we went to Aus but then when we moved it went to another level. I ended up buying a trailer I had so much stuff. A brilliant tent, a gazebo, camp beds and a good BBQ + more and it was an amazing set up for a few days. We went away with friends and one of my mates was an engineer in the army and he built a full water system in his trailer for instant hot water for a shower. We bush camped but the place had running water so were well served there. Spent the days messing about on the river or taking 4x4s off on trails. Loved it.
Mind, when we decided to move back home I decided I couldn't be bothered with the set up/take down when it will probably be raining. So bought a caravan instead which is sited in north yorkshire. So doesn't get about anywhere.
Now I'm hiring a VW camper this weekend to see how we get on with that and may buy a VW van to do a conversion on that.
As people have said it's a bit shit if it rains over a protracted period but there's nothing wrong with watching a thunder storm roll in across a valley from under a decent porch (last time near verdun you could feel the ground bounce) , not much joy peering out of a rain lashed two man for two days mind.
Set off from Nottingham at half six this morning, was fully set up with the tent including leccy coolbox, carpet, recliners in Bude, Cornwall by quarter past eleven. Lovely site with spotless toilets , hot showers and a lovely view a short walk from a surfing beach.This for me like. Neewhere for a good clean shite, and neewhere for a nice hot shower.
You go to the toilet block for a night wee?Pros and cons.
Liked getting about places and the getting close to nature and all that.
Dislike having to walk to the toilet block for a wee in the night or queuing up to have a shower after a day on the beach.
I have the benefit/misfortune of not having littleones anymore.. Me and our lass are well used to long attritional nights sitting in holding throats after 40 yearsI've got a big family tent and can do that, but after a while you get cabin fever. The kids are bored, the place smells of wet dog and you are left looking for dry pet friendly activities (though me looking after the dog in a pub while they go to a museum is always an option).
It is long periods of cold that get me. We were up on Exmoor in the summer and the temperature dropped massively for a few weeks, after a heatwave earlier in the year. It was down to about 5 degrees on an evening. Sitting cold on a night reading by a battery night is not so good, especially when it is a few nights in a row. Out the tent looking at the stars on warm evenings is heaven.