Smiffs Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Beltin, done it for about 12 years. Take the kids to all sorts of fancy hotels for weekends away but tell em they're goin camping and they're like pigs in shit. All depends on if you dont mind a bit of rough especially if its wet. Get thisel some decent kit and you'll be reet. Them ?30 tents in argos arnt worth a w?nk. You'll get 2 or 3 weekends away then the seams start splitting, the poles stat breaking, and you'll be cold wet and miserable. They are fine if you want to try it out but nowt more. Get thsel up some big hill for the day, then spend the night sat watching the sun go down and the stars come out, getting slowly pissed next to a BBQ with a good book, and you'll sleep like a dog, wake up in the morn, get the bacon cookin, jobs a good un.
bwfc_sue Posted August 5, 2008 Author Posted August 5, 2008 I went to that camping place in Wiggin this aft and was impressed with what I saw. Am doing a car boot sale this weekend and anything I raise is going to go into my camping fund!
Smiffs Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Outdoor world on the A49 winwick road warrington is a good place too. DOnt go daft buying loads of stuff, see if you like it first. I'll lend you a few bits and bobs.
bolty58 Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Only a personal observation. Camping is fcuking shiyte. Nowt wrong with sleeping under the stars as long as there are 5 of em. Re tried it two years back for the scooter clubs Lancelin run. Fook that for a game o sowjers. Cowd, uncomfortable and you can hear every other fecker snoring their b0llocks off. Hotels for me. You can keep that third class accommodation.
green genie Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Didn't the last WW flirtation with camping all end a bit messily?
dci_bwfc Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Only done it at festivals until last weekend when I went to Great Langdale, quality place and some nice pubs! One sells a quality cider called Old Rosie, 7.3% absolute rocket fuel! Ended up crashing some guys 21st birthday party in a barn next to the pub and proceeded to insult a couple of ladies calling them yokels. Lesson learned, take the man away from civilisation and he turns into a cretin! All in all, good laugh with your mates however nothing more annoying than having to trek 1/2 a mile for a dump first thing in the morning.
C86 Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Halfords are doing this for penny shor of ?100, I think its was even on special offer at ?79 last weekeend. Halfords Wig Wam We have an extensive range of camping equipment & outdoor leisure accessories available to buy. The Halfords Family Tent Pack has walk in height & is extremely spacious. Features & benefits 4 person double skin tent Outer tent is made from 185T polyester PU coating Seam taped with protecting system Inner tent has breathable polyester 2 separate bedrooms Walk-in height 4 x sleeping bags 2 x double airbeds 2 x camping lights Easy to assemble Approximate pitch time 25 minutes 1500mm hydrostatic head Contents when bought separately worth ?197.91 Dimensions Sleeping areas - 150cm width x 210cm length Living area - 180 width x 210cm length Tent height 180cm (all dimensions are approximate) Weight: 26kg approx Groundsheet sown into sleeping compartments, separate groundsheet in living area Spare parts can be ordered in store
C86 Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Does anyone do it? I really quite fancy it! Yep if its just us two Don't let our Andy know though ::::
YATESY Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Agree with Smiffs totally. We get away with the kids a few times a summer, taking both lads from when they were a baby. As an alternative camping shop have a look at CastleCroft Camping (now part of JR Leisure) in Bury. We got a 8 man Vango Aspen on one of their sales weekends for a fraction of the price of other places.
Burndens Bogs Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) Just done 5 days in the lakes camping with Mrs bogs and our 4 year old daughter, the little 'un fooking loved it - and if she's happy it makes life a whole lot easier. PS - You can be unlucky though and end up with some scumbags right next door Edited August 6, 2008 by Burndens Bogs
frank_spencer Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 best week of my life was the week we camped around the Great Lakes in Canada, although there's something extra scary about waking up to find a bear outside your tent.
Sweep Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 I went camping this weekend in the New Forest with my little nephews. They loved it! It was the first time I have been camping since I was a kid, and whilst it was OK, I think just the two nights is more than enough, as it is as long as I want to go with out a shower (there are shower blocks, but sod that for a game of soldiers) I enjoyed the fact that we (the adults) all had a good drink and eat ourselves silly with barbecued food, and it was good for the kids to run around all day in a safe envirnment, without a playstation or computer game in site. I didn't enjoy the thought of communal showers and shared toilets. I also didn't like the concept of having to lug dirty pots, pans and plates over to a communal washing up area. So in summary, I think it's great for 1 or 2 days, but for a fortnights holiday, forget it
wovlad Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Camping is one of my pet hates. Suffered nothing but disasters burns, bites & thefts. To name but a few, also one year at Glastonbury I had to cancel at the last minute. The tent I would have been sharing was stolen within an hour of it being put up, with everything in it.
mickbrown Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Went to the Lakes for a week an few years back, pissed down all week, hated it. Put it down to the bad weather and tried again in France a few years later. Lovely weather for 2 weeks, still shit though.
trotter58 Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 In the words of Jeremy Clarkson, 'Why stay somewhere you have to build yourself?'.
burnden Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 http://www.cybercheckout.com/cat/918/2954/...ctualParent=421 cheap tents etc
Traf Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Our Summer has been and gone. Wait until November/December to buy new gear, when they're virtually giving it away. Our Winter of Discount Tents. I'll get my coat.
dickie Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Beltin, done it for about 12 years. Take the kids to all sorts of fancy hotels for weekends away but tell em they're goin camping and they're like pigs in shit. All depends on if you dont mind a bit of rough especially if its wet. Get thisel some decent kit and you'll be reet. Them ?30 tents in argos arnt worth a w?nk. You'll get 2 or 3 weekends away then the seams start splitting, the poles stat breaking, and you'll be cold wet and miserable. They are fine if you want to try it out but nowt more. Get thsel up some big hill for the day, then spend the night sat watching the sun go down and the stars come out, getting slowly pissed next to a BBQ with a good book, and you'll sleep like a dog, wake up in the morn, get the bacon cookin, jobs a good un. [Tis an aquired taste, granted but if you take to it and you dont mind mucking in or mucking out, you`ll love it! The beauty of it is, yer can pay fer the pitch each day, so if you are sited next to a family from hell, you can up sticks and buggar off somewhere better? ps. do your homework on the intended area of visit, making special notes of where each pub is, in relation to the camp site! Walking along unlit country roads at neet, is frought with danger! So although thi might have a big torch, just keep thi eye open fer bogey men who may be out ont prowl! JJL]
Zico Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Only a personal observation. Camping is fcuking shiyte. Nowt wrong with sleeping under the stars as long as there are 5 of em. Re tried it two years back for the scooter clubs Lancelin run. Fook that for a game o sowjers. Cowd, uncomfortable and you can hear every other fecker snoring their b0llocks off. Hotels for me. You can keep that third class accommodation. depends on where you camp done a fair bit in oz, quite enjoyed it, except one morning i woke up, was hot, thought my back was dripping with sweat, turns out it was a load of ants crawling about on said back never happened to me in the lakes that
trigger Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 beltin, nice site up near Millom in south lakes, Butterflowers it's called, short walk round the village to the ski bar where you can do wakeboarding and stuff, or like me just get hammered watching others do it on a sunny afternoon! spot on!
Crawley White Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Personally I prefer caravaning - you get to laugh at the the people in tents when in rains! till, have yet to convince Mrs Crawley that any sort of holiday where you stay in a field is a good idea.
Big City Girl Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 I love camping. I used to go camping a lot when I was younger, from tents, trailer tents, tourer caravans and statics. I like how you can just decide on a Friday afternoon, if the weather is right, to take yourself off somewhere nice. My friend has just bought a 6 man tent and is trying to persuade us to go camping over the Bank Holiday. I'm up for it, but the others are filled with horror at not having access to a proper private bathroom. Puffs.
Maggie Tate Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 I vote yes to camping, me and our peg got a few nights next week up near Lochinver in the sticks of Scotland before I go on my blistering rampage from Budapest to Geneva via here and there. Caravanning, however, I'm pretty much totally opposed to. Camping in a tent is brilliant for shagging, let's not forget.
Burndens Bogs Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) Personally I prefer caravaning - you get to laugh at the the people in tents when in rains! till, have yet to convince Mrs Crawley that any sort of holiday where you stay in a field is a good idea. An elitist socialist? Typical I'll have you know that those poor people in the tents could be classed as downtrodden minorities Edited August 6, 2008 by Burndens Bogs
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