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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: omega3000 on 18 June 2014, 20:29:15
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What essentials or do you take say for a 2 day stop :-\ Some have said they dont take a cooker they just buy from a local take out . For me its about the whole enjoyment of being self sufficient cooking your own stuff and making a hot drink when all the shops are shut :)
Maybe need some bug spray for those pesky midges ::)
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Take plenty of tea bags and milk, bread and sausage's o and colemans mustard. That's all,the food i'l eat ;D
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for me 1 day or 100 days the same.. I take everything :y
(clearly thats a lie ;D because my wife prepares everything ;D ;D [size=78%]) [/size]
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I'm not taking a fridge this time, as not getting a hookup. I will take 2 or 3 burners to make a cuppa, and maybe breakkie.
Mrs TB will insist on taking the gas fire ;D
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I only camp for a couple of weekends each year, and that's only for car shows.
Although I have a good tent and sleeping bag, we worked out years ago that cooking and camping is a pain. So it's takeaways for me, with a large coolbox for cold beer and drinks.
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Will you have an electric hook-up? Otherwise it will have to be whatever gas cooker you have.
But come what may, you MUST have the means to fry bacon, eggs, sausages and mushrooms out in the open! Nothing beats that smell, early (-ish) in the morning al fresco.......
:) ;D :P
Ron.
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Will you have an electric hook-up? Otherwise it will have to be whatever gas cooker you have.
But come what may, you MUST have the means to fry bacon, eggs, sausages and mushrooms out in the open! Nothing beats that smell, early (-ish) in the morning al fresco.......
:) ;D :P
Ron.
Smells good to me :P
Reminded me to buy a cool box for milk and food to cook , bought a 5ltr water container but dont think that will be big enough :-\
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Five litres will not be enough, especially if you need to do the washing up at your tent - or will there be sinks and things? Those collapsible water bags save space, and/or 2 litre pop bottles that you have emptied.
For the mozzies, citronella candles and that stuff that you wipe on exposed body parts are worth having, but don't bother with those little ultrasonic beepers that are supposed to repel mozzies - they don't!
Ron.
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I only camp for a couple of weekends each year, and that's only for car shows.
Although I have a good tent and sleeping bag, we worked out years ago that cooking and camping is a pain. So it's takeaways for me, with a large coolbox for cold beer and drinks.
But what if there's no takeaway facility and if there is its usually quite expensive :y
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What essentials or do you take say for a 2 day stop :-\ Some have said they dont take a cooker they just buy from a local take out . For me its about the whole enjoyment of being self sufficient cooking your own stuff and making a hot drink when all the shops are shut :)
Maybe need some bug spray for those pesky midges ::)
As an ex Scout and Scouter I feel there are only 3 essential items needed;
Alcohol
Food
A Caravan....................... ;D ;D ;D :y
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I only have me to feed, so a tenner a night is easily worth not having the hassle of stoves, cooking gear, keeping the food somewhere and doing the cooking and clearing up afterwards. And I've several years worth of disposable cutlery etc. It's probably only a fiver extra that I actually spend. I don't eat breakfast, so that's a non-issue.
Although I have recently found a small gas-burner in a cupboard, so I might indulge in some decent fresh coffee at the Supernationals, rather than get mugged at about £3 a cup.
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Just worried a bit about tent security :-\ Got a few little padlocks but guess its valuable stuff to be put in the boot while your away :)
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Just worried a bit about tent security :-\ Got a few little padlocks but guess its valuable stuff to be put in the boot while your away :)
Yup
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Sadly, there's very little in the way of security that you can have in a tent, and these days there's always some scaly-backed dog-self-abuser who will exploit that fact!
>:(
Ron.
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We use a foldup double burner with grill. Done many a fantastic meal when in French France. Coolbox is handy but for the essentials, a bin liner, box of beer and a couple of bags of ice does the deed...
;D :y
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Billing Aquadrome in a few weeks , looks a faily big place with lots going on .. hopefully they will have some sort of security patrol :-\ Dont think we will be straying far from the camp site anyway :)
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Camping and valuables.
Like leaving your worldly possessions under a blanket on a beach and asking for folk to guess whats underneath. Winner gets to keep it..... :D :'(
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Camping and valuables.
Like leaving your worldly possessions under a blanket on a beach and asking for folk to guess whats underneath. Winner gets to keep it..... :D :'(
Maybe an Iron bar kept handy would be better security :D ;D
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Camping and valuables.
Like leaving your worldly possessions under a blanket on a beach and asking for folk to guess whats underneath. Winner gets to keep it..... :D :'(
Maybe an Iron bar kept handy would be better security :D ;D
Only works if your sitting watching. Bets are off if you are away to the chippie for dinner!
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Ordered this water carrier (http://www.wilko.com/camping/wilko-water-carrier-collapsible-20ltr/invt/0299760) Should be big enough :y
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Buy bottles from Asda/Lidle/Morrisons/Waitrose/whatever. Yes, you use water but campsite water is often - in my experience - a bit suss.
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Camp next to a pub! That's it. :y :y :y
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Only one way to camp, that's in a caravan ::)
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Maybe an Iron bar kept handy would be better security :D ;D
And/or our tried/tested deterrent:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43954633/IMG_0641.JPG)
"You feeling lucky, pal?" ::) ::) ::)
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What essentials or do you take say for a 2 day stop :-\ Some have said they dont take a cooker they just buy from a local take out . For me its about the whole enjoyment of being self sufficient cooking your own stuff and making a hot drink when all the shops are shut :)
Maybe need some bug spray for those pesky midges ::)
For me it's all about NOT being able to have a comfy poo in the morning :o
. . . . and NOT being able to have a nice hot shower :-\
. . . . and having to arse around putting the tent up >:(
etc
Oh but the other stuff like outdoor cooking, beer etc is ok :)
Spent last weekend at a three day outdoor rock festival. Camp ? No way. Premier Inn :y
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Nah , just rough it like hippies for 2 days ::) A quick swim in the lake will suffice :P I see there is day and night fishing available at Billing , anyone going to be sober enough to have a go :-\
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If your snoring,expect to find yourself waking up floating in the river the next morning ;D
I shall be taking airbed,sleeping bag,beer,beer,and beer and some other bits ,looking forward to the show ;D :y
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Camp next to a pub! That's it. :y :y :y
Partly the reason i always go the same site on the dorset coast.....pub and restaurant on site :y :)
But i take cooking stuff for cups of tea/coffee and cooked breakie :y
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So then EMD, are you getting your arse to Newent then?
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So then EMD, are you getting your arse to Newent then?
don't think the usuall, 99p fuel be enough ;D
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So then EMD, are you getting your arse to Newent then?
Had to look at the map for Newent , 118 miles . What do you recon noofer's ::)
What happens at Newent :-\
Apart from fixing cars ::)
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I might be intrested aswell Emd,take my 4x4 if i go aswell? :y
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I might be intrested aswell Emd,take my 4x4 if i go aswell? :y
Depends on the price , cant see any fee mentioned :-\
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Sit in TB's slipstream and you'll be there in no time and at minimal cost! :y
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Sit in TB's slipstream and you'll be there in no time and at minimal cost! :y
You think ill keep up with tbe ::) :(
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I'm a caravanner, it's always packed with the basics ready to have last bits thrown in before leaving anywhere. Not much different to work though as I'm a wagon driver out all week. Although caravan is very spacious compared to wagon (but if I'm honest I prefer the wagon. I wonder if work will let me take it camping.... ::))
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I'm a caravanner, it's always packed with the basics ready to have last bits thrown in before leaving anywhere. Not much different to work though as I'm a wagon driver out all week. Although caravan is very spacious compared to wagon (but if I'm honest I prefer the wagon. I wonder if work will let me take it camping.... ::))
I would really like a caravan , sometime in the future would be good . Only trouble with camping is no toilet facility unless you can get a portable thing :-\
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I'm a caravanner, it's always packed with the basics ready to have last bits thrown in before leaving anywhere. Not much different to work though as I'm a wagon driver out all week. Although caravan is very spacious compared to wagon (but if I'm honest I prefer the wagon. I wonder if work will let me take it camping.... ::))
I would really like a caravan , sometime in the future would be good . Only trouble with camping is no toilet facility unless you can get a portable thing :-\
Or get a proper camper, built with a degree of imagination :y
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2 wood burning stoves :y
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/steve6367/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg) (http://s429.photobucket.com/user/steve6367/media/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg.html)
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2 wood burning stoves :y
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/steve6367/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg) (http://s429.photobucket.com/user/steve6367/media/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg.html)
Impressive chimneys there :o :y
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Now there is a solution :)
Flushing toilet (http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=l&ai=ChAPD9z-kU_qbLoWYpgOwlICIBZrksKIFsr3_i4AB5ZfDq4QCCAQQBCDPiK4eKAVQ5PzZ1wdgu_afg9AKoAHiruH-A8gBB6kCMNfOqumXvD6qBCVP0FbVtuNCTqvXzEq6DT0SKAphowo0Fhzh5B0iIO7EIRVCwrI6gAWQTroFEwiF8MSI0Ii_AhUF5TwKHZFHAHTABQXKBQCgBiaAB4bRngGQBwPgEtCQ56y3zfGPzgE&ei=9z-kU8WYKoXK8wGRj4GgBw&sig=AOD64_2CFhGIByIDU3_sLEQhlz7IDIX_nw&ctype=5&rct=j&q=&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQvhc&adurl=http://www.worldofcamping.co.uk/kampa-portaflush-10l-toilet%23fo_c%3D273%26fo_k%3Da22fd944919ba06a372d3992c50f0324%26fo_s%3Dgplauk)
:y
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I'm a caravanner, it's always packed with the basics ready to have last bits thrown in before leaving anywhere. Not much different to work though as I'm a wagon driver out all week. Although caravan is very spacious compared to wagon (but if I'm honest I prefer the wagon. I wonder if work will let me take it camping.... ::))
I would really like a caravan , sometime in the future would be good . Only trouble with camping is no toilet facility unless you can get a portable thing :-\
Or get a proper camper, built with a degree of imagination :y
A canvas one. :y
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I'm a caravanner, it's always packed with the basics ready to have last bits thrown in before leaving anywhere. Not much different to work though as I'm a wagon driver out all week. Although caravan is very spacious compared to wagon (but if I'm honest I prefer the wagon. I wonder if work will let me take it camping.... ::))
I would really like a caravan , sometime in the future would be good . Only trouble with camping is no toilet facility unless you can get a portable thing :-\
Or get a proper camper, built with a degree of imagination :y
A canvas one. :y
I was actually thinking holding tank, but canvas works :y
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2 wood burning stoves :y
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/steve6367/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg) (http://s429.photobucket.com/user/steve6367/media/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg.html)
please tell the boys and girls how much the shiney kettle was for that....... ::)
mate of mine has one, my £5 ally kettle works just as well, ok it takes space on the top but...........
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Is that a 2 man tent ::) Mines a 4 - 5 man tent but really only enough for 2 in comfort :)
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Five litres will not be enough, especially if you need to do the washing up at your tent - or will there be sinks and things? Those collapsible water bags save space, and/or 2 litre pop bottles that you have emptied.
For the mozzies, citronella candles and that stuff that you wipe on exposed body parts are worth having, but don't bother with those little ultrasonic beepers that are supposed to repel mozzies - they don't!
Ron.
Get skin so soft from Avon (green bottle) I was up west coast oh Scotland (loch Awe) fishing last week and boy that stuff was a life saver we were covered in dead beasties lol
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2 wood burning stoves :y
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/steve6367/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg) (http://s429.photobucket.com/user/steve6367/media/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg.html)
please tell the boys and girls how much the shiney kettle was for that....... ::)
mate of mine has one, my £5 ally kettle works just as well, ok it takes space on the top but...........
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Wilkinsons, £12 - I m quite tight and not sure ally would be great on the wood stove :D - The SS water heater on the further away stove ( not mine ) on the other hand is outstanding but £££££!
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Going to need a bigger car for this 2 day trip ::) ;D
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2 wood burning stoves :y
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/steve6367/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg) (http://s429.photobucket.com/user/steve6367/media/2stoves_zps08f53bb2.jpg.html)
please tell the boys and girls how much the shiney kettle was for that....... ::)
mate of mine has one, my £5 ally kettle works just as well, ok it takes space on the top but...........
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Wilkinsons, £12 - I m quite tight and not sure ally would be great on the wood stove :D - The SS water heater on the further away stove ( not mine ) on the other hand is outstanding but £££££!
I meant the one on the right, about £75 iirc ::)