General Chat

I lived in a tent once - this was a small 2 man tent - as used by Bonnington when he climbed Everest.
Not only was I in the tent - but also my then boyfriend.
He had the sleeping bag - as used by Bonnington when he climbed Everest.
I had a cheap polyester number.

Lived? You ask - yes, from April to September - in Shetland!
Next to Clickinim Brock to be precise - it hadn't been fully excavated then, and was fenced off
There were toilets and sinks (no plugs), and no shower.
I worked in a fish factory, so rather than stink the tent and all our belongings out I had an arrangement with the leisure centre.
It was 25p for a swim - I just had a shower for 10p!

We moved to a croft in September. Still no bathroom, though, and the loo was a bucket in a shed!

Since then, I've done quite a bit of camping - but in a larger tent!

I sold my trailer tent only last week, and that is because we are moving. It was ideal for taking myself off for a few days, sans wife, down to Devon. I will have to buy myself a tent now.

Used to Camp regularly with the Girl Guides but never as an adult.
OH used to put his foot down with a firm hand, even when the more modern tents were described. He couldn’t stand the idea of creepy crawlies.

The nearest we’ve come to it is a static family-sized caravan. Like AnnG, now I’d prefer a 4 star hotel, or a self catering holiday let.

Went once, in a tent with a long-ago ex, never again! Weather awful, tent uncomfortable and showers didn't work properly. Ex was a pain in the what-name (to be fair he probably thought I was too!) and we both got really bad colds afterwards!

We recently got an oldish camper van, partly for long day trips and maybe going to continent. OH says he wants to wait 'til Brexit is sorted but we could be ga-ga by then...

Never have, never would lol, my OH says my idea of camping is a four star hotel. Had a couple of caravan I g holidays, not keen.

Tent just once. The bleddy thing didn't even break the fall of the rain :-| Soaked and ill for a week.

We have a campervan :-D

Watching jolly campers erecting their tents, awnings and other paraphernalia makes great spectator sport. ;-) :-D

Once in Germany with a heap of friends in 1972. I have absolutely no idea why we left our perfectly good apartments to slum it in the rain.

Never again lol.

I love camping Rose.

I love the freedom and with a better tent gone are the days of having ropes over the frame and holding onto the poles during a storm. ;-)

We've made friends for life on camp sites :-D :-D :-D

Do you? Have you? Would you?

Doesn't appeal to me in the slightest now, though I spent happy days in my brother's tent in the garden when I was a child. Green it was. I couldn't even get down to it now lol.

Caravanning, static or mobile sounds better, we had one when I was little, the inside smelled of formica and woolly blankets and gas lamps :-)

Or perhaps a fancy tree house ( with a ramp lol) with glass roof open to the stars, in one of the 'dark zones', in silence but for the call of the birds and the wind through the trees. <3