Doreen

[Rolo Rabbit]

We went to Woolacombe last year Freddie, also on the cheapo holiday thing. If you're going to Twitchen Park it's really lovely. we did some beautiful walks round there and the park itself was great.

 

We're off to Mullion this time - we've been before and it was one of my favourite places to be even though it rained non-stop. Just lovely to be in Cornwall again

[Keanie Bean]

My husband and I got married in Cornwall, Falmouth registry office to be precise. It was either that or Brixton, London. No contest i'm afraid. Camping in Cornwall is really great, I just love the place, there is nowhere quite like it elsewhere in England.

 

Sarah.x

[Rhapsody]

*Hyperventilating* Camping..........*wheeeze*................. Caravans.......*gasp*.......... where's me paper bag...?

My idea of roughing it is standing barefoot in the lobby of the hotel asking for fresh towels.

[chickencam]

[The Dogmother]

*Hyperventilating* Camping..........*wheeeze*................. Caravans.......*gasp*.......... where's me paper bag...?

My idea of roughing it is standing barefoot in the lobby of the hotel asking for fresh towels.

 

I've got more like that as I've got older. I roughed it travelling when I was in my 20s - driving in a truck with 2 blokes down the west coast of Africa and ending up with dysentery - nowadays, my poor old back prefers a comfortable bed and I like my hot shower in the morning

[craftyhunnypie]

Caravanning isn't roughing it! It's luxury these days! Proper plush cushions, decent sized bed, proper electric flush toilet. Hot showers in a cubicle that is probably ten times better than you would have in your house, cozy fire, warm blown air. If you have electric hook up, then it's brilliant! Full sized fridge, posh oven, separate end bathroom the size of a decent small bathroom....it's just fab - no roughing it here!

 

Emma.x

[Jules.]

In my caravan investgations I've found out some even have air-conditioning Certainly not roughing it ( says she who will be spending 9 nights in the " summer" in a £14.99 tent).

[The Dogmother]

( says she who will be spending 9 nights in the " summer" in a £14.99 tent).

 

 

I always said that you were barking mad! *shakes head*

[Olly]

Sorry but camping is BRILLIANT! Yes, no running water, nowhere to plug in the hairdryer, but with modern camping equipment these days there is no need for anyone to be chilly or uncomfortable.

 

I have a Therm-a-rest which is wonderful, it insulates you and I'm never cold at night. Nothing beats waking up to hear skylarks overhead, or the sea crashing on the shore, or owls hooting in the woods.

 

It's great with children because they don't have to be told to keep clean all the time, and adults can sit around and have a drink in the evening without worrying about how to get home, because bed is right there beside you. I spent several years helping with my sister-in-law's annual Cub Camp, and some of the children there had never been anywhere without a TV before. Nintendos, Gameboys etc. were banned - and they didn't miss them because there was always so much to do. Many of them had never played outside their own back gardens before.

 

There are many parts of the world where a tent and a cold-water tap would be luxury. I like camping because it reminds me, just for a while, that there is a simpler way of life - matching plates, electrical gadgets, soft furnishings etc. don't matter. I'm not being pious, I enjoy home comforts as much as anyone, but camping brings you back down to earth!

[Jules.]

( says she who will be spending 9 nights in the " summer" in a £14.99 tent).

 

 

I always said that you were barking mad! *shakes head*

I'm being catered for on-site for 7 of those days & nights

[The Dogmother]

( says she who will be spending 9 nights in the " summer" in a £14.99 tent).

 

 

I always said that you were barking mad! *shakes head*

I'm being catered for on-site for 7 of those days & nights

 

Good for you.

 

I used to enjoy it when I was younger, just not my bag these days. I still have my Girl Guides camper badge somewhere!

[Snowy]

I love camping, but I do like a comfy bed - hence our tent bedroom is decked out for sheer comfort! Huge and very comfortable, queen sized airbed, extra thick and fleecy queen size sleeping bag, large, fluffy, square pillows. I love my tent bed (even better now we have a waterproof tent )

[Rhapsody]

Clearly if there is no viable alternative-if you are crossing a desert, or as I did once, riding in the Australian outback, or at a festival or some such then I get camping (just about) but I dont get it as a holiday in its own right.

As for caravans can I just say no. And never. And only if I were in an urn on the sideboard, even then I would make it wobble from beyond the grave.

[chickencam]

Camping at its best is great, waking up to the sound of birds and the sea,basking in the sun with a glass of something nice while the kids have a great time, but at its worst it is horrible. We have had a Cabanon frame tent ripped to shreds in a storm on the Dorset coast (anyone else been to Highlands end?) water bubbling up through the floor in Devon and were woken to the sound of a very common couple having a violent row with awful langauge and expicit remarks and involved the destruction of their tent and its contents ,the police being called and them being forceably removed from the site all at 3am. OH and I were worried because we were just accross the way and thought that one of them might throw something our way or drive their car into us. Fortunately the younger kids slept through it, but it really frightened our eldest and it rained the whole time we were there.

[Rhapsody]

I take it all back chickencam- you really sold me that holiday!!

[The Dogmother]

I take it all back chickencam- you really sold me that holiday!!

 

Rhapsody - my folks are taking Rosie and I to a 5* hotel next week, beside the sea... want to tag along?

[ajm200]

Camping in the summer is great but I'd never go camping in the spring again.

 

About 15 years ago I spent a weekend in a tent in early April on what the weather forecasters has said would be a warm weekend only to end up defrosting tinned food on the camping stove and buying extra sleeping bags at the camping shop.

 

We couldn't go home as we'd been dropped off by relatives on their way to a nice weekend in a country cottage and had to wait for their return. As teenagers it had seemed like a great adventure until we were cold, muddy and wet

[The Dogmother]

I had a guide camp like that once.. it rained so hard that we all evacuated to the activity hall. That was in the days of old ridge tents and ground sheets.. we were soaked!

[Rhapsody]

I take it all back chickencam- you really sold me that holiday!!

 

Rhapsody - my folks are taking Rosie and I to a 5* hotel next week, beside the sea... want to tag along?

 

I dunno....what's the spa like?

[The Dogmother]

Excellent apparently - the gym looks good, massage, jacuzzi, heated indoor pool ....