A couple of recent camping holidays with daughter stand out as being particularly awesome.
We didn't holiday much as a kid, mostly caravans and camping. No, I'm not secretly a carny. I'd love to holiday more but I can never afford the time off work.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:08, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'm looking forward to this
although I suspect daughter will be like mother and not like being in a tent.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Nah, it's what you make it innit.
Get glowsticks and set bug traps and give her her own torch and make sure you can barbecue on site and she'll love it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:11, Reply)

We may practice in the back garden first
I used to love doing that!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:12, Reply)

Likewise, my mate's two-year old is too young but when he's a bit older we'll do bug traps, great fun.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Liam, my son
will love all that shit when he is older. I am expecting him to eat most of the bugs he catches though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:14, Reply)

Woodlice taste good gently toasted on a fire if you can get enough of them.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:15, Reply)

I will bear that in mind

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:16, Reply)

=D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISwNnZGR35A
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:24, Reply)

nomnomnom

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:26, Reply)

I'd love to go caravaning
But Mark thinks it's silly if we can get to hotels for cheaper than renting the van, and we can stay in the cities, rather than in a camping. And he's right.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Depends if you want busy city or quiet countryside though eh?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:20, Reply)

I usually prefer
the busy city, or the quiet city, but city. Rarely I'd choose countryside, but I think I should try at least once.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:25, Reply)

I fucking love camping
and it amuses me the reasons people give for not wanting to do it.

The place I typically go has better showers than most people have in their house (not stylish, but clean and very effective); we've got a big tent, which with the inflatable bed we've got and a couple of duvets is as comfortable as a proper bed; we can have fires; there is a tidal lagoon a short walk away; it's fucking heavenly, and I recommend you go there.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:25, Reply)

That sounds great
I do want to go caravaning around Europe, but Mark thinks it's not a good idea, as I'll want to see the cities at night too, so we'll end up paying for hotel anyway.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:35, Reply)

that's the difficulty
caravans aren't cheap, to buy or hire, and they aren't particularly cheap to get a proper pitch with electricity, and if you want to go into a city then you really don't want to have a caravan.

This is why I am getting an ordinary van and putting a bed in it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:38, Reply)

That's not a bad idea
I just want to be able to tour around Europe but having a kitchen if I want to cook and a bed when I want to sleep.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:40, Reply)

I'm not bothering with a kitchen
I've got a portable barbecue and gas stove, which are fine.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:56, Reply)