I've only ever done festival camping
but I'm going camping at the end of July and I'm quite looking forward to it. It's at some kind of barn type thing I think.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:33, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

barn camping is fine
you're indoors, there are often basic beds provided, and more often than now, toilets.
I don't understand the whole 'lying on a 2mm thick piece of foam when I could be IN BED' aspect of wild or campsite camping.
( ascorbate, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:35, Reply)

if it's in a campsite
it's likely to be next to a car, in which case there is no excuse for not having loads of comfortable stuff
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)

unless you've driven there in a minibus
full of mountaineering club folk so there's only room for a small rucksack each and far more tesco value lager than any human ever needs to drink.
( ascorbate, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:38, Reply)

there's the problem
club = organised fun = rubbish
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

This is very much my girlfriend's view.
However we're never going to be hardcore campers. It's essentially a way of getting together with a group of friends, who all have children of a similar age, for a weekend. We did it fior the first time last year and borrowed absolutely everything. This year I've started to get some stuff together, but rather than get the essentials like a table,which we'll be able to borrow again, I figured it would be better to go for the more "luxury" items that make experience more comfortable like a carpet for the tent and an inflatable sofa.
(Cave Duck, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)