Fairy lights for tents - poncey or no?

[Mummyisamonster]

Anyone got these for their tent? I'm thinkig about the funky shaped ones, chillis, flowers etc for when we go camping.

Poncey or not??

[expatinscotland]

Someone on here has, she wrote about them in a camping thread a week or so ago. They're solar-powered, too!

They're cool, IMO.

Who cares if someone thinks it's poncey if you find it cool?

[NeedaNewName]

NOT!!!! Let me know where you get some from!

We had some solar ones that just didn;t work - was gutted!

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

not poncey, they sound lovely

[Mintyy]

Well, given that you have to pack a gazillion things for camping, to have also made a point of packing your fairy lights makes you look just a little poncetastic, I'm afraid.

[Mummyisamonster]

Mintyy, yes I see your point.

I mentioned the idea of fairy lights to DH last week and he just rolled his eyes (whenever we go camping he packs up the car in a very anal "scientific" way and he always accuses me of packing unneccessary crap camping essentials).

I like these lights here
but these aren't outdoor ones.

[daisydancer]

I think they'd be really pretty and at least you'd know which tent was yours!

[smugmumofboys]

Poncey. Sorry.

[modrin]

gorgoeus and dont forget the bunting

[modrin]

gorgeous even

[WhereTheWildThingsWere]

The people next to us lat year had some solar ones wound around their front guy ropes and they looked great, and they stopped you tripping over the guys on the way back from the loo at night.

Pretty and practical.

I wish I had found out where they were from.

[modrin]

check out jollydays luxury camping lovely!!!

[Mummyisamonster]

Modrin, don't start me off on a bunting google search...I can't have both can I . I will check out jollydays.

WTWWW, thank you for offering a justification practical purpose for such lighting!

TBH I've now got pre-occupied with melamine plates...I think I am over-tired and need to have a lie down.

[Mummyisamonster]

Ooh, liked the Jollydays dream...dammit modrin, I am hooked..where can I find bunting.......

[modrin]

hee hee ebay! go for it

[kiwibella]

I love the idea... do they only run on mains power? Can you get portable ones?

[bramblebooks]

I got the solar powered fairy lights that are around my chicken run from ebay.

[kiwibella]

ebay, here I come

Jollydays is LUSH

[MaggieBeau]

solar powered fairy lights?! wow! where do you get them??

[kiwibella]

after a quick google, there's loads... like here

[kiwibella]

lanterns

[gigglewitch]

my parents erect something resembling a landing strip outside their awning with all those little solar powered lanterns

We make do with battery operated parasol lights in our tent.

[paisleyleaf]

We just use the £2 battery powered lights - not much good to you now, but they're in the shops alot at xmas. Last ones I bought were Tesco love heart ones at valentines that hang in DD's bedroom.
Bunting......you make it.....or get the DCs to

oooo the campsites are all going to look gorgeous and twinkly this summer!

[lowrib]

Lovely.

Anyone who doesn't like them has no sense of fun IMO!

[kathyis6incheshigh]

I don't think they are poncey because they're not expensive so they're not saying 'look how rich I am to afford this!' the way, say, a Cath Kidston groundsheet (if they exist) might be.

[thedolly]

We have 2 3 Cath Kidston tents - they were from Millets and didn't cost a lot - I was seduced by the psychadelic flowers and the galloping cowboys .