Who else would be up for an MN Lone Parent Festival camping trip? Or are Pillock and Ate just a little bit crazy ......

[PillockOfTheCommunity]

next summer
us and our children
tents
undecided family-friendly, cheap festival

Anyone?

[Ate]

Defintion: Ate - Greek Goddess of foolish acts

Pllock - worse than Ate

Nevertheless (or due to above ) I am very much up for it!

Off to bed now though so will look in again soon

[Ate]

Pllock?! Pillock!!

G'night

[Cotsta]

Poss... If i little man likes a trial run in the back garden...

[charlotte121]

lol kids will only be 1 and 2 then.... i think I would have a nervous break down with the 2 of them running off casuing mischeif!

[ThatBigGermanPrison]

What are 3 year olds like in tents? And would it have to be the south coast, which is both too far from me and prohibitively expensive?

In other words, can we go to skeggie, can we, can we, huh?

[davidtennantsmistress]

tgp where are you on the south coast?

i'd be up for it yep, (ponders what's a 3 year old indeed like in a tent? the boy keeps asking to go camping - i'd set up the back garden but i'm too chicken! lol.

but yes I'd go - how about er, actually only one's I know is the reading or isle of white ones. if it's cheap thou, count me in.

[PillockOfTheCommunity]

There are loads of child-friendly ones, I'm a bit of a ponce at times and read Junior magazine and they did a feature on them which has really made me want to go

They are all over the country, I'm sure we can find one that suits most of us.

I do love Skeggy TBGP, had the best holidays of recent years with small people or pals at Butlins, but I'm not sure they have a festival!

[prettyfly1]

to the girls who asked about three yr olds - i took mine two weeks ago and he LOVED it. just make sure you keep them warm enough - well up for this!!!

[OverMyDeadBody]

yes yes yes I'm most definately up for it.

[OverMyDeadBody]

and three year olds are indeed fine in tents and with camping. All the fresh air exhausts them it seems.

Gosh could you imagine a whole group of them together? They'd have the time of their lives playing and running around and them sleep like babies () and we could all enjoy wine and chocolate and festival revalries!

[davidtennantsmistress]

that deffo sounds like a plan omdb! esp the bit with all of the kids playing with the balls and stuff!

god can you imagine the camp site owners faces - a bunch of women and about 20 kids running around!

[Ate]

The children are bound to love it! Mine talked about little else for the 6 months following our first festival together

There are many in the West Country which are family friendly, award winningly so in fact

Sunrise Celebration being one of them (and one which I can personally recommend!) though there are smaller ones still.

[OverMyDeadBody]

oooh yes Ate, there are loads of smaller ones! I've only ever done the Big Chill myself when ds was 2, and that was great, but it seems to have become very big indeed more recently, so a smaller one would be ideal!

Ok this will be exciting, yes I can just imagine the looks on people's faces when a large group of women and little children turn up lol

Maybe we could do some smaller camping tripos first, without the festival, as little trial runs? or just as an additional thing to do?

[ninah]

I'm in!

[davidtennantsmistress]

that's a good idea actually - personally i'd prefer a smaller one as i'd be able to keep a better eye on DS - the whole tooo many people around etc.

but think it's a cool idea thou.

[ninah]

I got a tent from Netto this summer, of all places. It's a pop up and you can seriously put it up in ten minutes. Well it says 30 secs on the box, but hey ...

[FAQ]

oooooo I'd be up for it.

Haven't been camping since I was, ermm about 11 (and that was a guides camping trip lol) - but would love to take the DS's.....they'd be 8, 5 and 2 next summer

[FAQ]

come on ShelleyLou - I know you're reading the thread

it'll be a laugh - we can do a few practice runs locally before we go

[shelleylou]

yte cos u linked it to me

[FAQ]

[davidtennantsmistress]

cool, what else do you need - there's some really cheap ones on ebay for like £10. just sleeping bags, (or duvets?) and some food?

(can't you tell i've never been before!)

[Mhamai]

It Might take a bit lot of organising as I'd be coming from Dublin but I'd be well up for it!

[OverMyDeadBody]

ooh yes, is it a bit sad to admit I'm liking the idea of organising something like this?

Tent and sleeping bags essential, and something to cook on and waterproof and warm clothes...anything else is an added bonus as far as I'm concerned, but the camping topic is a good place to find threads full of lists of essentials for camping.

Gosh, it would be a camping MN meetup wouldn't it!

[OverMyDeadBody]

Mhamai plenty of time to organise if it's for summer 2009!

[FAQ]

just one question - is it really possible for someone with 3 children, and no car to manage all the stuff you'd need for a camping trip??

Would still need a pushchair with me too........