Camping dilemma since fire alert

I imagine until the UKs had sufficient rain that fields etc aren’t just covered in dry vegetation.

You're overthinking it, it's fine.

When we go we take packets of ready to eat food. Loads of choice, from flavoured rices, cous cous, lentils and beans etc. Kids love cold baked beans and spaghetti, snacks, fruit, cereal, tinned tuna etc. Buy a hot pasty or sausage rolls from asda or a cooked pizza deal. There's chip shops as well. Pack a cool bag of prepared meals.

Obviously you can buy cold food like salads, dips, chips and ice cream as you go as well.

Have a hot breakfast Day 1 before you leave.

It honestly fine. The point of no electric camping is that its basic and youre connecting with less so stop worrying about the food because i guarantee you the kids will be happy with whatever you chuck at them as long as they think its fun.

what about getting a car kettle like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZONJIE-12V-Car-Kettle-Stainless/dp/B0DK8KHNP3/

so you can at least have tea and coffee.

If you can afford it (or know a prepper!) you could rent or borrow a portable power station and take an induction cook top.

Since it's hot I wouldn't find this quite so bad, but I wouldn't be pleased! Have orange juice in for mornings (maybe tomato juice and Bloody Mary fixings if you're still youthful!). Good picnic style food, quiche and salads, etc. Push yourself to move about first thing and in the evening if things cool off. Use the showers if you do need to warm up.

Also how long is the alert in place, because the temp dropped alot over night

That's weird, we are camping in the region where the french forest fires were and they only banned outdoor cooking and bbqs, so as long as your gas stove was under a gazebo or in a tent it was absolutely fine. Can't you just take a small jet boil thing and hide it? Just use it in your tent on a table (assuming you have a large tent with space for a cooker etc) it'll be fine, eat inside, they wont know. A proper stove setup on a table top would be far safer though, it's more bbqs outside and close to the ground that are the problem, they just blanket ban because people are stupid! We light our gas stove with a spark thing so bar the actual gas flame we arent messing around with lighters or matches and naked flames.

Is it? Disposable BBQs are specifically mentioned (that’s because people tend to use them directly on the ground rather than raised) but not non-disposable ones, and camping stoves are not a fire.

That said, I didn’t get the alert but that’s based on the screen shot on bbc news.

I think breakfasts and lunches are doable but trying to think of a week of cold dinners when your will get a maximum of 2 days out of the coll box and no way to reheat is a real challenge. You will have to eat out in the evenings or travel home each day via a supermarket to pick up cold meats and salad.

How far is the nearest town op?

You will be fine, take something already heated in a big flask for the first evening. Cereal for breakfast, lunch out - doesn’t have to be expensive, think Greggs or a big pizza to share etc, and nice sandwiches/picky bits in the evening. Just buy a coffee on route to wherever you’re going.

That said, if I’m going anywhere for more than a weekend I always book somewhere with electric hookup and take my induction hob/airfryer. Makes life a lot easier and I like to eat decent food if I can

(Sorry, I see that point has been made by lots of other people too. But it bears repeating.)

No doubt the camp site are inundated with customers in their busiest few weeks of the year and they are trying to manage this along with find solutions.

Give them so breathing space.
eat cold food.
dont stay a full week, just do 4 nights?
Sure you will be out anyway, can’t believe you are staying next to your tent in the middle of know where for a full week.

This. DO NOT USE A STOVE INSIDE A TENT. IT CAN KILL YOU.

That article is talking about heaters and stoves being used to keep warm in closed, probably well-sealed 4 season tents halfway up a mountain. Not gonna happen boiling a pan of water for a few minutes. It just isn't.

Using a camping stove elevated off the ground is perfectly safe. There are no sparks emitted from camping stoves.

none of the sites I use have showers 🙈 they are £7-10 per night, it’s a cheap way to have a break

Use Uber eats or deliveroo for food options.

Does the campsite have food vans visit? Many CAMC sites have visiting fish and chips cans, pizza vans etc.

Eat a hot meal in the daytime when you are out and about and have cold stuff in the evening.

The campsite may well set up something temporarily if they don't have a shared kitchen usually. These are exceptional circumstances so worth checking.

Absolutely!
Aside from the fire risk, they will be gassing themselves. I suppose evolution will rid us of this level of stupidity.

I’m interested to know how much you have to pay for a campsite with no facilities except showers and loos?

I’d still go. Make it an adventure.
it’s too hot for hot food anyway.
Does anyone you know have a camping battery you could borrow so you can take a kettle?

No using a gas stove inside a tent is not fine. People die every year doing this. It may be OK if the tent has a large well ventilated porch and a door/window is left open but a) this isn't stealth and b) we don t know what type of tent she has.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/our-son-lay-dead-in-a-tent-for-five-days-the-scouts-didnt-help-him-8xhgc8028?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.advnture.com/news/two-climbers-die-from-carbon-monoxide-in-their-tent-camping-stove-could-be-to-blame
https://everwildoutdoors.com/camping-stove-may-have-lead-to-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-of-wild-camping-couple-found-dead-in-their-tent/

It's not fine

It’s not fine. You absolutely shouldn’t do this.

That’s terrible of the camp site - they need to offer a shared kitchen or refund / move for free.

Id pop their T&C’s into an AI and get it to draft a formal complaint letter requesting a free move of date or alternative provisions. You could also ring nearby campsites or do a bit of research and see what other sites are doing as it’s a nationwide issue and clearly not everyone is having this problem so they need to find a better solution than a total ban!

Are you 100% sure they have banned all stoves and not just fires/BBQs?

It's completely unreasonable to prevent people from having hot food and drinks but expect the cancellation clause to apply. Looks like a knee jerk reaction to me.

They could at least set up some kettles or a hot water urn for campers to share. If they are worried about people having tiny stoves on the ground they could provide some bricks or slabs to stand them on.

I don't think it is...it can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.