Camping dilemma since fire alert

I'd just move the date and would just be grateful my house hasn't been gutted by a fire. The idea of trying to find recommendations where you can start a fire while camping in this weather is alarming. There's a reason it's banned.

It's fine. I've always done it when hiking and the weather is shit. There's plenty of fresh air.

Yes we’re camping this weekend and they’ve said camping stoves are fine but keep water on hand, no fires or bbqs

People die by doing this - never use a stove inside a tent!

The money has gone anyway. I wouldn’t go on a holiday like you describe with no means of cooking - why spend money to be more miserable than you would be at home?

Not the case, we are camping and been told stoves are ok if raised off the ground

Don't use cookers inside tents folks! There have been deaths from CO poisoning.

Are you sure they don't have a communal kitchen area? Not ideal though, and it does seem that it could be a meaningful change in terms and conditions perhaps, although that's not their fault of course.

What has the camp site offered in terms of alternatives? I’m not talking about rebooking / cancelling but cooking facilities? Have they a shared kitchen for wash up where they might put kettles and the like?? Do they have a cafe / food facilities on site? Whilst I appreciate it’s no-ones fault you’d have hoped they would try and help with at least kettles because the expectation of camping is to cook your own food. Will they allow cookers that are off the ground? I’m not sure what the rules are!

unless you have an amazing coolbox which you precool and have ice bottles to keep cool, then it would be going out for food or shopping daily for bits to eat that don’t get heated.

Ridiculous. I've just come back from a week of camping, ground just as dry as it is now. Bbqs and open fires were banned but not gas stoves. If I were you, I would either boil water on the sly in my tent (but hardly the relaxing trip you were planning) or cancel. Small claims court if they won't refund. A week of camping with no cooking facilities is unacceptable. At the very least, they should be providing a safe hardstanding area where people can gather to cook.

I would probably go rather than lose the money. You can make the best of it and have hot drinks and meals when you’re out and about during the day then just cold stuff in the evening.
Is there a shared area at all where you could boil a kettle?
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That's ridiculous. Just came back from franc wildfire central and they certainly let us use our gas cooker. Just not open fires.

I've never tasted one but I watch a few YouTubers who try out army rations.

You can get self heating cans too http://hotcan.com/how-it-works.html as I said they are not cheap, £4+ for sausage and beans but if you are going to be somewhere with no other means of heating then they can be useful.

Some sites have microwaves in with communal freezers etc
I would batch cook some chilli etc if they have a microwave to reheat and take some pouches of microwaveable rice, nachos, jacket potatoes etc
If you have electric hook up you’ll be fine if you take an 2 ring electric hob.
It depends how long you’re staying really, but I’d go if there is a microwave.
We are currently away in our van and I’ve seen quite a few campers with air fryers on tables, but each pitch has electric hookups and food vans are visiting.

Well in that case it must be a short trip as you only get four days max out of a very good cool box, four days is fine with cold foods and drinks. If you drink coffee you can easily make coffee with cold water and milk. If you really want hot stuff and no eating out you’ll need to cancel and book a site with a hook up as you’ll probably only get two meals out of a portable power station.

…or find out if there are plug sockets in the wash block eg for hair dryers and take your own normal kettle.

Amazon have cigarette lighter kettles if you are taking the car. Then you’d have tea and could do cous cous smash pot noodles rehydrate pasta packs.

Cereal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch. Go out for dinner or grab a takeaway.

Or id ask for elec hookup and get one of these:
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Order food delivery from local places to site....pizza, chinese etc. Maybe camp site could arrange food trucks?

Has the site got electric hookup or an indoor kitchen area?
If so, and there’s a socket, I’d take the kettle from home to make a cuppa.
You could also use some boiled water to make cous cous and noodles. I’d have those with ready cooked meats.

I dont think ive ever known anyone go camping and cook 3 meals a day.

Id have cereal etc for breakfast (take 1 pint cartons of uht milk and open one each day), be out and about for lunch & buy warm food then, and have sandwiches for tea.

I can imagine a lot of campsites might get a tea urn set up somewhere for hot water.

Have the site made any suggestions about how guests will be able to prepare food during this time?

Presumably it's in their interests to keep guests happy and reduce the risks of people cooking sneakily anyway?