To firmly resist dh's plan to carry all the camping equipment on the three day hike he has planned for the BH?

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Dh has planned an adventure for this weekend. He wants the family to walk a three day 34 mile trail, camping for the two nights, carrying all the stuff. Dh is strong and fit. Dd1 (14) has just done bronze Dof E so she is up to the task. Dd2 (13) is used to doing long walks but hasn’t done a two or three dayer carrying her stuff. The dog (8) will be fine. I am reasonably strong and fit, I walked for seven hours last BH but I've got a dodgy back, a dicky hip and two crunchy knees.

I can do this walk but I'm not sure I can do it carrying a back pack of stuff.

I just packed my rucksack with the two man tent, a sleeping bag and roll mat, put it on and thought FUCK THIS IS HEAVY.
I’ve got to threedays of approx six hour walks carrying it, holding the dog and I haven’t added water, pants, snacks and deodorant in there.

Do you think it would be unreasonable of me to insist that we transport the camping stuff by car (ie use two cars and there and back drop of thing in the morning)?

Excellent! I too have dodgy knees and I did the Sandstone Trail a few years ago by the car faffing method. Very doable and I still felt a sense of achievement. We carried lunch, though - it’s not always possible to find anywhere on the trail (although we did find a couple of lovely coffee stops, including one at a farm with THE BEST scones. Enjoy!

Snacks. You must have snacks.

What a wonderful idea! Wave them off happily and go and book into a nice hotel for the weekend.

My brothers labs wear backpacks & carry own food & water

If you'd put a backpack with food in it on to our old lab she'd have eaten herself in twenty seconds.

Sounds good cardibach, can you remember where roughly the scones were?

I have snacks, many snacks

BalloonSlayers post has reminded me to pack the dog food.

I was thinking of you today, hopefully you stayed dry in your waterproofs!

Thanks isabella. We did it! Slightly moist yesterday but otherwise have all had a brilliant time. So, SO glad we didn’t carry the camping stuff though

Great! You've inspired me to get my children out on a hike and camping. They are young so will be much less ambitious but would love trips like this when they're bigger. I hated walking growing up but love it now.