A glass of wine sat around the campfire...

[SeaShellsAndTheInlawInvasion]

so I am fed up with the rest of MN (this whole mamazon shite really is the ,last straw), so I am assuming that if any of you are trolling you are showing extraordinary persistence by delving into the thrills of iceytec and are worth chatting to.

So anyway, hi, I am SeaShells, I have 2 dc and have been camping and trapsing through the Great Outdoors all my life. I hang out here as my love of camping is more a love of the countryside and life, and you lot have a similar outlook.

< admires well made fire and tastefully arranged logs with throws>

I would LOVE both of those discussions Salome.

Give me a delta peg thread over a massive Aibu bun fight any day.

Salome, when I finally persuade dh to let me go camping spending and I get a tarp, I promise to start a tarp thread AND a peg thread as I am clueless on both counts.

Indeed SeaShells, if you angle it as tick defences then yes, I would say that that would keep the riff-raff out.

The deathsocks, how could I forget about the deathsocks??

Phew, panic over.

PS: Salome, this many types of shelter conversation sounds interesting, actually!

Exactly. Angle it as a style and beauty-esq thread and any old person will pop by and post

MissSal, I'm considering a flag with an image of said death socks and sandals as a camp marker at the mn camp (dh will, quite rightly, disown me if I do)

Hahahaha. I dare ya.

Rofl. I'd pay good money for that flag.

I'd love to go to the MN camp but know that I won't because;

a) It's a bit far from N. Wales for a short camp
b) I fear meeting MNetters in real life
c) It's unlikely that I could persuade dh to meet a bunch of people that I discuss Trangias and death socks with (and yes, I need him to help put up the tent and control the feral children).

However, I'm being brave in a couple of weeks and going to the National Eisteddfod. It's ludicrous that I'm 36, was born and have lived in Wales most of my life, learnt Welsh at school and am re-learning again and yet have never been. It's in my home town this year, so I'll hunker down in the learners area and try not to corpse when someone speaks to me .

[spineless emoticon]

Hmmm best get creative then! (knows not to mess with a laaandon girl)

Is it at Llangollen funtime?

Slubber - that's the International Eisteddfod, which is a festival/competition of singing/dancing, etc. from around the world (started 1946 I think).

This is the National Eisteddfod which is the official Welsh (and Welsh language) one. It alternates between North and South Wales each year. Wrexham isn't the 'welshest' part of Wales, so it'll be interesting to see what the atmosphere is like.

Have you been to Llangollen? I grew up there and the freedom to just roam and play was fabulous!

(waves hello from deepest West country) new base 4.2 is set up and wine is open. Hooray for camping in real life!!!!
Clear sky tonight, a bit brrrt

Bit antisocial of me to be here though
(Raises a glass to you all)
Catch you later :)

You lucky thing! We have had such a hot sunny day in Dorset, it's a beautiful evening, I wish I was sat out in it!

Eeek...feeling a bit scared of joining this thread, having been on AIBU rather a lot recently, but getting fed up with the angst, earnestness, judginess and downright bitchiness - not everyone of course, but more often than I like. I really enjoyed Lovecat's packing list thread, it was the best thing I'd found for weeks. I had no idea there was a forum for camping, should have guessed though. After all there seems to be a forum for everything else! Camping trips for this summer, Cornwall, Devon, New Forest, possibly East Anglia, possibly Brecons. I've got virtually the whole school holiday off - for the first time in seven years. I learnt basic camping technique at Glastonbury etc in the 80's and honed it when I became poor again with twins in 1999. Proudest achievement, camping in Cornwall in August 1999 with two seven month olds, middle of weaning, still sterilising like mad as they were still underweight from being premature, and after all that only saw the eclipse for 30 seconds due to cloud. And other proud achievement, a three-month traipse around Europe in the Spring/Summer before Reception, three-quarters of the time alone. It was the last of my savings, but worth every penny in learning self-confidence. Finding a missing four-year-old in an enormous, crowded German park when neither you nor the 4YO speak German is a challenge... anyway, I noticed it was meant, 26 pages ago, to be a sitting round the campfire session. I've got a lovely padded deckchair which just about fits under the bodyboards, and a mug of Cabernet Sauvignon. The girls are playing with the other children that ought to be in bed but aren't. We've all got some insect repellent on and an extra fleece. And really warm fluffy socks. (Not death ones though).

Hello all, I keep reading this thread, but not actually posting.

Always up for a good peg debate, Slubber did you ever report back on your glowing professional pegs? Do I need some?

However have to admit I have no understanding of how to use a tarp for anything, except maybe putting over things to stop them getting wet in the rain.

People cook under them? This mystifies me, how?

Oooh a tarp thread would be marvellous Salome, there's a decathlon one in my boot to go with my slightly mad Juno.

Very jealous that you are camping crookshanks. Work's been so mad this week I haven't even managed a virgin garden erection with the new tent this week (ooer ).

Who is going to the nm camp then?

Welcome randommoment we are nice here, just keep it quiet from the rest I saw you hope to come on the camp-should be fun!

Where about are you from? (the mention of bodyboards struck a cord as my car is full of sand, permanently!)

Looks like a decent gang if you're interested Scary-there is a thread out there :)

Ahh funtimes. I didn't know there were two. When does the Wrexham one start? I might see you there, as live quite nearby.

yy Llangollen is lovely. Did a fab walk there a few months ago along the canal.

Wildy tarps are so cool and awesomely versatile. I love a bit of tarp action.

Randommoment just jump in, everyone on this thread is totally not cross about anything and generally lovely.

Oh I am cross, always.. And am currently in the market for axes. So, be warned.

Actually, only the axe part is true. So hi, randommoment, you'll like it here.. :)

nooooo Sal, you aren't cross are you?

Where is the axe going to go eh? I thought you were all out of room in the car?

Absented myself to go on a picnic earlier. Now am stuck upstairs with DS2 hanging off one nipple and my laptop's threatening to brick.

Slubber and Seashells - re. The Smell, I do know that it isn't actually the neighbour himself smelling, because we hear him coughing or sneezing, and occasionally moving furniture. We've also gone round to offer to mow his front lawn (to keep an eye on him). The Smell is very definitely pee - think French pissoir in high summer. We seem to have covered all bases now, and none the wiser. Sometimes it's bad enough that I can't open windows on that side of the house.

I bought 4 Delta pegs the other day. I have no idea if this is an absurdly small number to have. When you deploy them, do you replace all your pegs with Deltas or do you just Delta strategically? (see what I did there? I made Delta into a verb. ha)

Just trying to keep it nice and dull.

Reshape - so sorry to hear about your wee smell issue, would be driving me demented. Really hope you can get to the bottom of it.

Great use of delta as a verb.