Around the Cadac with bunting, tealight chandeliers and fairylights on the EHU

[notwavingjustironing]

Gawd, the minimalists will kill us.....

It was Someone Else's idea, all right?

Carry on where you left off, be it owls, bins, sharks, tins of vodka, karaoke etc. [grain]

MisSal - agree - I also couldn't give a toss about what camping label I am given. in fact I quite like leaning towards the glamping side - my personality is more take too much than take too little. As the saying goes - it takes all sorts! And as my mother keeps informing me - they didn't have any of these SIMs or cobbs or EHU or fairy lights when she used to go - it's a whole world of camping luxury these days. Suppose actually glamping is just "glamourous" camping -
So depends on what one sees as glamourous. Think it seems to be more used for fixed abode camping . That book looks cool - bet some of those are lovely in winter!

Oh wow re The Deed. I intend to do that eventually (god knows where I'd put a stove in my car though!) do let us know when you do it !

I've got a very compact stove really - this Frontier stove. I've used it outside already. Well, played with it outside. Makes good toast!

It's probably too late as you've already bought your stove, Sal, but I've noticed that Soulpad are now doing a hole-cutting and cunning canvas flap-fitting service for flues - whether this just for their own flues or it'll fit any chimney I don't know, but it may be worth a nosey. I would love to go camping in the October half term, but may have to find a site with EHU and invest in an electric heater to do so - and I think DH would refuse to come. He is definitely a fair-weather camper and would sod off to a b&b given half an excuse to do so.

I say what I do is glamping, purely because I lug along so much pretty shit tasteful tent furnishing and I also refuse to do without some home comforts like nice chairs/comfy rugs underfoot. However I would agree that 'true' glamping is when you don't have to do your own pitching and taking down and you get to sleep in a 'proper' bed. My solar fairy lights have died after 2 years' use, I was hoping they'd last longer :(

V. exciting news about the axe. I am impressed. And I still can't find my usb cable for my camera. Our cleaner is lovely but she sometimes goes on a rearranging mission with my stuff, which I find highly frustrating, as her system is poles apart from mine and I can't begin to think of where she might decide is the best place for putting something...

That axe is 24 cm long! It's so diddy! Yet deadly serious.

I always saw glamping as going off to a pre-pitched luxury tent/yurt/lodge and then pretending that you were living off the land. ahemfeatherdownfarms This definition will hopefully let me off the hook when, next year, I take my starting point from my Mexican-ish bunting and look for a few Mexican striped blankets to cover our sleeping bags with, and only buy new camping objets if they're brightly coloured and clashing.

Yellow - I was looking at your link when I realised that I have been up there before - I learnt to ride up near there, in Allendale. It was a present to myself when I turned 30, I booked a 'learn to ride in a week' course and by the end of the week was thundering around the moors up there - beautiful country! :)

Ooh, thanks Lovecat, I'll have a look around there. Like you say, I've already bought the kit, but still have to think of a solution for when I don't want to use the stove, so might be good for that. We've got the Flashing kit, but obviously need a solution for when not in use.

Hope you find your camera - I love photos!

Reshape, yup re axe. It's like a play-axe really. I only want it to make kindling, but have seen a video of how to make a bowl with it. You never know, next time I forget the plates, I'm your woman.

Btw, hoping that being a play-axe will be beneficial once the security services track me down after googling "where to find an axe in SE London" once too often...

I agree with the 'not giving a toss what is called' camping labels thing too! I would say that I'm certainly no glamper - although I have lots and lots of STUFF its all purely functional - no fairy lights or bunting here! Not that I wouldn't -- just haven't found any I really liked and if I did I probably would!

lovecat it certainly is beautiful - I think so everytime I go there. To citified to want to live there (it would be too bleak in the dead of winter) but lovely being 20-30 mins away. My cleaner is like yours too - we made the mistake of paying her a lump sum to do a proper spring clean once when we were away and couldn't find anything when we came back! She is a life saver though as I would much rather MN than clean so we put up with it!

ANyway best go and dry my hair and go to work!

Morning

Have been up since 5:30 trying to fashion 2 pirate costumes out of fuck all, in anticipation of toddler group pirate play session this morning. I think I have managed something suitable and now feel like A Proper Mum.

Edinburgh was joyous as always, but ooooh the drive Man its too much with small people in the car (5 hours).

Yellow - hope you feel better - need to pick your brains about Northumberland camping - tell me more? It may be that for the next trip we get the Scots to drive down from Auld Reekie and we drive up from God's Own Yorkshire and we meet somewhere in the middle-ish.

Following this visit I can recommend The Botanist Gin made in Islay. Sadly it does not come pre-mixed in cans.

Reshape - that is most excellent bunting [grain] I am watching prayer flags, Japanese door curtains, and comedy windsocks on ebay now.

OK so I have gotten as far as German tails, keyboards with umlauts but without square brackets and the baby has woken up

Back later - virtual high fives

hahahaha you lot are great! I have been lost in the world of canoes, stoves and bell tents for a while now since following that lovely stove link! Am now seriously coveting real canvas. Even my lovely best mate, who is a committed caravanner (the caravan where according to ds you can 'have the toilet AND a shower at the same time' admiration) has told me that she rather likes the idea of my pop up tent and box of minimalist chuck it in the car for a quick get away gear. Does this make me like a camping svengali, luring the caravanners away to the simpler joys? [grain]

On emergency dash down to poorly dad. When I said to my mate yesterday that I could do with a few days without the kids this isn't what I had in mind; be careful what you ask for and all that!

Met bro here last night for family conflab and we ended up talking about camping axes and googling for various combinations of camper can. He is a seriously good climber and thinks nothing of taking ds1 off in horizontal rain for a 15 mile yomp across Snowdonia. (and ds1 comes back with an idolising gleam in his eyes for his nuncle).

Flashing kit? We're not talking ahem members again are we ?

Sorry to hear that your dad's unwell Bramble, hope that he's OK. at bonding over axes. My younger brother and I have similar conversations about beer making equipment, to the accompaniment of much eye-rolling from other heathens family members.

Bramble - hope your dad's ok.

Pmsl, much slower at link between flashing kits and germanic protrusions. I saw far top much of that on the beach at fuerteventura this easter. Or rather didn't as their tummies were too fat. One chap however [blaish] was a veritable flight of the condor. Albatross?

Oh bum, that sounds like I was conducting an in depth study. Wasn't, honest, but it was all rather in yer face.
Oh pants. I'm going to quit whilst I'm ahead and cease digging with my utility spade,

Btw, has anyone watched the inbetweeners episode where they go camping? It is very funny and very rude. Not to be watched with dc or anyone with cats bum face around. It should be available on 4OD.

break!

I need to get into the inbetweeners, I hear great things of it! Bramble I hope you dad is ok :)

Botanist gin sounds luuurvely! Xmas pressie for dh sorted thank you...

MissSal, glad your axe has arrived safely - I like the fact that I mistyped it as ace first-seems appropriate

I'm a pretty poor glamper, dh have moved from lightweight utily trekking type camping to "comfort camping" ie big tent and duvet. I have spent a fortune over the last 2 years on rice melamine and fairylights, an saving for a bell tent...so one day I'll be a camping ponce

Work is quiet today (cardinal sin to say that I know but) I seem to be diagnosing hyperthyroid cats a one a day ATM, goodness knows why or where they have all come from!!

Brambles, hope all is well with your dad.

One of 'my' actresses was in the Inbetweeners film - I'll find out when I see her tomorrow if she ended up on the cutting room floor, which was what she was fearing... (she's "girl #3" in a nightclub scene, they used the Ministry of Sound for the interiors, so sadly no nice holiday in Crete...)

Mmm, liking the sound of Botanist Gin - although I was hoping for great things from Hendricks' Gin and I didn't like that at all. Am a Sapphire or Tanqueray woman meself.

I have now found the empty box that the USB cable ought to have been carefully put away in... . I fear the cable itself has gone to die in the tangle of cables at the bottom of the tv (printers/phone chargers/wii thingies/other odd bits of lead all seem to gravitate there) so will go fishing tonight.

sal, i am on the verge of buying the frontier stove and flashing kit, i was going to put it by the door, where do you think would be best. we saw a bell with a pipsqueek at the just so festival on the weekend, a lovely family let me have a quick look and they had it by the door which looked a good idea, it went out the side rather than the roof but they did say children could touch the chimney which was really hot, i had planned on putting ours through the roof. my DH said he could find a stopper for when the flashing kit isnt in use, he is a builder and we have a yard full of bits like that, i also thought about sewing on a canvas flap to cover it up.

I pee in buckets and I don't have tent carpet so i am deffo not a glamper. I've always had fairy lights. It's the hippy in me.

Hahaha, you lot are filthy minded! [grain]

mel, sorry if this is late, but here goes: Yes, I'm going to have ours near the door too - on the right hand as you enter. Similar to one of the pictures here. Vertical flue is best, as better draw. I think this is especially important with the Frontier as, due to it's portability, has a relatively narrow flue. Some discussion here on fitting.

SeaShells, hope you didn't jinx yourself with your post!

Fingers crossed for your cable search too, Lovecat. I hate how these things hide - you'll find it next time you're looking for something completely different (and after having bought a replacement cable).

Filthy, moi?

I'm only doing it to fit in .

Hello everyone back from the high tech camping experience that is my friends field. Deffo not glamping as I have been peeing in the long grass behind the tent due to the complete lack of plumbing. There is a rope to help you down the death slope to the the beach though, practically 5* really. I came away realising we have to get an icey tech though as the wine was warm last night . The weather has been amazing though so we ended up catering for 15 children (age 2 to 13) and 10 adults last night. We got through a lot of sausages!

I've had a quick catch up on the thread but apologies if I missed anything important so (deep breath) glad you had a good time yellow, hello slubber in willy land, did you have to take all your clothes off too? Tea light chandelwotsit looks beautiful lovecat, I'm getting some proper tent envy with all your photo's, yes scaryt we went round Europe with the set up you see in my profile, just enough space without being overpoppled by pitching something massive every two days. Oh and of course [snurk] at the condor man, is this starting to get competitive we've gone from budgies to african greys to a condor, if anyone sees an Albatros please try and get a picture [grain].

I rescued a woman who was being attacked by a pelican at Singapore Zoo about 8 years ago. Does that count ?

Arf @ Slubber in Willy Land - sounds like one of those videos they keep under the shelf for their 'special' customers....

Right! I am going to find this bleedin' cable! I have been helping DH swear and sweat put DD's new bike together (instruction booklet with it came in German for that extra touch of bloody uselessness) and cooking tea, now I am going to find the damn thing and post these photos!!!

I may be gone some time....

brambles - the photos are ace I wish you were my neighbour. Slubber will be most chuffed. Hope your Dad is OK

Is the cable lying on top of books on a bookshelf (iyswim ) as that's where I tend to find mine.