MUMSNET CAMPERS TICK LIST

[sparkler1]

Okay so loads of us are off in our tents this weekend.

I think it would be great to put a tick list together that we can all refer to, to make sure that we don't forget the essential items. I'll start it off. Please add your ideas to help your fellow MN Campers!

TENT
GROUND SHEET
TENT PEGS
MALLET
SLEEPING BAGS/DUVETS
CAMPING BEDS/MATRESSES
CAMPING STOVE
GAS BOTTLES
MATCHES
PASTA
TINNED FOOD
PLATES
BOWLS
CUTLERY
CUPS
WATER CARRIER
BAGS FOR RUBBISH
WASHING UP BOWL
WASHING UP LIQUID
SHOWER GEL
SHAMPOO
TOWELS

How could you forget MB's bucket with a lid

ah, so no-one else takes a water filter, a cafetiere, some cloth bunting, basil in a pot and a mobile phone charger then?

thought the car was a bit full last weekend

all my Camping Essentials are at the beginning of the thread \link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=2417&threadid=175800&stamp=060523115319\here} and I'm jiggered if I'm typing them out again!

oh, and we take a coffee filter jug - better flavour from finer ground coffee dontcherknow

We always take rubber type pool shoes you can wear in the shower - may not be relevant these days but I hate standing on the floor of a shower every man and his dog has used.
Don't forget a bottle opener. Most essential piece of kit.
And (hangs head in shame) we always take hot water bottles too - I camped once with kids from school and had my hot water bottle with me, much to the amusement of the other staff. Until they realised it was bloody freezing at night and I was the only one lovely and toasty.

do you know, I cannot find hot water bottles anywhere! I've been looking for 2 months now and it is freaking me out!

hats for sleeping in the cold
more blankets than you think you need
kettle
CORKSCREW

ziplock bags (thanks SallyStrawberry, I will never be without them now :) )

Paper and crayons
string
knife

and a spare corkscrew, for when you can't find the one you are convinced yu packed
TINOPENER!

Tooth brush and paste
Pillows
Airbed and pump

Tea, Coffee, Sugar and whitener
Ketchup
Saucepans and frying pan
Wooden spoons and tongs
Tea towels and scourers

I'll keep thinking if there is anything else we always take. But that's my bits for now :)

Shame on you Sparkler, you forgot:

BOX OF WINE

I'm staring at a mess of what purports to be our packing bt is actually a mess and can only add extra clothes for the mud. Oh, and a list compiled from the internet of places to go to when its raining.
Sun tan cream (for amusement purposes rather than reality this weekend I fancy, though Sunday in the new forest looking bright)
if you're slightly dubious about showers there, dettol spray (did I ever tell you about me dettol addiction? NO? many times have spent y last pound on it, and used to rinse my hair in it for the fragrance (????) as a wierd teen)

Children.
Easy to leave behind at last minute.

Don't think I can fit those in the car this time, Kathy

Mobile phone - our car broke down last year and we had to call out the RAC

First-aid kit

I suppose lanyterns or torches might be handy?

just a thought.....

what do you use the ziplock bags for?

keeping dry things dry and clean things clean (matches, paperwork, spare socks), and keeping wet and/or dirty things away from the former!
also potentially leaky things (chilli powder, washing up liquid) away from anything else at all

Can't face typing my comprehensive list out, but if any one wants a copy then just email me!

r(dot)hardman7 at)ntlworld.com

or if anyone knows how to upload it so i can link to it, then even better!

Or..... control and paste from a word document?

Just a thought

LIDS for the saucepans!! Oh how DH grumbles at me for this one!

LIDS for the saucepans!! Oh how DH grumbles at me for this one!