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We have anew tent this year, and ds will be 3 and going on his first proper camp trip , only weekends before now.
I have bought, an inflatable sofa, and twinkly solar powered fairy lights. I won't be laughed off the campsite will I. Bc we were fairly hard and didn't bother with such fripperies.

I would laugh at an inflatable sofa

But don't let that stop you.

Won't it blow away? Or does it fit in the tent?

Nah, it's to go in out lovely living room, tis flock covered, so you don't slide off it

We also... Have........
Tent carpet...............

I am in awe of your carpet and sofa and lights.

Enjoy and sod what anybody else thinks.

My DC have been eyeing up the inflatable sofas/tv Chairs. The lack of TV doesn't seem to have put them off having a the sofa. LOL

I have a carpet in my awning too and fairy lights.
We camp in France and I even hire a fridge upon which I place my kettle toaster and tea coffee and sugar canisters.
I unplug the fridge to use my straighteners
Nothing wrong with being nice and comfy.

we too have awning carpet

We bought a second hand tent, the seller offered us a carpet as well...,. Sorry Scouty family .... We don't do carpets!!

As many comforts as possible I say.

I can't wait to use my new tent carpet.

Love the idea of tent carpet! Will you have a tent hoover?

Boot the size of Uzbekistan?

Well, am thinking I may need to leave dh behind...... Yes carpet will be luxury , came free with tent. Now where would I fit the Hoover. Now need bucket for shoes in porch ...ahem.... Already have purchased pop up,laundry basket from pound land, and string with pegs on.

Help me someone before its too late to recover my hardiness....

Just remember all this stuff has to fit in the car!

Get a roof box if it doesn't all fit in the car.

We went camping last month and a family in a tent had tent carpet in all the rooms and also had their Dyson hoover that she used daily to clean them!

I've got a tent carpet for this year. Sod being cold underfoot.

Testing it 4 weeks today in France

Surely with tent carpet you can just pick it up and shake it outside the tent if it gets covered in bits? Why would you need a hoover ? Mind you, I would pay good money for a ring-side seat to watch a woman hoover her tent

I have an inflatable sofa to go in the caravan awning. It's ace and also becomes a bed.

We also have a ewbank (sp?) to clean the carpet, I find it really useful and can see it also working in a big tent.

At our last camp site a pitch hoovered their tent carpet as part of their striking process. I did find it childishly funny (but hey it's their holiday!)

I am not allowed to buy a tent carpet, we have picnic rugs which are by all accounts are tent carpet but make DH feel much better. They are big but don't fill the whole of the living area- just where we 'sit' if we sit inside and I agree they do make a nice difference.

I don't find anything inflatable comfortable so am a bit with sofas and would laugh. But you would be welcome to laugh back at my door mat, or rotary washing line, or anything else you like!

Ok.. Am now reaching a new level, Hoover and rotary washing line

Mummy pigs, who says it needs to be a woman to Hoover!!!

Mind you, I have been known to take all my sheepskin rugs to render my festival tent suitably cosy...

(No DH, that's my top packing tip )

Good point hotbot - no reason at all . Can't imagine too many men packing a hoover for camping though. I have to sneak the rugs and cushions in when DH is not looking - I can just imagine the reaction a hoover would get.

We went camping in half term with friends who took a hand held dyson to hoover the tent out before packing away. I thought it was a genius idea and a damn site easier than the dustpan and brush I always use!!

I bought a £1 dustpan and brush in IKEA yesterday to de-crumb our tent.

That counts as sheer luxury in terms of domesticating our camping, I can tell you!