I love camping and MN camping threads!

[hillbilly]

My name is Hillbilly and I'm a camping junkie (or camping nerd as I was recently called!). I spend so much time on this topic here on MN it's almost embarrassing. Nuff said :-)

[shirazplease]

oooh swooon MPFT....

[LostInWales]

I like that cooking pot. I have a collapsible kettle and I do love it very much.

The haybox thing rings a bell.

[MummyPigsFatTummy]

Can't you bake cakes by putting the mixture in a biscuit tin and burying it (I seem to remember Gordon Ramsay doing this). Maybe the same principle could apply to stews? Or is there more to it than that? Perhaps he was near some geothermal doo-dahs or something?

[Slubberdelatrinae]

Yes it was me that made a hay box and very well it worked too.

[Keztrel]

Am I the only one who's a little scared of the death buff? Is it really a good idea to wrap insect repellent round your whole head? Could be perfectly safe, I know

[Keztrel]

[Slubberdelatrinae]

Unless you are an insect (or I believe a cat) then you will be perfectly safe. I also have the matching death socks which I wear all the time and I'm currently strong and vibrant and not at all dead.

[LostInWales]

She could be an insect Slubber, or a cat. Never can tell who someone is going to be with all this internetness. Although I can vouch for your vibrant aliveness at least.

[Keztrel]

Glad to hear that Slubber! Am neither insect nor cat, but will check contents of death buff before buying even so.

[LostInWales]

#safetyfirst

[YellowDinosaur]

That is indeed a bargain TSC....

liking the sound of the hay box too but I share Lovecat's Concerns of coming home starving to a pot of raw Stew....

[hettie]

Shirazplease...it's a tad unpractical (because of the size of it).. but there is actually a camping slow cooker option called the wonderbag

[YellowDinosaur]

That's just a ready made hay box Hettie - works on the same principle.

[dobby2001]

You can slow cook some stuff using a thermos. I brought a casserole style thermos all the way back from spain for this very purpose!

[Otherworld]

Just sidling in - I love a bit of camping chat.

As you were...

[dobby2001]

Take a look here - thermalcooker.wordpress.com/

[nottersgotterdonkey]

Ooh Slubber, wot you need are some luffly technical sandals to go over your death socks tell me all about them

Lovecat.. Wales in August sounds rather jolly. I may have a look at that

[RavenVonChaos]

YES there is a decathlon at lakeside. Will just have to persuade dp to go on m25 (still Traumatised after legoland trip last week).

By the way what are SIMs?

[LostInWales]

Sefl Inflating Mats/Mattresses They sort of roll up quite small and then you unroll them and undo the valve and they, well, self-inflate. You have to give them a bit of a puff at the end before you close the valve but they are the end of annoying foot pumping for air-beds and also a lot warmer because you don't have to heat all the air in the air-bed with your own body heat. They are also so much more comfortable than they look.

[nottersgotterdonkey]

Losty, I've NEVER blown my own SIM. But I'm going off again on 12th so will anticipate my own fun.

[RavenVonChaos]

Of course. Have these already. Very comfy. Just looked on the Decathlon website and not v impressed. Lots of Quecha....hardly any nice chairs

[Greige]

I've just bought an atago urban escape 5 person tent from Halfords. Have I done the right thing?

We usually camp in a replica Viking tent, this would be our first modern camping attempt...(our normal tent looks like this one

www.celticwebmerchant.eu/a-26729848/tents/viking-tent-oseberg-140-x-210-x-145-cm/

[hillbilly]

Notters you really should give blowing a go