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IT'S PISSING DOWN! Wet weather strategies please!

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GeorginaA · 17/08/2006 13:27

and the weather forecast doesn't look much better for the weekend.

buggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbugger

We're away for 4 nights to North Wales in our folding camper - I suspect it's not going to be much fun if the rain is this heavy.

What are your wet weather fall backs while camping. Obviously go out anyway and try and find indoor activities, but failing that? Dses are 5 and 2, so while the older one would be thrilled with a few board games inside the camper while the rain pounds down overhead, I can't see ds2 being thrilled...

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GeorginaA · 27/08/2006 21:02

Either that or a bit pissed

(nah, I like bad puns... best type of humour there is...)

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fullmoonfiend · 27/08/2006 19:59

You're very kind Georgina, LOLling at my crap jokes

GeorginaA · 27/08/2006 19:44

LOL!

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fullmoonfiend · 27/08/2006 19:40

No, but we do have to eat lots of tinned rice pu - she's queen of the dessert...

GeorginaA · 27/08/2006 19:38

Does that mean you have to camp in the Sahara?

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fullmoonfiend · 27/08/2006 19:36

Browny - we love Bongos - but couldn't get one .
ours is a teeny ford tranny with a hightop. (we're gonna call her Priscilla)

GeorginaA · 27/08/2006 19:30

LOL... the infamous thread drift

Yes, that's what I worry about having a DSLR too - whether I'll bother carrying the damn thing around. The A620 is really neat and light, and at least it's forced me to learn more about composition and how to get the best out of it. Would love a proper macro lens though!

Oh, the other photography trick I've learned - take thousands of photos and only display the 8 that worked

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BROWNY · 27/08/2006 19:05

Thanks for the advice GeorginaA - think it's funny the way we've turned this thread from camping into photography . I'll have a look at that link in a minute. I love taking photographs and am quite proud of quite a lot I've taken. Oh, here's my clever brother now!!

BROWNY · 27/08/2006 19:03

I have a Nikon 210, but would love the 8 mega pixel one which has a good optical zoom. I know what you mean about the digital slr's, my brother bought one but found he never took it anywhere with him because it was too bulky. He's coming to help me load a few hundred photographs from my p.c. onto my memory card so I can take it into Jessops to be printed out.

GeorginaA · 27/08/2006 19:01

Oh, can definitely recommend reading up simple techniques for composition which can make a huge difference (lots of free resources on the web if you google for them).

It's also handy tidying up photos afterwards in a package like Photoshop Elements or Paintshop Pro - I often crop the photo, adjust the exposure or punch up the colours afterwards on the computer.

Digital Photo Magazine (if you're interested in that kind of thing) is fab for ideas and techniques - doesn't use loads of jargon but doesn't talk down to you either.

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GeorginaA · 27/08/2006 18:58

My main camera is a Canon Powershot A620, so not a hugely expensive one. I dream of owning a DSLR, but the funds sadly keep getting diverted elsewhere

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BROWNY · 27/08/2006 18:54

What type of camera have you got GeorginaA? I love taking photographs, but mine are nothing like yours at all.

sallystrawberry · 26/08/2006 23:10

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GeorginaA · 26/08/2006 21:22

(Oh, know totally what you mean about seeing the places with young children in tow! We get a flying visit of the house, then they "guide" us round the exploration of the gardens!!!)

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GeorginaA · 26/08/2006 21:22

Browny, don't apologise, I publish the photos on the web after all Not convinced about the talented bit though

We went to Penrhyn Castle, Plas Newydd and Bodnant Garden (but vastly preferred the first two to the last), not Erdigg this time.

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BROWNY · 26/08/2006 11:08

GeorginaA, sorry to say I had a nosey myself at your absolutly, beautiful, stunning photographs, they were very arty, you are very talented . Your boys' looked so relaxed and happy! Was that Erdigg you went to? We went there when we stayed at The Plassey, isn't it absolutely amazing, all those rooms left exactly as it was over 100 years ago, I couldn't see all of it properly as was holding my 2 year old and trying to control my dh and three other children!

GeorginaA · 26/08/2006 08:30

sally: me, all my photographs LOL at your dh suddenly liking camping!! BTW, there's a camping show at the NEC in October where both Pennine Group and Riva (another folding camper company) will be exhibiting. Might be worth attending so dh can see some in the flesh?

moondog: just think of it as another inroad you can make into proper food. I'm always stucky with what to cook when camping, so you can trailblaze for all of us then write a comprehensive recipe book. No recipe should contain more than 5 ingredients, must be able to be cooked on a 2 pot camping stove and take no more than 30 mins to prepare

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moondog · 25/08/2006 23:12

I'm set then!

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moondog · 25/08/2006 22:48

I would be sipping Chablis and grilling kebabs and making my own bread.

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GeorginaA · 25/08/2006 22:44

Bwahahaha...

... free pot noodles and fruit shoots for all who camp

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moondog · 25/08/2006 22:43

lol

It's a whole new realm eh?

GeorginaA · 25/08/2006 22:42

It's a folding camper - it's half tent half caravan Caravan at the bottom, tent at the top so a bit more luxurious!

Go on ... give in ... you know you want to camp... don't fight it... give in to the dark side...

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