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Holiday essentials

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HampshireMummyof2 · 28/06/2020 17:03

Got our first proper family camping trip booked in August. (Can't wait!!!) Have a list of normal things to get but Can anyone give me any ideas of must haves, hacks or anything off piste that that have found usefully.
Thank you in advance.

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OneForMeToo · 04/07/2020 16:35

Not essential but if you go electric it’s a nice to have. We have remote controlled plugs. Means we can turn off the living room light from the bedroom and pop the heater on before we get out of bed In the morning to take the chill.

Yes I know it’s incredibly lazy but it’s the some things that make life a little easier.

Whatapickle78 · 06/07/2020 20:33

People who bring those hanging fabric clothes shelving units with them... may I ask how you tend to have them?
Thanks!

ComeBy · 08/07/2020 09:02

Butchers hooks / S hooks.

To hang over the shower door: never enough hooks. Also I use them to hang pans / utensils from a rope slung between trees and a myriad of occasional sundry uses. I keep a few in our wash bags and a few in the kitchen / kit box.

winewolfhowls · 08/07/2020 20:00

Zoflora in case someone knocks over the wee bucket or throws up

BiddyPop · 09/07/2020 10:42

I'd echo the door mat (or at least a sheet of cardboard)

I have plastic pegs that are purely for camping purposes - being plastic, I can wash them if necessary, and I use them for hanging towels etc and also for closing food packets if I have run out of clippits.

Another Leader in our Scout Unit swears by the large Blue ikea bags as "suitcases" for his DCs on camp - they squash up much better in the car, and allow easier rummaging by each person in their own bag (more space and light to see into than a zipped sports bag), and anything thrown around the tent can be put back on top of the relevant bag by adults clearing up after a rummaging event.

Has anyone mentioned the filled 5l water bottle and head torch turned inwards trick to make a lantern yet? (Sorry, only on p.1)

I also bring spare Ziploc bags to use for marinading meat, storing food, making pancake mix (cut off tip of bag to pour, clip that with clippit or peg if leftovers to use at a later meal), etc.

Woolly hat for sleeping, and a pair of warm woolly socks that are strictly only for sleeping bag use.

Insulate underneath your bed from ground - those foam tiles from playrooms, a spare blanket, tent carpet if you have it, foil backed picnic rug etc (whatever you have, not all those at once!). Put a layer of something underneath your sleeping mat/mattress and sleeping bag/duvet set up.

Carbiners and S hooks to hang things in tent, around tent, and to hang washbag and towel etc in showers.

If you have a plastic bag type "camping shower", put it in a sunny spot in the morning, to get whatever heat you can into it, and you will have hot water for hosing off or doing washing up later. Takes a good while to heat, but handy for "free" hot water - the roof of a car in full sun can be a good spot if you are not using the car for driving.

Small dustpan and brush are invaluable for keeping tent clean (ish).

And never ever go camping without a roll of tin foil for cooking all sorts, making lids for pots, wrapping lefotvers etc.

HampshireMummyof2 · 13/08/2020 14:53

Hi all. Just got back from my camping trip! Thank you to all who suggested anything. A lot was taken on board and very helpful. A good time was had by all. Here's to more happy holidays Wine

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