Hi all. Have been lurking, but am coming out now. Like so many others, we are contemplating starting to camp for our family holidays.
Now, I have camping in my blood. My mum was a Guide leader and I went to my first Guide camp as a babe in arms. And all our family holidays were camping.
BUT I now realise that I have very little memory of the actual daily routine of life on a campsite. Probably because mum and dad did all the work while I swanned about climbing trees and making friends!
So can you hardened campers refresh my memory about all the stuff that needs doing? I have hazy memories of trekking to a tap to collect water and taking dirty dishes somewhere in a bowl to wash them. And shower blocks with concrete floors. And grotty games rooms with table tennis tables and spotty youths to fall in love with
But what's it like from a mum's perspective, when you have to keep everyone fed and clothed and avoid losing the little one in a stream?!