I have just booked my first ever camping trip!

[Fimbo]

Woo Hoo my sil will be so proud of me.

We are going to Hurley Riverside Park near Henley to a ready tent. So we just need to pitch up with our sleeping bags. It will give us the taster we need to see if we love it or not.

Enjoy! We're trying to get back into camping this year. It's loads of fun. DO you have DCs? I tried to get a look at your profile - LOL at your piccie!

ooh how exciting! It's difficult to imagine camping with these temperatures at the moment! We don't 'do' snow here, but it's blardy chilly.

Nice curtains on those canvas tents btw

We're going to Hurley in early May Bank Hol, with a group of families, we do it each year, it's only about 20 mins from where we live. Didn't know they had Ready Tents, will peruse them! Site's nice and big/spread out, think they've improved their toilet blocks, was awoken by Heathrow flights coming in last time at 5am, soon got used to that! Good walk along the river there.

See you there Flutter! Ready tents are new for this year. It was as cheap as chips for the week. Have heard mixed reviews of the site.

Jaamy - yes I have a dd (10) and ds (5) my sil has been trying to get me into camping for years. My dd camped out with her for a night last year and loved it.

The kids will love it and you might quite like it too! Sounds like you've picked a good site for your virgin experience! Have loads of fun.

Now, am off to find a good site oop north for May...

will there be a plug somewhere so I can dry my hair?

probably has got elec hookup for appliances, I think there are hairdryers/blowers in blocks anyway, can't remember...just be scruffy for your hols like me, only bothers me when we go off site into a proper town/attraction and I feel a scruff.

Oh gawd never. I have terrible terrible hair.

As the description says it has a fridge so it should have sockets for your hairdryer, etc.

Sorry Flutter I should have realised

we go camping alot with my 2 DC(have been going since DD2 was 1). the DC will love it.

Camp sites up north... can tell you which to avoid. Lakeland Haven worse site I've ever been on.

my DC love it so much took sleeping bags on hols 2 weeks ago to center parcs so they could pretend they were camping.

Thanks Mrs P.

My dc are both outdoorsy types, they will both love it. Me on the other hand..............

I admit I was a bit sceptical but it is great fun. We are even thinking of back packing round europe when kids get older.

My two are still only 3 and 5. I'm not really outdoorsy type,would love to be .

We took the plunge after looking at price to stay in Torquay for a weekend and pricing up camp stuff. Camping stuff was still £50 cheaper, so if we didn't go again we'd still saved money.

If you do like it try ebay for stuff (the shops) as you can get some cracking bargains.

Tbh I can't believe what we are paying for a week. At the price it will be a fab taster because we don't have our own stuff [yet!]

is Hurley riverside park accessible by public transport? Ilike the look of the ready tents.

I wouldn't know Frazzled, Flutter would probably. Or you could phone them on 01628 823501. I guess a long as you could get to Henley there would be a local bus or a taxi?

Just checked no train station, boo hoo!

Ooh fantastic. When are you going? I can't wait until the spring and camping again.

me niether, anyone got any good sites and definete no nos?

We are going at Whit

They have ready tents at Sandyballs which we tried to book, but I think you need to get in quickly with them.

Sandyballs

thanks Fimbo, just looking for new places, have got a tent already, so don't really need a ready tent.