mn campers: How many of you turn your outdoor shoes round to increase ease of shoe donning as you exit your tent?

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trouty's dh.

Lucycat and me, but only at night.

yep, me too - but then I do wear crocs round the campsite deliberately for ease of slipping on and off going into/out of the tent.

I've always been ashamed on this habit. I'm hopeful this thread will make us shoe turner rounders feel less freaky.

Crocs for me too.
THe best tip I got off here was a small bin with a lid, bin bag and cat litter for night time wees.

I sniggered at the very idea then realised I do do it at night.

as a non-camper I'm intrigued as to what a shoe turner rounder does - please enlighten

makes shoes face the tent door!

The clue's in the title!

I take my shoes off in the dark and then if I need to get up I just fumble around blindly, falling over the table.

singlemum - our tent has a sewn in groundsheet and we don't want ot covered in grass/mud, so we take off and leave shoes in the porch. by turning them round you can just step straight out over the lip of the tent into your shoes and walk out of the porch, no faff!

• particularly useful for first wee of the morning!

oh yes - and I always take birkies for ease (and speed in the middle of the night!)

BadKitten, I put my crocs outside the tent door (no shoes in the tent!) so I unzip and slip straight in.

Mine therefore face AWAY from the door

x-post and high fives PandaG

Crocs outside the tent???

Ooooooh no.

Things may get inside.

First wee of the morning should be done in wellies cos otherwise the ends of your jamas get damp on the dewy grass.

I love crocs for camping and I'm not afraid to stand up and proclaim it.

Obviously I'm not advocating weeing into your wellies....

I mean wear them to go to the toilet block

• Mary - I am ashamed to say my jamas are tucked into my thick socks to prevent drafts when sleeping, and the dewy ends when trotting about he campsite

I knew what you meant, ROFL!

things?

Mine are on the holy doormat and therfore in a raised position. I have yet to find a thing in my croc Mary.

things may not actually get in but the thought of them is too much.

Though the things I worry about would be put off by the scratchy surface of a doormat, so that's a very good reason for having one.

@ Mary.

Yes, we've always done this. A neat row of flip-flops lined up in front of the door

I roll my jammies up from the top to prevent dew dampness, you do get a camel's hoof but the fleece over the top hides it.

oh yes, the Outwell doormat! I am very pleased with mine, and the fitted carpet!

(hastens to add only have carpet as it came in a job lot with our 2nd tent from Ebay, but we really like it!)

I do not have an outwell doormat. Mine is from the hardware shop, and as Mary has pointed out the roughness and raisedness prevents creatures climbing up. The holes allow air to circulate so the grass doesn't die.