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

[Slubberdegullion]

trouty's dh.

Lucycat and me, but only at night.

I also do this.

What a fetching picture you paint, Slubber

doormat???

doormat??? for camping?

You bring a doormat????

I have to say thought that being worried abguot the grass under your doormat when you've got your tent there is a bit futile...

I have a doormat too, quint.

A 80p Ikea job, but nevertheless, a doormat.

Never thought of bringing a doormat.

My biggest concern is whether I shall run barefeet.

yep I do - again only because it came in the ebay job lot, but it is useful, for scrubbing mud off the shoes.

I am not a minimalist camper in any way, shape or form! We have an Outwell Hartford XXL for weeklong trips, and the L for weekends. Takes us about 45/50 mins to pitch the big one, and another hour or so to sort the stuff inside. However, it means I am comfortable and happy!

QS my doormat live in the boot of the car the year round. It's no great shakes packing it.

Mary, yes I try not to think about the yellowing grass under my SIG. It upsets me slightly. The holes in the doormat are my minor contribution to grass health. Every Little Helps.

Come to think of it. We DO have a doormat for the campervan. But never take one when we go tenting.

QS, I have found that if camping in wetter climes (think North Wales) and for a week+ the bit of grass by the door of the tent turns into a bit of a quagmire. Doormat prevents this

Going for a wee in the toilet block?? What's wrong with the bit of grass behind the tent?

In light of that, is now a good time to mention that we take two doormats so one can dry out whilst we use the other.

LOL @ TwoMatsMary

And then, if you are hit by torrential rain in warmer climes, the doormat makes NO difference. We had such bad weather in Poland this summer, the campervan nearly electrocuted me!

One reason I refused outright to go wintercamping in the snow. I am a good weather, no downpour kind of camping gal!

I would love to camp in warmer clime torrential rains

omg at electrocuting camper van (I didn't know you had a camper van btw)

We bought a coach build this summer (diy import from Germany), after we sold our ford transit autosleeper conversion prior to the move overseas.

How lovely , although maybe not so much if it nearly killed you.

oh, I prefer to think of it as the weather nearly killing me!

I also do this. I have a special camping doormat for them.

Yes, we have a row a neatly lined up crocs on our outwell doormt facing out of the tent (they are all in the porch).

heh heh heh

We are all at it.

I love a tidy line of doormatted outfacing crocs.

I do this

ours sit on the breathable groundsheet under the canopy... no yellowing here of the grass.

and there is no grass in the S of France