Going camping

[babytiger]

So will you all do a " sun dance" for next week please as we are going to try out camping for 3 nights.Not going far from home, only to Withernsea,also taking the bikes with us so hopefully get a few miles in exploring the countryside.Really looking forward to it as its the 1st little holiday we've had in a long time .

 

[vernon]

Make sure that you have decent sleeping bags. I slept well in my three season bag on my first cycle camp of 2014 on March 1st. It was a very sunny weekend.....

 

[Beebo]

I'm camping on 12th and 13th September, it better be warmer than Vernons photos.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Have a good one @babytiger

 

[vernon]

I'm camping on 12th and 13th September, it better be warmer than Vernons photos.

It's bound to be warm. It's the start of the new school term.

I can't say the same about the night time temperatures though. I was shivering in Budapest last month. The night time temperature dropped to 11 degrees. Mind you I had been spoiled a fortnight earlier with day time temperatures of 33 degrees and night time temperatures of 22 degrees.

 

[babytiger]

We've got ourselves decent sleeping bags.We were marshalls at Dalby Forest for the UCI and slept in a tent .We only took a duvet and we were frozen

 

[Over The Hill]

It is not far from the pub to the tent at 11pm.

My top tip is to get lots of insulation under you. Much more than half inch of foam. Take some old blankets not things that squash down to nothing. The ground is cold and sucks the heat out of you more than the cold air above.

Have fun!

 

[Durian]

Don't worry the weather will be fine next week and carry on until the end of September. I'm returning to the motherland for this period of time and it's always decent weather when I'm there.

 

[snorri]

Even with a good sleeping bag it is important to have a goodly space between the ground and the sleeping bag. I was finding my lower body (when lying down!) was colder than my upper half until I upgraded to an Exped air bed.

Edit Which is just a variation of what OTH said further upthread!

 

[babytiger]

yeah we've even sorted the bed this time ,a deluxe raised airbed so hopefully have a shiver free comfortable few nights

 

[Dave 123]

yeah we've even sorted the bed this time ,a deluxe raised airbed so hopefully have a shiver free comfortable few nights

Not sure this qualifies as camping any more.....

 

[babytiger]

well the tents in go outdoors had them in lol

 

[Batgirl]

So will you all do a " sun dance" for next week please as we are going to try out camping for 3 nights.Not going far from home, only to Withernsea,also taking the bikes with us so hopefully get a few miles in exploring the countryside.Really looking forward to it as its the 1st little holiday we've had in a long time .

Love camping Have a great time!

 

[cosmicbike]

I get to go last weekend in September, with the District's Cubs. Always great fun, but no bike despite being bang in the middle of perfect cycling in the Surrey hills.

 

[Fnaar]

Get yourself a Kelly Kettle
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