Your Camping Trips
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Not had the tent out yet, been kipping in the van so far. Might be on the cards though, before the Bank holiday. Phone call tomorrow to see if a particular site has availability.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
https://www.newboroughholidays.com/
Awelfryn site as they have two. About 40 minute walk to the beach. Cracking cycling though.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
One thing we've noticed over the last couple of years, is electric hookup is getting quite expensive for a night - £5-7 per night. That's a heck of a lot of juice to use, although they probably have to pay commercial rates, but still.
We're using the Anker Solix power bank and solar panel and it's giving us more than enough for 3 days use and not dipping below 50%, even running the cool box off it during the day in April, never mind summer sun hours.
I can appreciate some campers abuse the power use, so the blanket use charge comes in. We go to one site that charges by usage, OK it's £1 a kw, but if staying for a while it's cheaper than the £5 a night - we might use £20 over a week, including electric cooking/heater.
The last two early season camps, we've used a small gas heater in the awning (had the heater years - it's a parabolic unit that sits on a typical 450g gas can). Works really well in an airy awning, and the cost works out at about £2 a night (get 3 nights heat at least). Not used it until this year, but we've had two early season camps where it got quite cold before we 'tucked up' in bed. It's also cheaper to use than the fire pit, and less smelly.
We're using the Anker Solix power bank and solar panel and it's giving us more than enough for 3 days use and not dipping below 50%, even running the cool box off it during the day in April, never mind summer sun hours.
I can appreciate some campers abuse the power use, so the blanket use charge comes in. We go to one site that charges by usage, OK it's £1 a kw, but if staying for a while it's cheaper than the £5 a night - we might use £20 over a week, including electric cooking/heater.
The last two early season camps, we've used a small gas heater in the awning (had the heater years - it's a parabolic unit that sits on a typical 450g gas can). Works really well in an airy awning, and the cost works out at about £2 a night (get 3 nights heat at least). Not used it until this year, but we've had two early season camps where it got quite cold before we 'tucked up' in bed. It's also cheaper to use than the fire pit, and less smelly.
