Hi, we are going to buy a tent for family hols, we have NEVER been camping before, what else do i need to buy( ie pots , cooking equip, beds) also where do people keep t food cool, like milk etc, and is there a certain type of tent i need.
Any advice would be great.

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We love camping, my parents who are 80 and 76 are going today for a week !!!. Too much for them really, I dread to think how they'll cope.
Anyway, best thing to do is to find a camping exhibition somewhere, or failing that, a really good camping shop where you'll get good advice. The problem is, if you haven't done much camping before you can make some expensive mistakes. Have you read any camping magazines ?. They can be a great source of advice. Maybe hire a tent for a break somewhere to see if you really like it but whatever you do, don't spend a fortune on lots of stuff that seem a good idea, but turn out to be a waste of time and space !.
Sorry if I sound a bit negative but I am talking from experience - my husband and I spent a fortune on stuff - lots of it lives permanently in the garage while we just take the basics with us !.

Val

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A friend of mine has offered to lend us everything for a weekend, so we can see how it goes before we spend lots of money.

Now i need someone to reccomend a good site in Cumbria, maybe with a kids playground .

I hope we manage to put it up !

Sarah
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Hi Sarah you could try  Ullswater

Don't forget a good first aid box including some protection from nasty bugs like mozzies. I went fishing last year on a new stretch of river and forgot my cream and deet. Had 17 bites on my hands alone. For 2 weeks I was in an awful state.

we go camping quiet often we started of with a second hand tent and gear out of the loot that was 13yrs ago we gone through quiet a few tents but at the moment we have dome tent that has bedrroms at either side we have also tried camp beds to air beds we find air beds are the best as for pots and pans we take oure own we have a roll up table that goes in a bag and we have the chairs that go in bags we have a gas camping stove we have tried the petrol ones but they wernt v good we also now have electric hook up what we run oure mini fridge off and radio and we have a couple of lights there is a magazine called towsure that has a lot of camping equipment in and yeomans are a good tent suppiler i wouldnt go for the ones in argos though even though there cheap we had one last year and had to cut oure camping trip short as the zip broke on the door and we couldnt close it so good luck and i hope you enjoy it as much as we do

Thanks for all the help. now the other half has told me he is thinking of buying a caravan instead, im not convinced, ahhh men !!

I suppose either way we will be going on more holidays

Sarah
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Get yourself onto here http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/index.asp, everything you need to know about camping is on here.