Good out of car camping sleeping bag

Advantages: Warm and good price
Disadvantages: Bulky and heavy

...I bought this as i needed a warm winter sleeping bag for some out of car camping and it is ideal. It is basically a duvet with a nylon outercoating. I am a very warm person and can often use the extreame guidence as my comfort zone regarding the temperature. Recently I was camping in the peak distict (middle of Novemeber) the temperature went down to -4c and I was as warm as toast. I have lent it to friends of mine who hs started to get cold at around freezing, which is probably a more realistic value for the bag. It is very comfortable inside, you cannot feel any seams or the zip, the hood fits nicely over you head without blocking your face and generally has a lot of room inside (im 6'1 and 16 stone). It has a nice soft feel inside and a general feeling of quality I do a lot of backpacking type camping all over the country in...

andyyaris 01.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Vango Nitestar 350 Sleeping Bag

Carry on camping.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...I would just like to write a review on camping, from my own very many years worth of experience! If you have never been camping, then you don't quite know what you are missing - yet. Camping usually means spending up to two weeks in a tent that leaks, with another person who snores and so keeps you up all night - or a dog that also keeps you awake by farting and licking you all over the face all night. But there are some advantages to it, but I have yet to find out what they are! However, with all said here are some thoughts on both sides of the matter. Because I love it really! Camping can be in anything from a glorified filed rented out by a local farmer, to a proper concern by means of a full-on camping site with added facilities. Depending on what you want can decide where you stay, and what you want close by. A lot...

dynamicnurse 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Camping

Leadstone Camping - Great

Advantages: Quiet, pleasant staff, great place to get the children out and playing
Disadvantages: Hill up from the Warren (but catch the bus!)

...I think the other reviewers of this campsite must have had some strange concepts of what camping is about! Have used this site for a number of years (not exclusively - I camp at least 6 times a year). Only once have I had a problem with tent guys overlapping and that was because the person who pitched next to me had a monster of a tent and no idea how to pitch it so it didn't encroach. In fact, on many sites, they would have had to book 2 pitches. One reviewer complain about a party next door to the campsite - I was there at the time and the time - the property adjoining the site is NOTHING to do with the site. Andrew did his best to negotiate with the residents but they were unco-operative at the time - the police had to be called in the end. We, and anyone who asked, WERE reimbursed for that night. The loos do get mucky when...

Dawnpage 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Leadstone Camping

Bag and baggage

Advantages: I don't have one
Disadvantages: I don't have one

...While awaiting inspiration for a new review, I remembered that this one was overdue for an update. Although I rewrote it a year or so ago for Dooyoo, to include selected items from handbag reviews posted over there, I never got round to revising the Ciao version. So here it is. All the articles mentioned appeared in reviews by women on one site or the other. * What have I in my handbag? I mustn't tell you lies; In truth the only bags I own Are those beneath my eyes. You don't need special insight, No expertise in rockets, To guess that, being just a man, I keep stuff in my pockets. But if I now said: "Nothing! So there, and that?s your lot!" You might not feel satisfied And rate this Helpful ? Not. * In any case, the subject Has made me realise how Much women carry in their bags...

torr 06.11.2004 (11.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of What's in my bag?

Bags of jiffy bag envelopes

Advantages: padds some fragile goods
Disadvantages: not suitable for glass

...I received a DVD in a jiffy bag recently opened the bag carefully and put the bag ready to reuse with about 20 other old jiffy bags I have ready for recycling. Actually I am not sure that all of them are genuine jiffy bags but they are the same sort of thing. Jiffy bags made by Jiffy have been available for several years now I think they go back to the 1950?s. Jiffy bags are handy padded envelope bags that can be bought in a variety of sizes some as small as to 164 x 285mm, then several sizes upwards to 247 x 387mm, probably even larger ones available. The original bag is a golden brown heavy duty paper. The padded filling can be as simple as shredded paper. The envelope closures are one you peel to reveal a sticky surface this will then stick to seal the bag and contents. Some jiffy bags are filled with a macerated...

mumsymary 30.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Jiffy Padded Bag Envelopes

Camping it up

Advantages: Good cast, some funny lines
Disadvantages: Dated and crudie in parts

...became unfunny and a little crude. So where does Carry On Camping fit in the series? CARRY ON CAMPING ************************* Carry on Camping as the seventeenth film of the series was released in 1969, in full colour. At the time it was a huge box office success in England, which I seriously doubt it would be today. In fact it would probably be frowned upon these days and seem a little like dirty schoolboy humour. Carry On regulars who were in the cast of this film were Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw. Barbara Windsor had a leading role in this film and there were quite a few other actors in small or minor roles. In line with the other Carry On films, Carry On Camping has it's 'memorable clip' This time it is a busty Babara Windsor flinging her arms out as part...

grafter123 23.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Carry On Camping (DVD)

Camping it up

Advantages: Quiet, Peaceful, Relaxing
Disadvantages: Insect bites, Scary noises at night

...sunlight from. Also, unless you have a roof box or trailer you should have enough space to store all you stuff in. WHAT SHOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU? Alongside the things mentioned earlier I have found useful: A camping stove and gas; camping table; the most comfortable chairs you can fit in the car; air bed (with fitted sheet, thanks mum); duvet or sleeping bags; clothes and towels; washing up bowl; camping kettle and thermos flask; cool box (with attachment for car power outlet if possible); washing line & pegs; cutlery & plates; monopoly; continuo and tea bags and marmite (if leaving the country). I?m sure you could add or take from this list depending on what you wanted whilst away but I would consider all these things a must have for our camping holidays. WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT? Other than to have a great time you should...

josarah 03.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Camping - General

Camping- What a Carry On !!

Advantages: Great fun, central location...
Disadvantages: The Midgey.....

...It's getting to that time of the year again, when hubby and youngest son are contemplating a camping weekend away. Suffice to say I am far from overjoyed at the prospect, I am a woman who enjoys hers comforts, hot running shower, toilet just next door, civilisation really!! Not being one to be a pooper of fun I paint on a false smile and shout goody (through gritted teeth) and resign myself to the prospect. I have through the years had varied experiences, some good, some fantastic and some down right awful!! I shall extol the virtues of the said fantastic experience, taken two years ago, during the glorious summer of 2006, when the summer seemed endless and the sun shone continuously even here in Scotland. Immervoulin Caravan & Camping Park /Strathyre nr Callandar. On arrival we checked in without booking and were met with no...

kath66-2008 09.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Immervoulin Caravan & Camping Strathyre

Real Camping

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: None unless you are a bit of a sissy

...hello.... I was looking at the camping reviews and decided that although they were all really helpful, the subject need a review on another side of camping. I love camping and plan trips as often as posable, and like most people I would feel cramped in a site full of people. This review is about the more adventurous type of camping. WHERE In my opinion camping is all about location. I am one of the lucky ones had happen to live in Devon where i am surrounded by beautiful landscapes. Before you plan a trip you should thing about you want a scenic/ relaxing trip where it will probably just be and your friends, or something slightly more active. One of the first places people look to go camping is somewhere like The New Forest. This is a nice place but I feel it has become too popular; especially in the summer. When walking...

tomseear 25.04.2005 (26.04.2005) · Read review
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Review of Camping - General

The sissy's guide to camping gear

Advantages: Everything you need to be as comfortable as if you'd never left home
Disadvantages: Ah, wilderness!

...stuff, and here's what I learned. There are several essentials that you can't do without when you go camping: tent, sleeping bag with some sort of pad under it, lantern, cooler, and stove. After you have all that, if you are still in a buying mood, there is a lot of other nifty stuff that will make your camping experience more comfy. Brands? I'm not one for brand loyalty under normal circumstances, but in my opinion, for camping gear, no one beats Coleman. You can buy their sturdy, well-designed products with complete confidence, and the stuff lasts, relatively trouble-free. 'nuff said. Let's start with the TENT. I suggest that you get the biggest one you can afford, considering first how many people will be available to help you put it up. If you are architecturally inclined, the 2- or 3-room tents are wonderful, because you can...

DaisyRose 23.01.2004 · Read review
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