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Not for heavy-handed 6 year olds
Score 2 out of 5
My 6 year old was playing with this on our last camping trip and broke the handle off it. It seems like it's not as robust as it seems - oh well.
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Dotty, you might find this thread useful.

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Camping in the US is a lot different from camping here, due partly to the fact that we live on a crowded little island so there aren't huge expanses of land to camp on and partly because of tradition. TBH I don't really like campfire cooking it's a real faff, having to stoke a fire just to make a cu...

We've got Fat Airics which are the predecessor of the Dozers and they are BRILLIANT! To join them together you can get connectors, therm-a-rest here http://www.cascadedesigns.com/therm-a-rest/accessories/universal-couple-kit/product they are just a figure of 8 strap that you could prob. make from a ...

have added up to 6 pm just for you :-) i guess the site owners have to balance new ppl coming in with those leaving and give time between to allow them to do any upkeep like mowing the pitches that needs to be done. our next trip has a leave by 12 don't arrive before 2pm rule which i guess is for th...

this is something that I've seen mentioned on another thread and something we've been caught by in the past. the last couple of times we've been away it's been 2pm and 12noon and that was fine but we've been to sites where it's been 10 am and that gives problems in the early and late season because ...

my sister-in-law and family have a montana 6 it's great, get the extension if you can as it gives a good space to cook in.

Why not get a whistling kettle and boil it on the stove, it wouldn't feel like camping without our whistling kettle.

We have a trigano trailer tent and I have to say it's really well made, the canvas is very good quality, the stitching is good and despite it being 6 years old it's not showing any signs of wear. We've been in the middle of a huge and long thunderstorm in it and it didn't show any signs even contemp...

ROFL @ RR & Roofbox We've got a Ford C-Max (a focus with a higher roof and bigger boot) there are 5 of us. We used to use an Erde 143 trailer when we had the tent and it all just about fitted in, but we now have a trailer tent and most of the kit fits in (or is part of) that so now we only have ...