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The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:43 am

Campout 2012


The dates for the campout 2012 are the 24th to 28th August.

The Venue ....... Shell Island



So we have made a major change here .... firstly we have moved the date forward into the main holidays to hopefully allow more people to come' and to allow people to have more time if they want ie. a week either side.
You can come for 1 day or a week ...it's up to you :cool:

Secondly the venue....... we have decided to try shell this year so we have a venue with nice views, we can all camp together, have a campfire, and a bit different.

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I hope this change goes down well and look forward to meeting you all..... as always drop your name on here if you want to come :cool:

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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Admin on Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:11 pm

Were in for sure! :)
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby M0KAS on Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:07 pm

Il hopefully be there this time, depending on how things are with my other group of campers (some need EHU so shell isnt an option for them)


And I hope that some of us northerners have a meet so I can meet some of you beforehand :cool: :cool:
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Wayne on Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:03 am

Errrrr, wait let me think, YES :D




Nope, never took it out of the box. But, the salesperson said this tent was super easy to set up; even in windy conditions...
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby nutgone on Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:44 am

Can you park your car next to your tent at Shell? & do they take caravans?

I've heard plenty about the site, not all good either (stuff like; "I lost my tent at Shell Island" & "It's not the place to take a brand new tent"). But I would like to attend at least one big campout.
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:56 pm

You can park right next to the tent and sorry can't take caravans. However your tent should be fine. If it forcasts being very windy you can pitch on a sheltered field like we did last year but in general it is fine and is an amazing site. :clap:
Would be good to see you there :cool:
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Admin on Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:03 pm

Rob-merlin1973 wrote:You can park right next to the tent and sorry can't take caravans. However your tent should be fine. If it forcasts being very windy you can pitch on a sheltered field like we did last year but in general it is fine and is an amazing site. :clap:
Would be good to see you there :cool:


I think thats a very good point.. its about being sensable and many were not when we were their. Me and Rob took a walk up to the sea front when we arrived and immeditely established that pitching at the front would be a bad idea due to the forcast and opted for towards the back under the shelter of a hill. We took a drive out early the following the morning and we see plenty of tents wrecked.. As nice as it is to be at the front you have to look at the pro's and cons

That said we fell in love with the place day 1. yes toilets can be an issue at certain times of the day or washing up but you just adapt the beuty of it allows you ignore certain faults. :)
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Gav on Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:20 pm

Shell Island is great and a regular visit of ours.

Yes it can get windy, but we never park on the exposed cliffs. We find it much better around the back and had some excellent pitches among the trees/bushes by the huge sand dunes (Shell Island is massive - don't think campsite, this is a lot bigger).
Though even in the more sheltered area I've spent a disturbed night through not bringing the right pegs for sand when the wind got up. And as Wales goes, we've had windier inland.

Enough of an area even by the dunes for a large group. However, there's no electric hook-up, a few "dodgy" port-a-loos (a bit of a trek away and we bought a chem loo just for Shell Island), and only a few water stand-pipes...which can be more of a walk with a heavy water container.
If need be, you can drive to the main shower block.

Not a lot of people find this hidden spot as you have to take the road (track) right up to the dunes, and then keep going. And in August, you'll need to get there early to get a good spot.
You could have a good look with Google Maps satellite image. After entering the site take a left and keep going. If following the map the road almost doubles around to the old RAF airfield.

Parking your car is not an issue but you do need to check tide times to make sure you can get on and off the causeway. We've had no problem with taking a trailer, and there's also lots of camper vans.

(We gave Shell Island a write up here).

A great choice for the camp out. We did have some other plans in August but I'll add it to the calendar.
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Wayne on Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:45 pm

Andy wrote:yes toilets can be an issue at certain times of the day or washing up but you just adapt the beuty of it allows you ignore certain faults. :)


Theres one thing about weekend camping (and long weekends) that I like. The night before we leave i have a shave (including my head) and a good shower or bath. Then thats pretty much it until I get back. I do sometimes have a shower whilst I'm there, but not very often a shave, I enjoy the time to relax :cool: :cool:




Nope, never took it out of the box. But, the salesperson said this tent was super easy to set up; even in windy conditions...
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:14 am

Campout 2012


The dates for the campout 2012 are the 24th to 28th August.

The Venue ....... Shell Island



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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:04 am

For those of you who have never been to Shell Island, check out the blog HERE :clap: :clap:
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby suzideri on Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:16 pm

we will be coming hopefully 6 adults and 4 children yippee :clap:
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Tenderoni on Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:57 pm

My other half is working and the kids are away with their mum, but tempted to come on my own, maybe for just the weekend.... Get to meet everyone :smile:
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby jikan on Mon May 07, 2012 7:15 pm

Should be coming.....one adult and 2 kids ( 8 and 13) Possibly with the bell tent but not sure on pitch sizes there so maybe just the small tent :)
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Re: The Camping Forum Campout 2012

Postby Rob-merlin1973 on Mon May 07, 2012 7:28 pm

Excellent... there are no pitch sizes ... there are no pitches.... just a mile of fields to camp on :grin:

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