Camping

[nick crisp]

Looks like Im not the only one who is serious about camping Nick 

Well Matt, Knoxy has a good point too about stripping it down to basics - when you're pissed and stoned in the middle of a muddy field at a bike rally, you probably won't notice the rain much - been there, done that too  :lol
But camping has become more of a hobby in itself than that for me, what with all the backpacking I used to do too - then you HAVE to think carefully about your kit, cos you've got to lug it all about with you up mountainsides etc, in all weather - it'd better be light, and it'd better work when you need it.
As said in my opening post here though, anybody that's done any kind of camping can contribute here, not everyone has the same ideas, as already shown, and the more variation we get here, the more likely that a novice can go, well, he thinks like me, so I'll pay more attention to his way of doing it. If you see what I mean.