10 Essential Camping Tips

10 Essential Camping Tips

LONDON, July 1/PRNewswire/ -- With Glastonbury now behind us, and a scorching summer ahead with
numerous other festivals, and the school holidays yet to come, realbuzz.com
brings you our top 10 camping tips to survive the fields this summer, plus
the lowdown on where in the UK, realbuzz.com thinks the top camping sites
are. We take the whole pursuit of being outdoors and living a healthy, active
life quite literally!

realbuzz.com Top 10 camping tips and our list of top 20 UK campsites
http://www.realbuzz.com/articles/top-20-uk-campsites/

- Use a checklist - there is nothing worse that arriving at your campsite
http://www.realbuzz.com/articles/top-20-uk-campsites/ only to discover
that you've forgotten the tent pegs, the loo roll, and the camping
stove!

- Practice in the garden - if you've never been before then make sure you
give your tent a go in the garden. It's worth knowing what you've got
in that little bag, and how it all fits together!

- Protect your tent - tents can be expensive and you don't want to use it
just the once. Protect the ground sheet with a sheet underneath, use
protective products on the outside, and always wash and clean it when
you've finished it.

- Spares - always keep spare guy ropes, and tent pegs with you, you'll
never know when you might need them!

- Camping etiquette - ensure that whilst you're staying at the campsite
that you respect your neighbours, don't park too close, keep the noise
down after dark, and tidy your pitch before leaving. You want to be
asked back don't you?

- Food Storage - always, always keep your food in airtight containers -
you really don't need wildlife rummaging through your tent at 3am!

- Avoid Fire Hazards - never cook, smoke, or have candles or naked flames
in a tent. Most tents and sleeping bag materials are extremely
flammable, use a windshield to create a cooking area.

- Keeping it handy - keep to hand torches, and loo roll when going to
sleep. You don't want to be rummaging around and waking everyone else
up when you need to use the conveniences...

- Keeping it safe - never leave anything valuable in your tent. Lock them
in your car, or take them with you wherever you go. You can't lock a
tent...

- Recognisable - especially at festivals, but can occasionally happen at
busy campsites. You want to be able too recognise your tent when you
are in a busy field, or at night time. You don't want to be tripping
over the guy ropes into someone else's tent, ensure you know where you
pitched, and give yourself a landmark to get back to your tent. Many
tents are very similar...

Once you've established all the camping etiquette you're ready to head
off camping, why not check out realbuzz.com 2009 top UK camping sites
http://www.realbuzz.com/articles/top-20-uk-campsites/

For further information please contact Fiona@realbuzz.com or call
+44(0)207-202-7982

Source: Realbuzz.com

For further information please contact Fiona@realbuzz.com or call +44(0)207-202-7982

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