10 Essential Camping Tips

LONDON - 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 www.realbuzz.com/articles/top-20-uk-campsites/ - Use a checklist - there is nothing worse that arriving at your campsite 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 www.realbuzz.com/articles/top-20-uk-campsites/

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