Category: Camping

No Cool Box, No Problem – Camping Meal Ideas that Don’t Require Refrigeration Having a cool box as part of your camping gear makes perfect sense. They are great for storing perishable foods and drinks that you enjoy chilled, but they are bulky and unless you have an electric cool box, it’s not going to stay cold for the duration...

How to Save Money when Camping – Getting Started with Camping Just like most new hobbies, getting started with camping can soon become quite expensive if you are not careful. There’s so much camping gear available on the market but the good news is that you don’t need most of it. For the things you do need, you don’t always...

How to Keep Your Tent Tidy, Clean and Organised When Camping If you want to have an enjoyable, relaxing and stress-free camping experience, it’s essential to keep your tent tidy. Whether you are car camping and have a large family tent or are keeping it minimal with a backpack and small tent, your trip will be much more enjoyable if...

What Gear Do You Really Need to Go Car Camping? Camping can be quite expensive when you’re first getting started and are building your kit. The good news is that you don’t really need that much equipment when you go car camping. Unlike with backpacking when you need specialist compact gear that you can fit in your backpack, you can...

7 Things You Should Do When You Get Back from a Camping Trip A camping trip is never just the actual trip itself. All the prep and packing before you go on your trip and the unpacking, maintenance, laundry, and organising that has to be done when you get back are all part of it. It’s definitely not the most...

Quick and Easy One Pan Meals that You Can Make When Camping When it comes to camping food, it needs to be quick and easy. I love easy but tasty meals at home and am not going to start complicating things when camping. We go camping with a one burner camping stove (which you can see pictured below), one small...

Things We Learnt From Our First Camping Trip Every camping trip is a chance to learn more but the one that teaches you the most is probably your very first camping trip. That’s when you figure out what you really need and what works for you and your family. In this article, I’ll share a few important things that we...

Why We Decided to Start Camping as a Family We haven’t been camping very long compared to many, but our family took an immediate liking to it – even though our first camping trips was very challenging thanks to very heavy rain and stormy weather (more about that another day!). There are many reasons why we chose to give family...