http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781&page=2#post-128879 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:38:11 +0000 Gerontius 128879@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lightweight.<br /> A few drops of rain and you want to stay home in - no doubt in front of the computer.</p> <p>Al locked away in his study.<br /> Mrs O'Pecia: 'what are you doing in there...I can hear all sorts of grunting and groaning going on...are you watching the ladies tennis final'?<br /> Mr O'Pecia: 'what tennis final' </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781&page=2#post-128862 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:16:25 +0000 dvo4fun 128862@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Just effing about I think </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781&page=2#post-128856 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:29:45 +0000 Thor 128856@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>What is Gordon Ramsey doing in SW London? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781&page=2#post-128839 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:42:10 +0000 dvo4fun 128839@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>RESULT! You win the bet for agreeing to go but can stay at home and watch the greatest living Brit/ a moany sour-faced scottish poltroon [delete as applicable] peforming in south west London. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128827 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:35:21 +0000 Al OPecia 128827@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>...and it's been cancelled due to inclement weather. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128358 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:07:49 +0000 Al OPecia 128358@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've been told to bring my own Borage. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128356 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:05:38 +0000 Gerontius 128356@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>To be fair his friend is the Marquess of Bath...so it's not like its going to be that easy, especially for the kids. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128326 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:55:48 +0000 writinginbsl 128326@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>aaaaaaaahhhhhh</p> <p>vauxhall viva! i had one i called 'shady lady'-i remember well how the push rods became sharpened and i took many many months to realise-i just kept replacing the rockers on an almost weekly basis.</p> <p>i dont think my viva ever got over 50 mph.</p> <p>good times...</p> <p>camping advice? never get ill in a tent. it really sucks. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128323 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:40:27 +0000 dvo4fun 128323@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Just make sure your friend leaves the pation doors unlocked. Or sleep in the house with the doors open. Better yet have the doors closed and maybe use the sofa [I think you can see where this is going].</p> <p>Ah, how well I remember the Isle of Skye; in particular its midges. We were actually chased off the campsite by the bastards; collapsed the tent, bundled it up with sleeping bags, cutlery, stakes &amp; all threw it in the boot of our trusty Vauxhall Viva [yes it was a long time ago] and when we got up to 50mph [no, honest] opened all the windows and turned the heater fan on. Had a better time some decades later cycling through France. Even the unexpectedly closed municipal camp we err.. broke into was in better nick.</p> <p>Oh advice? Don't play with any Scouts. It's just not on nowadays. PC gone mad. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128313 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:04:44 +0000 The All New Jeni B 128313@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well if that's what you call 'camping', even I could do that. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128312 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:55:29 +0000 Scroat 128312@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>in a friends large garden.</blockquote></p> <p>Does that count as real camping..? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128305 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:10:41 +0000 Al OPecia 128305@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's a small gathering in a friends large garden. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128301 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:18:43 +0000 grumblechops 128301@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Adorn a gazebo with solar powered fairy lights to ensure everyone knows you are middle class.</p> <p>Understand your audience. "Pitching a tent" can mean something different.</p> <p>Constantly play the Indiana Jones theme tune on a kazoo. Fellow campers love this.</p> <p>Do not drink apple juice you find in a Pringles tube. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128279 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:05:45 +0000 Scroat 128279@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Where you going BTW? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128271 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:44:27 +0000 kimllfixit 128271@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't eat or drink anything - this will eliminate the need to do any sort of toilet business whatsoever.</p> <p>Oh, and take a sturdy, en-suite caravan just in case. Or stay in a hotel. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128238 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:29:56 +0000 Ironduke 128238@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Grumblechops, that is wonderful wisdom, duly noted. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128227 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:44:10 +0000 waylandsmithy 128227@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Take baby wipes, you never know when you might need to wipe a baby. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128226 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:34:34 +0000 grumblechops 128226@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A Pringles tube can hold about a litre and a half of piss and will retain its structural integrity until morning </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128223 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:06:06 +0000 Midfield Diamond 128223@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Camping's great, I go almost every year but sadly not in 2012. </p> <p>Get off your head on scrumpy, watch Chemical Brothers followed by Flogging Molly then sit around on a hill with mates drinking Drambuie until sunrise. Crash out about 7am before waking up three hours later 'cos the tent is baking hot and the neighbours are offering bacon sandwiches and vodka shots to kick off another day of mayhem. Brilliant. </p> <p>Which Festival are you going to? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128219 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:23:27 +0000 Gerontius 128219@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm with Jeni on this one - it's either en-suite tents or forget it.<br /> Once I've had a shit I want it to go as far away as possible, not left hanging around in some cupboard next to the dining area </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128210 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:01:39 +0000 Ironduke 128210@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>On arrival at campsite, let one member of the party be designated to announce in an american cowboy drawl 'Right, hunker up the wagons, lets make camp'. Let all the rest of the party then mince around in effeminate prances of their own invention for at least 30seconds. Once chortling subsided, proceed with pitching. Repeat ritual at the taking down of the tents, with slight amendment to 'lets strike camp'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128204 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:14:35 +0000 Thor 128204@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The outdoor life is why our ancestors invented stone walls and solid roofs, with running water and heating. Enjoy. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128202 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:12:30 +0000 The All New Jeni B 128202@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Until such time as tents become equipped with all the facilities which are available in a 5* hotel, I will not camp. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128197 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:31:29 +0000 Scroat 128197@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You will love it! Really. And when you get home you realise you've become addicted to fresh air. Houses are really stuffy. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128194 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:09:55 +0000 Gerontius 128194@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'd keep the nearest Travel Lodge phone number handy </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128193 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:49:25 +0000 shitsu_tonka 128193@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hang your food bag at least fifty feet away from your tent so's not to attract bears. </p> <p>Put stuff like keys, money and other things you keep in your pockets in your boots at night, then you don't lose anything. </p> <p>You will get cold at night, take socks to wear inside sleeping bag. </p> <p>Sound carries so whatever you decide to do in your tent will be heard by everyone within at least a two-hundred metre radius. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128191 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:40:54 +0000 Al OPecia 128191@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks all, that's bloody marvelous!</p> <p>Yes camping next to pub, and sleep in nude. More soon. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128190 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:27:58 +0000 Sinnick 128190@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ecellent advice from everyone, except this:</p> <p>Wait for wifey &amp; kids to push out the zzzzzzzz, then get out &amp; sleep in the car. Unless you sleep in the nude - but why would you do that in a tent ?? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128186 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:18:32 +0000 Ironduke 128186@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If you are going to splash cash, we've had these nearly ten years now. Look thin, but springs make them self inflate, then you literally blow in two breaths and you're done.<br /> Whatever cushioning you use, still put an insulating layer under, preferably a thin duvet or at least a blanket. Key to comfort.</p> <p><a href="http://www.completeoutdoors.co.uk/Thermarest-Basecamp-Regular-Self-Inflating-Mattress" rel="nofollow">http://www.completeoutdoors.co.uk/Thermarest-Basecamp-Regular-Self-Inflating-Mattress</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44781#post-128185 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:52:01 +0000 Haywood Manley 128185@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh, and camp as close to a decent pub as possible. </p>