Camping Kit list for the National.

[JimK]

We present the Millets* Deluxe Family Tent Pack. GBP149.99
(*other outdoor stores are available, it's just that this was from a Millets advert in the paper.)

includes:

1 three-room, four-person tent
4 sleeping bags
2 rollmats
1 double airbed
8 beautiful sunsets
5 blackbird wake-up calls
2 glorious days without a phone signal
1 cowpat incident
3 scary campfire stories
1 rather dull campfire story
4 pees behind trees
1 grasshopper solo
5 butterfly chases
3 rude awakenings by loud snores
1 bizarrely smelly hedgerow
1 brother-on-sister assault (dead leg)
5 games of I-Spy
1 sister-on-brother assault (Chinese burn)
1 'plastic plate versus paper plate' debate
15 dandelions
1 trillion dandelion seeds
3 atishoos
2 fallings over the guyropes
1 zap from an electric fence
5 failed attempts to identify Orion's Belt
1 huge moan about not having a hairdryer
7 eerie noises in the middle of the night
6 splashes in puddles
4 sploshes
2 splishes
20 minutes making daisy chains
1 cry of "Ouch, thistle"
8 sheep that won't stay to be petted
5 burnt sausages (inedible)
1 burnt sausage (sort of edible)
1 knot-tying session
2 tree-climbing sessions
3 rolling-down-the-hill sessions
30 seconds of feeling rather dizzy
1 pair of underpants lost in the sleeping bag
1 river crossing
2 waterlogged wellies
1 fruitless search for kindling
1 plastic plate melting on the barbecue
1 intimate moment (interrupted)
3 chats with a friendly farmer
6 long country walks
1 large, unidentified creepy-crawly
3 ladybirds
1 stubbed toe
5 shooting stars
1/2 an earthworm
8 lazy afternoons
3 hissy fits
1 scream of "where's the loo-roll?"
1 dead rabbit discovery
3 hills you run down very fast
15 bounces of a skimming stone (personal best)
1 stumble over a stupid rock
9 beautiful dewy mornings
25,063 cubic metres of fresh air

What National-Rally-specific additions might be necessary?

[Lou]

Eighty million cups of tea
Twenty nine attempts to do something to Onne's car (eg reduce oil leak, engine noise etc etc)
One near-fatality (hayfever)
Infinite number of attempts to figure out who everybody is (board name, real name, car)
80 million requests for more tea
Sunburn (in spite of the weather)
One very big spanner

[alex_holden]

Infinite number of attempts to figure out who everybody is (board name, real name, car)

Why not wear badges with both real name and pseudonym on them?

[Lou]

What, and spoil the fun?

[Jay-Minor]

1 minor that does not leak in the rain
1 umbrella that does not fold inside out in the wind
1 box of wet matches
1 lighter that don’t work
3 trips over someone else’s guide ropes
2 trips over your own
2 camping boots covered in dog muck (not your own dog cos he’s house/field trained
1 child that complains “can we go home dad”
1 wife (or 2 if you’re unlucky) that constantly repeats “now where are you going”
2 arguments with the tent next to you (ref loud rap music)
1 tin opener that never actually does what it says on the tin
3 wet towels
10 people with legs crossed waiting for the porta loo (you just happen to be no 11)
1 family with 4 kids that constantly kick their football at your tent

and a few days away from the telly

[Onne]

I don't know if I will even take my car... she is scratched all over

[Innovator]

In our early days of car shows we (brother and I) didnt take much ....

Tent,
Mat
Sleeping bag
Small Torch
A dustbin bag of rolls, £1 from the local bakers
1 jar marmite
1 jar jam
1 tub marg
1 knive
Basic wash kit (no showers back then)
Drink bottle.
Generally went home in the same clothes we arrived in (shorts and T shirt)

Brekfast at Maccy Dees
A bit of shopping at the local supermarket for meat, beer, creamcakes and biscuits.
Meat cooked on who evers BBQ we could scrounge some space on!

I dont bring much more now due to limited luggage space.........

[dave1949]

A bit of shopping at the local supermarket

in my early days supermarkets wern't about and an open shop on a sunday??
camping list is spot on though

[dp]

It's a small world. I have been recently knocking up a few coke can stoves and pot stands and the like so have been poking around looking at different designs. Low and behold Innovator's been there and done that!!

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear/mod ... index.html