Monday, 6 June 2011

Camping in numbers

Our camping weekend in numbers.
  • Adults: 17
  • Children: 20
  • Tents: 11
  • Fires: 1 big one
  • Campfire
  • Cakes eaten: 4
  • Water pistols wielded by the children: approx 6
  • Dens built: 2 (1 by the boys, 1 by the girls)
  • Bottles of sparkling wine consumed: 12
  • It was a great night
  • Bottles of suncream smeared all over a tent floor by one of the toddlers: 1
  • Eggs used to make pancakes: approx 12
  • Pancakes and bacon for breakfast
  • Trangias: 2
  • Garlands of bunting: 5
  • Boxes of glowsticks: 2
  • Glowsticks
  • Bags of marshmallows: at least 12, and we ran out quite quickly
  • Girls who had melted marshmallow in their hair: 2
  • Games of Magic played: 6
  • Number of head torches: at least 5
  • New books admired: 1

The Art of Camping by Matthew De Abaitua

There was also much laughter, chatter, catching up, yawning and sitting in the sunshine.  A properly glorious weekend to mark the start of summer.

Happy times

Chatting in the sunshine

9 comments:

  1. How perfect and I am v jealous of the big skillet, must now search t'internet in search of my own.

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  2. You always make me want to rush out & buy a tent with these posts & pictures. Sounds glorious x

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  3. It looks completely idyllic!

    Your pictures could almost - almost - make me want to go camping. But then I remember all the reasons I'm rubbish in tents, and I stick to houses :-)

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  4. wow, I want one of those pancake pans!

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  5. That looks wonderful! Not many of our friends are terribly intrepid, so we'd struggle to get such a big group together for camping. Although I reckon with a skillet like that I could bribe them with breakfast...

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  6. I don't "do" camping either but you have almost converted me... looks like you had loads of fun!

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  7. I'm green with envy! It all looks brilliant and I'm loving that skillet too.

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  8. Looks like a great weekend was had by all - can recommend a couple of nice sites near Henley/Beaconsfield.

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