Packing Tips for a Camping Trip
January 20th, 2010 | 
Author: Camping is a pretty unique experience. You get to spend time away from the hustle of city life. Do you want to see a spectacular sight? Then sit or lie down under a night sky full of brilliant stars, they seem close enough to reach out and touch them.
Whether you are planning a long or short getaway, you never know what you are going to run into or what you may need. Let me give you some tricks and tips to planning and packing for a trip into the wilderness.
A.First you need to pick an area in your house and put all of your equipment in that area prior to packing. Try to start this process a few days in advance. This way you won’t forget something of major importance.
B.Take a good look at your equipment pile and when you think you have everything laid out, spend some time going over your camping list of things you want to bring and double check it.
C.When you are done packing your equipment, the next step should be getting your clothing together. Your clothes should be layered to compensate for changing temperatures and rain. Always bring spare clothing; you should always be prepared for the unexpected. Try to stay away from cotton as it dries slowly and offers little to no insulation when it gets wet.
D.Test all of your equipment before you head out. Be sure you know how your camp stove works and bring plenty of fuel. Do you lanterns work, is your tent complete?
E.Bring along several nylon bags to store your gear, and don’t forget the water purification tablets and a water bladder in case you are not near a reliable source of drinking source.
F.Plan your meals ahead of time. You want to be sure you have enough food.
All of the above mentioned items are useful; some are luxuries while others are necessities.
Mark Schmitz
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Packing tips for camping in the forest of dean UK (near south welsh border)?
last year we spent a week at a campsite in exmoor. the weather was georgeous during the day (26 degrees C and higher, lots of vests and suncream) but pretty chilly at night (we went out and bought extra blankets for the second night).
this year it’s a different area (symonds yat, ross-on-wye herefordshire), and we’re not really sure what the weather can be like there. i’m trying to stop myself expecting the same great weather, as the recent weather has caused floods in the county.
i like to travel as lightly as possible and "recylcle clothes" through out the week. what are the best clothes and bedding to pack when you don’t know what weather to expect?
if you live in or near the area, what’s the weather likely to be like (on average) for the first half of July?
any extra tips for us would be appreciated! it’s only our second year camping! our trip is from the 8th to the 14th July 2007.
Well pretty much the same as the weather is anywhere else in the country – unpredictable so who knows ? We used to go camping to the Forest of Dean every year as kids and sometimes it was boiling hot, sometimes it rained. And as I am from south Wales I would suggest you leave it another week or so before you consider packing. I know this weekend and the early part of next week is supposed to be unsettled (hissing down in other words) but the following week we could have blazing sunshine!
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Take 2 sets of clothes, one wet and one dry, wear the wet through the day, and dry at night. It will retain heat during night, if you throw your wet ones under your sleeping bag at night dry them out too.
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Soldier for over 15 years
From very happy memories of camping at Symonds Yat, it is a fabulous place; we lived in Worcestershire and made long weekends down there.
The Wye Valley was beautiful, the camp site was well-equipped without being commercialised. If the weather iffy we’d go into Monmouth, kids keen on castles/"ruins" – (try Goodrich Castle andTintern Abbey ) and markets (try Abergavenny).
Close enough to drive across the bridge to Bristol. Ross-on-Wye is very pretty. In September we could pick enough blackberries at Symonds Yat to see us through the winter with jam!
With the current weather, I’d concentrate on wet gear, hot water bottles to warm sleeping bags before getting in, and extra bedding to heap on top.
Loads of walks.
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