'Normal' camping is not for me. Packing all that gear. Food, cooking stove, pans, tent. It probably takes me less than two hours to get all my stuff together, checked, tested & in my pack. Then the possibility of having to dry out a large wet tent when you return home.
Quite a few friends have camper vans, but having chatted to one such friend yesterday, he tells me that with two young children it is lunchtime before you can set off anywhere. Everything has to be packed away securely. I can understand the attraction of a caravan, but I swing between extremes. Minimalist camping, the world on your back weighing sub 10kgs, or decent hotels, B&Bs. Preferably with a pool for a pre breakfast swim, fabulous breakfast, a nice view from the room & interesting people to chat to.
I have walked through, and even used the facilities of, some of these large coastal sites with entertainment on tap. A few spring to mind when I walked the SW Coast Path, but that kind of camping us not for me. Possibly idyllic for those with young families.
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