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After many years of dissolution and grief due to my position I have found a new door and have gone through it perhaps in doubt at first and am eternally grateful I did.

I realize now this may answer several peoples problems I say this but in consideration there are many that could not do this. I was left with an impossible future hitting stress in many places holidays were not an option as I needed to be alone to appreciate things my way. I was stranded. I felt alone again as I had felt for more than 20years made to feel welcome by my parents then later felt banished by my family and others. I had a thought why not try camping.

I appreciate many have done this but for nearly 27years I have been led and told what I can do and how I can do it.

But with my mothers help I stepped out of that hole and took it upon myself to try in a two person tent to go out see the real world of nature and see the sights for myself.

I decided to venture into camping using a tent.

 

My Adventure

In the morning I was woken by the quacking of ducks then I looked out to see baby rabbits with squirrels. What more could a man ask for. My days out were filled with country walks knowing that I would forget it all and would start afresh.

Not an easy task but I enjoyed it and hope to go again.

To add to the event perhaps others might have some reserves about this. This might be tacken as a very short story.

Firstly I went to stay in a small site and the car had to be left in a particular place and it was awkward blowing up the air bed when I needed it round the front but I was told to park it at the back I was unable to see it and one night heard the door shut but I could not see it as it was probably someone else’s. Also I had only purchased a pump to connect in the car to the battery – what a mistake as when I parked the car it was too awkward to pump the air bed up. Then I thought if only I had purchased a foot pump for the air bed. Next time I would have one as I had to blow it up by mouth and the valve is too big so it was not blown up properly. It kept moving lopsided and I kept falling of it but could not pump it up as without light it was too awkward.

Second time I chose another site but was told it was only available at a set time. After my previous experience I was left disillusioned at the benefits of camping. But there all my prayers were answered.

OK it was late but I chose the perfect spot and was awoken by quacking and enjoyed the view of young wild rabbits hoping around and squirrels moving from tree to tree. With a large pond with a seat for fisherman to fish and the fee was not too much.

Although I noticed some development going on.

My first experience there was cooking or trying to cook.

I had purchased a portable gas cooker so I felt equipped but whilst there I tried to light the gas and felt it refused to light. I looked around it thinking there was a button to press or switch but alas there were non. I had the faint inclination to check if it was all in correctly and opened it up after having some trouble then noticed there was no gas bottle.

So thinking I was safe was left one night without hot water for a drink. But I had a cold drink with me. Then when going to sleep I checked the forecast and they still maintained it was going to be an Indian summer so I was not worried about clothing. The first problem was the sleeping bag I purchased in hast on the net had its zip on the left. When lying down to get to sleep I thought it was the perfect sleeping bag but when I tried to zip it up it was very hard as I was on the left in a low small tent but when I awoke at night it was easy to pump the bed up in the tent with the foot pump. It had just started to get cold at night but I used a sleeping bag I had purchased for my daughter as it had the zip on the right. I then covered myself with the other one. If you decide to go camping in later years be prepared as you might not be able to make it to the wash rooms to relieve yourself at 3.30am so in preparation I took a pot a large coffee jar but after one night all I can say is it was not big enough.

All these problems taken into consideration eating is another problem please accept you are not at home something simple like fish and chips is too large where do you put it where is the plate and why cant I cut it with these cheap knife and forks. Cooking was another adventure as I found it best to use those all in one cooking bowls that you eat out of.

Fortunately whilst there it was the Burnham carnival and I found it stimulating being there then. I enjoyed the walk to town.

The third time was wrong I had arrived too late for the key but I realised that I only needed a quarter of my items but there were no restrictions on parking but I used the foot pump also purchased a new sleeping bag for 3 seasons as it was finally admitted the weather forecast was wrong and it would be very cold.

Better prepared you might think no probs with gas, foot pump and although I hadn’t got the key I would survive.

I got a sleeping bag with the zip on the right hand side it is called a mummy sleeping bag for one reason it resembles a mummy when zipped up I hoped it would be warmer. When you zip it up your arms go in and the zip button is inside and you pull a cord so as to cover your face from the cold.

What happens when you want to relieve yourself and it is about two thirty in the morning and the zip gets stuck on the outside and you are alone. Well it was very hard but when I got out I felt claustrophobic so I was forced to sleep in my daughters sleeping bag again and cover myself with the new one.

Apart from that it was ok I noted that I only needed a tenth of what I had brought with me. Till next time although. Admitedly I found reversing the car quite awkward also as it was somtimes too stiff so I found it easier to avoid using the car.

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