Yes I do, no I don't, yes I do

I do like camping. I do. I don't particularly like packing all the equipment together and squeezing it into the car but I do like camping. I don't particularly sleep very well when camping especially when someone plays music late into the night but I do like camping. It annoys me when everything gets untidy in the tent but I do like camping. I don't like it when it rains but I do like camping. I don't relish taking the tent down and squeezing everything back into the car and then drying everything out when I get home but I do like camping.



Camping near Austwick, Yorkshire Dales

There are so many things that I don't really like about camping that I never should go at all. But last weekend we went camping and it reminded me why it is worth the effort. We got to stay for two nights in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales quite cheaply; my children spent all their time playing in the stream in front of our encampment; I had a lovely giggle with my children, my brother, my niece, my cousin, my second cousin (is that what the daughter of my cousin is called?) and all their lovely partners. Even my husband who does not like camping at all had a little giggle and came for one night. I love to sit down in front of the tent, soaking in the view (not the rain this trip) and enjoying the adventure.

Evening vista
 

Yes I do like camping.....as long as it is for no longer than two nights and there is a shower block and it's a very very quiet campsite.....oh and the sun shines. I do I do I do......don't I!?