Camp Out In the Field

 A few Sundays ago I suggested we should have a camp out in the field. Unplanned, it made it quite fun for the children. 

The kids set up both tents and the fire, I topped a small patch first. 

The only tent we own is one from before we had children (maybe before we got married to be honest. I didn't fancy buying some just to use a couple of nights a year, so instead we borrowed the ones from scouts. 

I knew there was an advantage to being a scout leader after all these years! But I do believe there are some things that are better borrowed than owned and this is one (or two) of them. We also borrowed a firepit as ours was stolen from the scout hut a few years ago. 

Camping a few hundred yards from home makes everything easy. I told the children that they'd need to set up and break camp if we did it, this is something they've become well practiced in due to scouts anyway, so no fuss there. 

We had a fire, snacks for bead time around it, American S'mores. obviously with a type one diabetic in the family high sugar like this is always a worry, but her levels were amazing all night (she was saying how it could be a good thing - ha! We think it was just a lucky night). 

I did buy four new air mats, only one of our old ones still held air. Turns out when we woke up that it didn't! and my wife had slept on the floor the whole night through. 

The kids loved it and it made for a fun simple night doing something different, with no costs involved. 

Although the next day I was stood at my pillar drill all day wondering why my back was aching! 

Who else loves a simple camp out?