On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:49:28 GMT, "KGB"
(KGB) wrote:
>
>>I'll be 61 mate, my tent days are behind me; three star at
>>least:-)
>
>Hi
>
>Absolute rubbish!!!!!! 8^)
>
>My wife and I are both well over 60 and still camp in tents on a
>regular basis - not so often now in cold and wet Great Britain
>admittedly, but certainly on holiday.
>
>I have a bad back (slipped disk) and actually get a far more
>comfortable sleep on a Thermarest mattress in a tent than in our bed
>at home.
>
>Regards - (off to pack the tent for a forthcoming camping trip to the
>USA Southwest desert States)
>
>
>
>KGB
Whatever turns you on mate:-)
I camped from the time I joined the cubs until I left the
Senior Scouts, then on bivouacs with the RAAF as needed. And
on the occasional fishing trip. That was quite enough. I've
also done my share of caravanning and motorhome driving.
But when I'm wandering through nine countries in seven
weeks, including several that are a little less than
friendly to Westerners - I'm after a bed and four solid
walls. I'm not over-fussy, my main requirements are that the
bed (and linen) be clean, be longer and wider than I,
reasonably un-lumpy, and that I am the only living thing in
it or on it. I also prefer an aircon if the temperature and
humidity are uncomfortable. Beyond that I'm not fussed about
room service or minibars or TV.
To be honest, the thought of pitching my tent in front of
Angkor, or the Taj Mahal, or Petra, or Giza, or Abu Simbel,
or Chichen Itza, or Teotihuacan (all on this trip) does not
turn me on at all. Even if the local authorities allowed it
I doubt it would be very wise, let alone comfortable.
Apart from that, it's one less item to lug around.
To each their own.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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