Quick update while I’m defrosting the pasta sauce…
ds spent an hour screaming at bedtime (well ok, when I got tired of waiting for him to get tired and dragged him off to bed at 12.30am), despite all efforts to calm him down. Heartrending sounds of inconsolable baby – as I wouldn’t let him sit up and play. Eventually he passed out sucking my finger, and then slept through til 8ish. I got up and got organised at 9 and hauled him out of bed anyway – we had things to do.
So we did them. We went Outdoor focus, sadly since closed to look at Vango Vista tents. We liked them a lot. And the lady was really nice – we were the only customers in during the morning, and she went round and switched all the lights on for us, then came to find us in the showroom, talked about our major need, and then talked me through the whole shopping list of necessary equipment. What a nice lady. We bought a rainjacket for dd and a fleece snowsuit type thing for ds so I was happy with those as well.
Then we went to see my sister Kierston for lunch, which was rather good too. After lunch we went Mitchells Camping, apparently now owned by CCCoutdoors to look at some more of those outdoor things. I didn’t like this shop nearly as much – it seems to be about budget everything, without any guidance on what you need – there were huge numbers of staff around, but none of them spoke to us. Such a contrast to the first shop. The only plus point was the outdoor display – quite educational on a blustery day!
Dd is so excited – she is desperate to go camping. And dp was tempted to go back to the first shop to buy the longed for item so that we can practise with it in the garden.
So I’ve put my vote in to the camps list, and we won’t be using a static after all. Must ring and book tomorrow…
