We love camping as a family since my two boys were small they are teenagers now we have been going camping. Top tip is pack insect repellent as there always loads of bugs. Citronella candles are good too. We tend to go camping once a year but in the UK and then do a abroad holiday too. we have loads of happy memories from camping holidays.
We made a bit of an amateur mistake the first night and left the door to the tent open a bit too long at night when we had the lantern on and there were loads of bugs inside the tent. We had to put the lantern outside and sit in the dark for a bit so most of them went out. Luckily none went in the bedroom bit though as I honestly can't bear that noise mosquitos make! We really enjoyed our first time properly camping, we would definitely do it again! x
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Hey Katie! Happy camping! I have always wondered why you guys haven't camped before as I think it suits your family and lifestyle well. We love camping and we actually have that tent it is great but the slightly smaller version. You were brave going to a camp site without electric for the first time but it looked like a great place. I understand about being nervous about going on a big campsite to start with! Especially with having to film a vlog too! We go camping every summer but I must admit I am a day or two camper I couldn't go for any longer!
Hi Sophie thanks for the message. 😍 We’ve done glamping before in glamping tents and we recently went to Devon in Easter and stayed in a shepherds hut that had an outside shower and compost toilet and things, plus we’ve camped with friends in their tent, but we’ve always wanted to try going ourselves but it always felt a bit daunting. So it was so fun trying out the Millets and Hi-Gear range and now we feel more confident to go again. We’d love to go more often. Yes I’m a bit awkward filming 🤣🤣🤣😅 so this campsite suited us perfectly the first time. And I think I could do more days if I was on a campsite with more facilities like a shower block, but this was perfect for our first trip as we could only do 2 nights anyway due to our holiday to Portugal and also my daughters football training. Although I don’t know how people pack the car for more than 2 nights, our car was full to the brim 🤣🤣
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
You are always such an ispiration, we are a family of 3 happy campers, with same tent for longer camping and also got a slightly smaller air tent which you just pump up for our weekend camping. We love going exploring, kayaking, bbqs, star gazing, all the outdoors, I have better night sleeps now when camping than i do at home , love all the fun you have in this video , relate especially to the hunt for a 2p machine x
Thanks so much Cheryl. Ooh love the idea of a smaller tent for shorter camping trips. You sound like us. We love the outdoors- paddle boards, walking, star gazing, hikes, wild swimming, but we had yet to properly try camping. I am grateful we got the opportunity to go as I knew we would love it. And aren't 2p machines a must on a seaside holiday!! xx
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
We want to try camping but like you said I feel a bit overwhelmed with choice and not sure where to start. I'll check the discount code out thank you. xx
We were exactly the same. We were originally going to try and do a mixture of camping and hotels in Switzerland this summer and we went to a Go Outdoors back in April to start looking and we just had no clue what we needed so we gave up on that idea, plus we still had a bit of a flight voucher left from pre covid so we ended up going to Portugal. But I feel more prepared now we have done it once. We really enjoyed it. And it was kind of Millets to give me the discount code. I hope it helps :) x
A few years back I became obsessed with camping, as a family we spent over £1000 on a tent, all manner of camping equipment. We booked a camping holiday and absolutely hated it!! SO much prep before going, tidying away after, it was a nightmare. Boiling hot in the day, freezing at night…I could go on. Genuinely believe your either a camper of your not, we’re defo in the latter group! x
oh no Katie what a nightmare! Bless you have you tried again since? I knew I was going to enjoy it cause we are quite outdoorsy but I can see why you are in one of two camps (excuse the pun haha). I don't know if that the moment I could do more than maybe 4 or 5 nights though, just cause you never sleep quite as well do you? I know some people go for 2 weeks and things! x
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
I was really worried about it haha cause we hadn't done it before, it was pretty straightforward. I say straightforward, I did nothing, Jon did it all! ;)
@@katie_ellison that's partly why we've not been, we used to go with friends but they don't have a tent now, and altho my husband puts it up I need to hold a certain bit and I'm not tall enough😂
For your next big trip to the US, I think your family would love camping in or around Acadia National Park in Maine. Or glamping 😂. It seems right up your street
Hi Katie, great video. Love camping, prefer quite sites to busy ones. You mentioned you looked on a website of private campsites. A big ask (as this video is a bit old now), but could you share it. Thanks.
This inspires me a lot! I would love to start a camping/travelling vlog too soon and this gives me so much courage and inspiration, thank you! You are wonderful!
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
Ah thanks so much Lily! We had so much fun on the camping trip we will definitely go camping again next year. I’m not doing a Portugal vlog, I mainly concentrated on reels and instagram as I also wanted to switch off a bit and enjoy a holiday with the kids 😍
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
We used a site called wildpoint but the lady who owned the pitch had a couple of problems with them (that got resolved in the end) so I’m not sure if I’d recommend them or not. They were fine with us but from her end she was having troubles. Her site is on Airbnb too, that’s a good one for camping and funding unique stays too x
@@katie_ellison ah ok that looks perfect for what I'm looking for, can you share the site? I have 2 children with ASD and having our own space would be great x
@@becksbradford6816 here we go lovely here is the link to the campsite- www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/50132241?check_in=2022-09-06&check_out=2022-09-07&guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=ec174596-5144-47d6-bb1a-1413e34cd56c
We're going to try camping next summer and I won't lie, I'm quite nervous 😂 this looks lovely though! I've never camped before, my husband is a pro and our daughter will be coming up for 3. Fingers crossed!
Hi from Australia, I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups. Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺 Craig Out There Touring
Hi Lisa I am sorry you are disappointed. I am really proud of the brands I work with and love doing ads. If they aren’t for you you don’t have to watch them. Of course I would love people to watch them as I put an effort into them, enjoy making them, and am proud to work with the brands I do. I always hope the video is still interesting to watch regardless if part of it is an ad. I turn down 90% of the brand work offered to me but sometimes there are more brand videos in a row than others if I think the ad is a good fit, but then I’ll also go months without an ad on here too. Sometimes even though the work is done weeks a part, circumstances will mean the brands want them up at a similar time, or they’ll take a long time to look at them etc so they end up going up close to each other. It’s also been the school holidays so I have been busy with the kids and therefore unable to space out other videos in between. I will always be honest and transparent and declare them at the start and in the description so you can choose whether to watch or not. So many people don’t do this so you don’t even know if what you are watching is an ad anyway. Sorry if you are disappointed but I am grateful to be working with brands. Always happy to hear feedback though.
@@katie_ellison Katie, thank you for your reply. I enjoyed your vlogs, and was so pleased to see recent ones. But sad they were ad’s. I understand you have a living to make and most important are clear before I watch, I suppose as your children grow content changes. I really hope there are no hard feeling.
@@lisagapper398 thanks Lisa for replying to me and of course no hard feelings at all. I recognised your name as soon as I saw it as I know we’ve chatted in comments before. It is tricky cause I know people aren’t keen on ads, but then also like you say this is the way I know make part of my living. I do enjoy making ads if I feel they are the right fit. You tube has been a bit of a funny one for me for a while (I’m much more active on instagram) because like you say my kids are growing up and therefore the videos I make has to change as a result. I hope I can come to a happy medium where people still enjoy them and also I feel comfortable with what I share. A large portion of my time it’s just me at home working and the kids are at school and then I spend my evenings ferrying them about to their clubs. 🤣 I hope I’ll get into the swing of you tube where I continue to share videos but in a way that works for me and the people who used to watch my videos. I’d love to know what kind of videos you enjoy on others channels? And please know absolutely no hard feelings, I know there’s been a few more ads than usual recently, and I do appreciate that feedback. X
We love camping as a family since my two boys were small they are teenagers now we have been going camping. Top tip is pack insect repellent as there always loads of bugs. Citronella candles are good too. We tend to go camping once a year but in the UK and then do a abroad holiday too. we have loads of happy memories from camping holidays.
We made a bit of an amateur mistake the first night and left the door to the tent open a bit too long at night when we had the lantern on and there were loads of bugs inside the tent. We had to put the lantern outside and sit in the dark for a bit so most of them went out. Luckily none went in the bedroom bit though as I honestly can't bear that noise mosquitos make! We really enjoyed our first time properly camping, we would definitely do it again! x
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
A dog is hands down the best security system you can have camping. It looks like you all had a good time 😁
Hey Katie! Happy camping! I have always wondered why you guys haven't camped before as I think it suits your family and lifestyle well. We love camping and we actually have that tent it is great but the slightly smaller version. You were brave going to a camp site without electric for the first time but it looked like a great place. I understand about being nervous about going on a big campsite to start with! Especially with having to film a vlog too! We go camping every summer but I must admit I am a day or two camper I couldn't go for any longer!
Hi Sophie thanks for the message. 😍 We’ve done glamping before in glamping tents and we recently went to Devon in Easter and stayed in a shepherds hut that had an outside shower and compost toilet and things, plus we’ve camped with friends in their tent, but we’ve always wanted to try going ourselves but it always felt a bit daunting. So it was so fun trying out the Millets and Hi-Gear range and now we feel more confident to go again. We’d love to go more often.
Yes I’m a bit awkward filming 🤣🤣🤣😅 so this campsite suited us perfectly the first time. And I think I could do more days if I was on a campsite with more facilities like a shower block, but this was perfect for our first trip as we could only do 2 nights anyway due to our holiday to Portugal and also my daughters football training.
Although I don’t know how people pack the car for more than 2 nights, our car was full to the brim 🤣🤣
@@katie_ellison Yes camping suits your family perfectly :)x
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
You are always such an ispiration, we are a family of 3 happy campers, with same tent for longer camping and also got a slightly smaller air tent which you just pump up for our weekend camping. We love going exploring, kayaking, bbqs, star gazing, all the outdoors, I have better night sleeps now when camping than i do at home , love all the fun you have in this video , relate especially to the hunt for a 2p machine x
Thanks so much Cheryl. Ooh love the idea of a smaller tent for shorter camping trips. You sound like us. We love the outdoors- paddle boards, walking, star gazing, hikes, wild swimming, but we had yet to properly try camping. I am grateful we got the opportunity to go as I knew we would love it. And aren't 2p machines a must on a seaside holiday!! xx
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
We want to try camping but like you said I feel a bit overwhelmed with choice and not sure where to start. I'll check the discount code out thank you. xx
We were exactly the same. We were originally going to try and do a mixture of camping and hotels in Switzerland this summer and we went to a Go Outdoors back in April to start looking and we just had no clue what we needed so we gave up on that idea, plus we still had a bit of a flight voucher left from pre covid so we ended up going to Portugal. But I feel more prepared now we have done it once. We really enjoyed it. And it was kind of Millets to give me the discount code. I hope it helps :) x
A few years back I became obsessed with camping, as a family we spent over £1000 on a tent, all manner of camping equipment. We booked a camping holiday and absolutely hated it!! SO much prep before going, tidying away after, it was a nightmare. Boiling hot in the day, freezing at night…I could go on.
Genuinely believe your either a camper of your not, we’re defo in the latter group! x
oh no Katie what a nightmare! Bless you have you tried again since? I knew I was going to enjoy it cause we are quite outdoorsy but I can see why you are in one of two camps (excuse the pun haha). I don't know if that the moment I could do more than maybe 4 or 5 nights though, just cause you never sleep quite as well do you? I know some people go for 2 weeks and things! x
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
Hope you enjoyed
Highly recommend cotswold farm park campsite it's so good and you can get free entry to the farm park!
ooh that sounds great thank you lovely. I would really like to try a bigger campsite with more facilities next.
I love camping except putting the tent up and down🏕️😂.... I read that book on holiday and absolutely loved it ❤️
I was really worried about it haha cause we hadn't done it before, it was pretty straightforward. I say straightforward, I did nothing, Jon did it all! ;)
@@katie_ellison that's partly why we've not been, we used to go with friends but they don't have a tent now, and altho my husband puts it up I need to hold a certain bit and I'm not tall enough😂
For your next big trip to the US, I think your family would love camping in or around Acadia National Park in Maine. Or glamping 😂. It seems right up your street
Hi Katie, great video. Love camping, prefer quite sites to busy ones. You mentioned you looked on a website of private campsites. A big ask (as this video is a bit old now), but could you share it. Thanks.
Hi James of course we used a website called hip camp! :)
Hi, where did you stay please? Great video. ❤
This inspires me a lot! I would love to start a camping/travelling vlog too soon and this gives me so much courage and inspiration, thank you! You are wonderful!
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
Love your cosy vlogs Katie! Please do some more.
Thanks Lauren I am so glad you are enjoying them. x
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
That looks really good - I’ve never been camping ⛺️
It was so much fun! A lovely couple of days x
That tent looks awesome!
It was such a good one! So much space and actually so easy to put up considering we hadn’t put a tent up in ages. Plus it was great quality too.
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
Hi, what is the name of your campsite where you are at looks lovely.
You are so good at making cosy vlogs that make me want to go on the trips you do. This camping trip looked lovely. Are you doing a portugal vlog? x
Ah thanks so much Lily! We had so much fun on the camping trip we will definitely go camping again next year. I’m not doing a Portugal vlog, I mainly concentrated on reels and instagram as I also wanted to switch off a bit and enjoy a holiday with the kids 😍
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
What was the site you booked this on?
We used a site called wildpoint but the lady who owned the pitch had a couple of problems with them (that got resolved in the end) so I’m not sure if I’d recommend them or not. They were fine with us but from her end she was having troubles. Her site is on Airbnb too, that’s a good one for camping and funding unique stays too x
@@katie_ellison ah ok that looks perfect for what I'm looking for, can you share the site? I have 2 children with ASD and having our own space would be great x
@@becksbradford6816 here we go lovely here is the link to the campsite- www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/50132241?check_in=2022-09-06&check_out=2022-09-07&guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=ec174596-5144-47d6-bb1a-1413e34cd56c
We're going to try camping next summer and I won't lie, I'm quite nervous 😂 this looks lovely though! I've never camped before, my husband is a pro and our daughter will be coming up for 3. Fingers crossed!
Hi from Australia,
I just read your comment and thought you might like to look at my camp set up, Australian locations and camp cook ups.
Cheers and travel safe🇦🇺
Craig
Out There Touring
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Thank you lovely hope you are well x
Why when people talk to the camera why don’t they take off their sun glasses
My burning question, did they win the fiver??? 😊
nooo course they didn't haha! Bloody tricksters! ;) They were so sure they were going to win it as well. x
I’m disappointed that your last few vlogs were ad’s
Hi Lisa I am sorry you are disappointed. I am really proud of the brands I work with and love doing ads. If they aren’t for you you don’t have to watch them. Of course I would love people to watch them as I put an effort into them, enjoy making them, and am proud to work with the brands I do. I always hope the video is still interesting to watch regardless if part of it is an ad. I turn down 90% of the brand work offered to me but sometimes there are more brand videos in a row than others if I think the ad is a good fit, but then I’ll also go months without an ad on here too. Sometimes even though the work is done weeks a part, circumstances will mean the brands want them up at a similar time, or they’ll take a long time to look at them etc so they end up going up close to each other. It’s also been the school holidays so I have been busy with the kids and therefore unable to space out other videos in between. I will always be honest and transparent and declare them at the start and in the description so you can choose whether to watch or not. So many people don’t do this so you don’t even know if what you are watching is an ad anyway. Sorry if you are disappointed but I am grateful to be working with brands. Always happy to hear feedback though.
@@katie_ellison Katie, thank you for your reply. I enjoyed your vlogs, and was so pleased to see recent ones. But sad they were ad’s. I understand you have a living to make and most important are clear before I watch, I suppose as your children grow content changes. I really hope there are no hard feeling.
@@lisagapper398 thanks Lisa for replying to me and of course no hard feelings at all. I recognised your name as soon as I saw it as I know we’ve chatted in comments before. It is tricky cause I know people aren’t keen on ads, but then also like you say this is the way I know make part of my living. I do enjoy making ads if I feel they are the right fit. You tube has been a bit of a funny one for me for a while (I’m much more active on instagram) because like you say my kids are growing up and therefore the videos I make has to change as a result. I hope I can come to a happy medium where people still enjoy them and also I feel comfortable with what I share. A large portion of my time it’s just me at home working and the kids are at school and then I spend my evenings ferrying them about to their clubs. 🤣 I hope I’ll get into the swing of you tube where I continue to share videos but in a way that works for me and the people who used to watch my videos. I’d love to know what kind of videos you enjoy on others channels? And please know absolutely no hard feelings, I know there’s been a few more ads than usual recently, and I do appreciate that feedback. X