We went on our first family camping holiday at the end of August and managed to pick about the only weekend of hot sunny weather this whole summer. Alex absolutely loved it. Even Chris enjoyed himself despite having been resolutely anti-camping all his adult life. (He had been traumatised by too many camping holidays in the rain stuck in a caravan with parents mid-divorce!)
We went to a very nice little campsite called Burgh Castle (although it is surrounded by large caravan parks) in the Norfolk Broads at the end of August. It was pretty quiet with one end under the trees reserved just for tents. We borrowed a friends four man tent and packed up the boot of our very small car (VW Polo) and off we went. It is possible to go camping as a family and not have to hire a truck to do it! We met up with Chris's brother and sister and all Alex's cousins at the campsite. Chris's sister brought all the cooking gear and tables etc in her car so we did have some help on that front. It was great as all the kids played together running around in the sunshine and in the evenings we all gathered around for a BBQ of home-reared pork sausages and salads etc.
We spent the days either at the beach or wandering along the river banks watching the birdlife. Coming home from a Sunday lunch at the local pub we watched the sunset over the reedbeds and listened to the geese honking overhead. Bliss.
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