Tent Sniffing for Beginners

One of the things people worry about when camping, especially for the first time, is sleeping. The beds and the comfort are high on people's priority list. When you are a kid you'll sleep anywhere, like a cat. Gravel, grass, sand, the floor of the lounge, you get tired, you sleep and wake fairly refreshed (or get carried to bed by a caring parent and wake all warm and snuggled) but as an adult you are more likely to ache. I'm 48 and I have a neurological condition that makes me feel pain differently. I can't tell you which sleeping method will work best for you but I can tell you what I've tried and how I found it. DD is 14 and she has tested the options too. First off there is the bulkiness and weight to consider. When we camp and can park the car near our pitch then weight is not an issue but the bed still needs to fit into the car. I know of people with vans and bell tents that take whole futons. We are not those people. The first festival we went to we...

We interrupt this broadcast for a bit of luxury. I'm not really a glamper but I do need a trolley to cart all my stuff across a festival field, and I may have just found something else to balance on the top! I present "memory foam". At home I have a memory foam mattress topper, and my parents take one with them when they camp.They are beautifully comfy, evening out any tiny bumps, and cradling your body so you feel almost weightless. For people that fear the discomfort  of a camp bed it could be what finally enables you to attend a festival! Or why not take a whole comfy bed! Lots of yurt users and bell tent lovers take futons, why not ditch the rickety camp beds and get a comfy foam bed instead! I've just found out about Memory Foam Warehouse. Memory Foam Warehouse has some great products to help you catch those zzzs in your tent this summer. Sleep soundly on one of their colourful Z beds, or for something more lightweight – choose a mattress topper that ...