and you'll have the added advantage that they'll insult each other and fall out silently via msn mitherer ianIan Hulley wrote:Citizen Smith wrote:Don't wish to seem picky but should laptop and wild camping be used in the same senternce - which they probably weren't but you get my drift.
Cheers
Wolfie
If it weren't for the fact we have 2 children you're probably right, however teenagers can only play on the beach with their dad for so long without relapsing into real life.
Besides me and Jackie also enjoy sitting and watching a dvd in an evening with a glass of wine after incinerating some bits of meat.
What are we supposed to do ? Practice our knot tying or polish our shoes ready for the morning ?
Laptops & wild camping
Moderators: User administrators, Moderators
Re: Laptops & wild camping
LT owner and positively rattling around with the new found space
member 3339
member 3339
Re: Laptops & wild camping
ian.you could always take up whittling.or better still peg making.you could then sell them to the locals wherever you stop.. 
2.1 LPG/Petrol Auto Caravelle
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
- Ian Hulley
- Registered user
- Posts: 12661
- Joined: 11 Oct 2005, 08:08
- 80-90 Mem No: 1323
- Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire ... or at t'mill
Re: Laptops & wild camping
Mind , surely once it's dark we should have our Horlicks and be off to bed with an enlightening novel.
Nah, I'll stick with watching an Indiana Jones or Python dvd.
Nah, I'll stick with watching an Indiana Jones or Python dvd.
The Hulley's Bus
1989 2.1DJ Trampspotter
LPG courtesy of Steve @ Gasure
1989 2.1DJ Trampspotter
LPG courtesy of Steve @ Gasure
- Louey
- Registered user
- Posts: 5285
- Joined: 30 Sep 2005, 14:24
- 80-90 Mem No: 1108
- Location: Birmingham
Re: Laptops & wild camping
if you're on the move quite a bit Ian, you'll have no worries charging the batteries. What about a solar charger as a back up for topping up the leisure battery too.
▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄█▓▒░ Louey ▒▓█▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Re: Laptops & wild camping
Ian Hulley wrote:Mind , surely once it's dark we should have our Horlicks and be off to bed with an enlightening novel.![]()
Nah, I'll stick with watching an Indiana Jones or Python dvd.
Yes sorry about that. Forget entertaining the kids. You need to keep the grown ups occupied lest more damned kids get instigated!
Cheers
Wolfie
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
"A quiet shy boy who took little part in games or sport"
88 High top 2.1 WBX
"A quiet shy boy who took little part in games or sport"
88 High top 2.1 WBX
-
jed the spread
- Trader
- Posts: 9020
- Joined: 09 Oct 2005, 17:31
- 80-90 Mem No: 1967
- Location: Sutton in'it Syncronaut: 123
- Contact:
Re: Laptops & wild camping
Ian Hulley wrote:
Besides me and Jackie also enjoy sitting and watching a dvd in an evening with a glass of wine after incinerating some bits of meat.
?

OOOOO I SAY!!!!!
jed
- Ian Hulley
- Registered user
- Posts: 12661
- Joined: 11 Oct 2005, 08:08
- 80-90 Mem No: 1323
- Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire ... or at t'mill
Re: Laptops & wild camping
Citizen Smith wrote: You need to keep the grown ups occupied lest more damned kids get instigated!![]()
Cheers
Wolfie

That'd be somewhat unlikely Mr Smith.
Oh and btw my daughters AREN'T 'damned kids'
The Hulley's Bus
1989 2.1DJ Trampspotter
LPG courtesy of Steve @ Gasure
1989 2.1DJ Trampspotter
LPG courtesy of Steve @ Gasure
-
Fritz
- Registered user
- Posts: 1628
- Joined: 17 Jul 2006, 22:51
- 80-90 Mem No: 380
- Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire
Re: Laptops & wild camping
Me and our lass have very recently joined the 'gadget' club with a very nice iPod touch which can do every thing a lap top will do and more besides,,,,it is compact and can hold more Apps than you can shake a stick at......it comes Wi Fi compatable great for those early mornings in McD's or late afternoons in Costa Coffee or donglised in a field near you....
Check em out before you buy the portable PC....
Regards
Fritz,,,,,,,
Bump,,,,,,,oops I have just passed my contact details onto you.......and I only nudged you as I was passing you to go for a pi$$.....
Check em out before you buy the portable PC....
Regards
Fritz,,,,,,,
Bump,,,,,,,oops I have just passed my contact details onto you.......and I only nudged you as I was passing you to go for a pi$$.....
One day you will find me,,
Driving in my Camper,
With a Surf and Paisley wrap on both sides....
Driving in my Camper,
With a Surf and Paisley wrap on both sides....
-
busbuddy
- Registered user
- Posts: 399
- Joined: 22 Jul 2006, 22:02
- 80-90 Mem No: 3043
- Location: Leicester
Re: Laptops & wild camping
decide exactly what you want from the laptop (home use and camping) before you even step in the shop and then stick to your choice
I got a toshiba tecra m1 a few years back, had the big battery put in (can watch 2 dvds before it dies) as some laptops have a battery life that is laughable, had a second big battery supplied and had the toshiba 12v fag lighter power supply put in my bundle as well. Took a bit of arguing with the salesman to get it all without being ripped off but got there in the end, its used every day all year round and getting a bit old now but apart from a ram upgrade its perfect for me.
I used to use a usb tv thing in my bay with an indoor set top aerial clamped in the poptop, worked ok until you went to hilly areas. Had a T-mobile stick for a couple of years and only camped a couple of places I dont get signal.
I got a toshiba tecra m1 a few years back, had the big battery put in (can watch 2 dvds before it dies) as some laptops have a battery life that is laughable, had a second big battery supplied and had the toshiba 12v fag lighter power supply put in my bundle as well. Took a bit of arguing with the salesman to get it all without being ripped off but got there in the end, its used every day all year round and getting a bit old now but apart from a ram upgrade its perfect for me.
I used to use a usb tv thing in my bay with an indoor set top aerial clamped in the poptop, worked ok until you went to hilly areas. Had a T-mobile stick for a couple of years and only camped a couple of places I dont get signal.
'88 1.9tdi karmann cheetah