Camping pods, you’ll not need a tent

[Pootler]

Cut and retitled from a thread about solo travel.

Richard

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I have done a couple of trips using camping pods instead of canvas camping. Lots about in the UK and elsewhere with varying levels of comfort, facilities and price variation in some great locations + no need to carry a tent.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

Whenever I've looked at camping pods they've been more expensive than some local B&Bs.

 

[Spookos]

We use Youth Hostels, cheap but decent clean accommodation. Very good for groups, as there are 8 or more of us on occasion.

 

[Pootler]

Depends where you go and when, some are kitted out for the family stay market. In May 2017 I stayed in one in Glencoe at £40 per night but it had heating, 4 berth sleeping, microwave and telly. Later in October I stayed in one in Cornwall at £70 per night and apart from a futon bed, a light and a socket it was bare. There are good basic one about if you look.

 

[Deleted account 240831001]

Camping pods are great if you want a short winter break going dog walking or similar and don’t want the hassle of a wet dog in a tent.

 

[Santa-2512]

Camping pods are great if you want a short winter break going dog walking or similar and don’t want the hassle of a wet dog in a tent.

Especially if some kind person leaves the heating on for you

Seriously it was brilliant, arrived warm and very wet , and within an hour i was toasty warm , and clothing drying on the floor

 

[Deleted account 240831001]

Especially if some kind person leaves the heating on for you

Seriously it was brilliant, arrived warm and very wet , and within an hour i was toasty warm , and clothing drying on the floor

It’s the way forward

Being in a pod certainly helped after I managed to break the zip on my sleeping bag the first night I was there and it’s much easier to feed a dog in a pod rather than outside when it’s bitterly cold in the morning.

 

[Udders]

The certainly like them in Norway. Most campsites have a few.
Let’s face it, we all love camping in tents ( most of us anyway ) but if it’s cold, wet and miserable for a few days, why the hell not!

 

[gerarddwatts]

Wonder what it would take for Margaret to put a few in at Dent?

 

[Barnoe]

Good idea but i guarantee that if you set off without a tent and sleeping bag you will come unstuck.

"Hi can, i have a pod for the night"
"sorry pal all booked up and pods are a minimum 3 nights anyway at £50 a night"

Doh!!!
Now its raining and you have no cover for the night and the nearest hotel is £250 a night with a car park for the bike on the opposite side from your room, leaving your bike in robbers paradise.

Ill stick to carrying a tent and bag
Usually £10 for the night.

 

[alan29]

Bunch of bikers rented a couple of pods at the site where I have a static.
Didnt ask what was provided. Came without sleeping bags and found themselves sleeping with no bedding.
Always ask what is provided.

 

[The Other PaulG]

We use Youth Hostels, cheap but decent clean accommodation. Very good for groups, as there are 8 or more of us on occasion.

If you like Youth Hostels, I can strongly recommend Cote Ghyll Mill at Osmotherley, near Northallerton.

I booked it for a group of about 10 cyclists a couple of years ago and it was perfect - good twin rooms, decent canteen, safe bike store, a 15 minute walk from the village with a very fine pub with excellent beer and food... and on the edge of such a beautiful area, anything east of there is fantastic.

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[Santa-2512]

Wonder what it would take for Margaret to put a few in at Dent?

A miracle?