Camping 101...for beginners.

[Scythe13]

I've never done proper camping, just glamping (my wife likes toilets and showers). I was wondering about doing a more roughing it type of camping with my son, but not sure about our equipment. I have a good stove and torches ect, but my tent is rather large. do most of you more experienced campers use the smaller 2 man tents? Mine is a 8 person as big as a small bedroom thing but works well with the elements as we find out every time we go camping.

The best thing I can recommend it what you're capable of carrying with relative ease. I'm a huge fan of just using a basha, but I'm getting a new 1 man tent soon.

If you can carry the larger tent easily enough, then why not glamp it up?

If it's a bit bulky, I'd opt for taking something a little smaller and easier to carry.