First camp!

Easter Saturday 2011 will be remembered for the weather and the first night out camping in the van. I finished shaping the silver screens in the week and this was the last job I needed to do before we could comfortably camp in the van.
We decided to stay local and went to http://www.blacklandsfarm.co.uk/. Hadn't been here before and we were pleasantly surprised, loads of space and quite informal.
Things went well, we didn't forget anything major, the weather was hotter than July and evening was warm too.
In the picture you can see the new Quechua pop up awning/tent. I have a full awning but it takes a while to put up. Previously if I didn't put up the awning I used a pup tent as a shed to store clobber and mark the pitch when off site.This awning literally pops up, you have to wrestle with it a bit to put it down but it beats threading poles any day.
The night in the van was comfortable. All in all a great first trip.

In the evening we were joined by family