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Things you are never without.
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:12 pmby chris fixxy
Currently restocking my van for the summer season.
What do you always take with you on a weekend away?
I guess a torch and leatherman are what i am never without.
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:45 pmby PapaW
Spare gas
food food anf food!
Water
utility tool/penkinfe etc.
sauce sacets (taken from a pub/resturant ogf course)
bungee cords.. you can never have too many of them
first aid kid with extra plasters.
rubber gloves if you have to dig into the engine and other assorted spares like fuses, oil, WD40, and more water
DUCK TAPE!
fresh lot of music
disposable bbqs/bbq carcoal
rope
bin bags
a big tarporlin
string
some things off my head
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:45 pmby tomcat360
Duct tape.
Always.
Plus my tools, usually a set of impact sockets, the average joe's tool box, some wrenches, a jack, filter wrench, pressure guage, spare tire, etc etc. I also have this really really sweet thing that you charge up at home, and has jumper cables, so you can jump your car on the beach by yourself if need be. Plus it has an air compressor so you can fill up your tires after you bleed them for the beach. It was only like 50 bucks, and if you use it once it's most definately worth it. All that stuff always rides with me, on a surf trip, just add boards, quart of resin, suncure, ton of wax, leashes, fins, etc. I have a big box I just throw in the car.
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:00 pmby drowningbitbybit
RAC cover.
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:11 pmby tomcat360
Oh my god how did I forget!?!
Lots of music and a case of Gatorade. Ohhhh yeahhh
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:13 pmby chris fixxy
drowningbitbybit wrote:RAC cover.
too right
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:20 pmby WooD
Cell phone, and a credit / debit card. I travel light.
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:29 pmby thaya
hmmmmmmmmmmm.... my essentials would be water, a bit of food (that will last) for emergencies, gas cylinder hair straighteners (how could a girl live without them?!) hairbrush, torch, flip flops, toilet paper (essential if camping), music, phone with car charger (mainly to tell the time) plasters, vasoline, suncream, scissors (surprisingly always useful) toothbrush & paste, and then clothes etc.
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:34 pmby pat42
And that's just to go to the corner shop, eh Thaya
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:39 pmby thaya
I admit I'm known for NOT travelling light!!!! I'm starting to worry about what to take to Hawaii... but I'm beginning to think actually I only need some swimwear, shorts etc and makeup. Everything else I can buy when I get there.
Is anyone here really good at travelling light? How do you manage it? What I really hate is if you only take 2 pairs of trousers and then both get wet through (with rain!) and then you have to go around looking like a soggy mess as you can't dry them!
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:43 pmby libby
Oooooh Thaya does that mean your going to have straightners at the summer meet?!!!!
I'll give you some money for an extra cylinder if it means i can borrow them! He he he.
And dont judge people, when you've seen my post surf state you will be begging me to do something to reduce the horror.....
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:09 pmby PapaW
TP... Yes! TP always have some spare rolls in the van!
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:42 pmby thaya
Yes! No probs! If anyone else wants to use them (female or male!) you're more than welcome.
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:48 pmby Phil
drowningbitbybit wrote:RAC cover.
*rembers that day at saunton*
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:08 pmby chris fixxy
i just spent about an hour perving over just just kampers accesories. I dont need them, I really dont need loads of obscure camping stuff. I just want them in the same way I used to want things from an argos catalog when i was a kid.
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:21 pmby Milo
Don`t forget the board`s.
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:25 pmby Sar
water, food, beer, tobacco, change of clothes, cards and cash, hairbrush and shower stuff with towel and the intention to buy a first aid kit.
Surfboard and wetsuit - though I had to turn back to get the wetsuit last time
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:33 pmby ^*^BATMAN^*^
Going on a surfing trip around here normaly is only for the day. So it would be boards, wetsuit(gloves & boots), wax, spare leash, water, food, wallet, cell phone, map. Really dont need alot. If it was a weekend thing, it would probably mean my tent, sleeping bag, abolutions kit, lantern, more food....ect
Posted:
Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:46 pmby Stone Fox
thaya wrote:Is anyone here really good at travelling light?
Work out if there is anything you can't get there, and only take that. I've gone away before with just a change of clothes, a camera and my passport.
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:53 pmby tomcat360
If it doesn't fit in my backpacking pack, then it doesn't go. Unless it's in the name of surfing, then I make some room