Knowing how to build a survival shelter can save your life. While lack of food can kill you in 3 weeks, and a lack of water kill you in three days, exposure can kill in a matter of a few hours! Regardless of what type of outdoor survival situation you find yourself in, you may need to build a shelter until a more permanent solution can be found.

Lean-to shelters are the easiest to build and can be constructed from almost any material. A blanket or tarp suspended on one end and weighted down on the other is considered a lean-to. Wood supported by any upright is also a lean-to. All of these will provide some protection from wind, sun, rain, snow and all can be made with items that can be found or carried in a survival backpack.

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Be Prepared for Your Next Camping Trip

When going on a camping trip, it is best to come completely prepared. Often times, when you are camping, you are pretty far away from the nearest gas station or large grocery chain – both are places that we have become dependent on in today’s society. Whether you are camping with the family in your RV or if you are hiking the wilderness alone, there are some basic necessities that you should not leave behind.

RV Camping Necessities

When you and your family go RV camping, you have the luxury of a large automobile with plenty of storage space for food, beverages and other camping equipment. You will also want to make sure that you have plenty of emergency equipment in case your RV runs into a bit of bad luck on the road. Spare tires, fully charged flashlights and cell phones as well as items such as snow chains or engine coolant, depending on which season you are traveling during.

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Camping on open grounds can be made not just during the summer or spring. These days, you can go camping even during the winter season. In fact, there are many people who are fond of setting camps even during heavy snow fall. However, before you set your camp, below are some tips that you should be aware of.

a. When you go out for a camping experience during winter, check the weather forecast for possible reports about hail storms and the like. This will help you face this kind of challenge that comes your way.

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We all use different kinds of motorcycles. We have rides for off-roading, for street driving and some may be used for both. No matter what kind you have at home, some people use this as their primary mode of transportation. Sometimes, people get their ultimate source of leisure in this vehicle. Even the greatest adventures in life can be achieved with the use of this vehicle.
You can take your road trips riding them. Day or night, you can take them with you, anytime you want to explore places. They are an advantage too especially when it comes to off-roads and when passing by narrow roads where cars and other 4-wheeled vehicle cannot take you. Therefore, if you want to take them for a road test, to see how well you can enjoy road trips with these babies, then take these tips with you:

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The global credit crunch is already having an impact on the spending habits of holiday makers and more people are considering camping in France for their holidays than in recent years. Camping holidays are cheaper than hotels, apartments and foreign rentals, but it’s also an ideal way to see the country and enjoying the wonder of nature right on your doorstep of your tent or mobile home.. Not only that but, if it’s been several years since your last camping trip, then you may well be amazed by the upgrades in comfort and facilities that have been made to France’s camping sites.
If you have indeed been out of the camping loop for a while, then you may need some advice when it comes to the planning and preparation of your camping in France break.

Here are a few tips to help you plan:

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Camping trailers can make family outdoor excursions more convenient, organized and easier. For a large family that goes on several camping excursions a year can benefit immensely from the purchase of a camping trailer. For all the locations a family might spend time exploring, the camping trailer multipurpose: it acts simultaneously as a tent and as storage space. The trailer can come in different sizes with the largest one allowing for upwards of twelve enough space to sleep. However, this is a little more expensive than most so only purchase it if you intend on using it multiple times. You get back your money each number of times you are able to use it, hassle free. They are so convenient because they can be hitched to anything: bikes, vehicles, and trucks.

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One of the joys of owning a motorhome or caravan is that you get to stay in some of the most stunning parts of the world. Whenever our motorhome and caravan insurance customers take out a policy, we like to try and find out where their most popular holiday locations are, and of course, the UK is obviously a big one.
Quite often we ask our customers where they’ve been and what they liked about different motorhome and caravan sites. And this has enabled us to produce a list of Sureterm Direct’s most popular UK caravan and holiday parks. It’s by no means a definitive guide, because there are more than 3,000 sites in the UK. But it is a list of the 25 best sites in the view of our motorhome and caravan insurance customers. And let’s face it, the views of the people who actually use these sites is the most valid.

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This summer festivals seem more fashionable than ever. The whole point of being at a festival used to be that you could escape reality and forget about being fashionable, just letting your hippy self loose for the short time you were there. It did not matter if you got covered in mud because you would be wearing your old clothes, your wellies and a big shapeless waterproof.
Today it is a whole different story. Lots of thought goes into what you pack for a festival these days. The juxtaposition of scruffiness and glamour has produced a whole new look in itself…you want the ‘festival look’ without looking like you have tried too hard.

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Throughout the UK the holiday industry relies on Caravans as many of the Holiday parks feature a large selection of new caravans on offer for holiday makers visiting the area. This has been the case since the 1950’s and 60’s where caravan holidays in the UK became extremely popular. This allowed an entirely new market to appear that meant the sales of caravans across the United Kingdom; this market grew fairly quickly from both private and public sales to private owners and large holiday parks across the country. The popularity of caravans was not expected when the caravan first appeared, but the late 50’s and 60’s were a time of big music concerts and beach holidays being very popular with people all over the UK.

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It is always a great thing to expose your children to something new, especially when they are at a young age. In a time when most kids are hooked on video games, TV watching, and computers, parents should know how to divert their attention into a fun activity that the whole family can do together. Tent camping with small children is a smart way of introducing your kids to the outdoors, and at the same time, a fun bonding activity for everyone in the family.

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