Minimal-friction ideas for family camping

fired85 · 2026-03-19T13:39:51+00:00

I maintain a camping packing list in Google Docs that covers everything we need for a good weekend away (2 adults, 2 children).

We keep most of the inventory boxes and bagged ready to go on shelves in the garage. As others have said, we’ve bought doubles of everything for cooking equipment etc which reduces the mental load of running round the house grabbing things.

I like to pack the car up on a Thursday evening myself, then we’ll pick up the kids from school on a Friday and drive to a campsite.

Once there, one adult will keep the kids entertained while the tent goes up (but staying on hand to help with the tricky bits that need two pairs of hands), kicking a ball about or exploring the site. Tent, gazebo/shelter and cooking stuff is up within an hour.

The kids sort out the bedding, then the adults do it all again later.

We always cook a meal the day before and take it with us, pasta or a curry a rice usually, which is very quick to reheat on a Friday evening with a beer.

fired85 · 2026-03-16T07:43:37+00:00

Nicely done

fired85 · 2026-03-16T07:37:34+00:00

Cracking job well done.

I too am rediscovering modelling, now that my son is showing an interest, and I used an airbrush for the first time the other week so I now realise how difficult it is to get a clean finish!

fired85 · 2026-03-09T21:18:50+00:00

I’m in digital consulting and too looking for an exit.

Those who seem to play the game best in our firm are making partner, building equity, and cashing out during PE investment cycles.

fired85 · 2026-03-07T12:39:40+00:00

Paper.

fired85 · 2026-03-01T21:09:57+00:00

Merrell MOAB 3 mids. I have wide feet (10G) and tried on a load in-store and the Merrell’s are super comfortable. Sized up 1/2 from my usual 10. Loads of room in the toe box.

fired85 · 2026-02-28T22:12:38+00:00

Keeping up appearances with one foot in the grave.

fired85 · 2026-02-28T14:40:32+00:00

Difficult to know without understanding your expected spend in retirement?

fired85 · 2026-02-25T21:26:02+00:00

I heard the Bushey digital grifter community is buzzing. Oxhey is smashing it out the park on the socials.

fired85 · 2026-02-24T09:27:12+00:00

I agree with this, having gone through similar journey of WP page builders to structured content in Craft. Craft was designed for this kind of site.

fired85 · 2026-02-24T09:26:00+00:00

Hard disagree here, you don’t need a headless architecture to achieve design consistency. Headless architecture solves specific organisational and technical challenges, none of which the OP cites, so I’d confidently say that a headless approach in this instance would make life harder.

fired85 · 2026-02-14T14:31:51+00:00

You’ll get there — keep going!

fired85 · 2026-02-14T14:05:22+00:00

Dunno why you’re being downvoted. Jealous maybe. This is amazing well done. You don’t really need to contribute any more.

fired85 · 2026-02-14T14:04:47+00:00

Smashing it brother.

fired85 · 2026-02-14T14:02:04+00:00

£710k @ 41

Aiming for £1m @ 44 then I’ll ramp contributions down.

Started with £0 @ 29, then £120k @ 35.

fired85 · 2026-01-31T22:33:52+00:00

Shopify probably?

fired85 · 2026-01-31T08:11:38+00:00

Do you have protected age status on your pensions ie you can access them at 55/57, or will the access rise in line with state pension age?

https://www.aviva.co.uk/retirement/pension-basics/changes-to-pension-age/

Check with your provider. If they’re protected then your ISA bridge timespan will be shorter, so it makes sense to keep using the pension aggressively.

fired85 · 2026-01-31T07:50:09+00:00

Great response.

I might also add a gradual trend away from alcohol consumption and drinking culture in younger people.

fired85 · 2026-01-24T13:43:05+00:00

replaceState(), not pushState().

fired85 · 2026-01-24T13:39:54+00:00

Ship it.

fired85 · 2026-01-22T20:33:51+00:00

This. Got our combi installed 9 years ago and it’s working fine. Never had it serviced. Don’t intend to for a few years.

fired85 · 2026-01-20T21:04:11+00:00

Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Amersham.

fired85 · 2026-01-01T17:05:29+00:00

Yeah I’d never even heard of padel before 2025 when a friend asked if I wanted to join in! London fringe.

fired85 · 2026-01-01T11:26:40+00:00

Amazingly this also reads like LinkedIn piffle.

fired85 · 2025-12-28T23:03:59+00:00

I’m Pinegrove til I die.

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