With the tickets for the 2025 expo now on sale. You can buy them early. But I see no reason whatsoever to do so. There is no early bird discount. They won’t sell out. So getting them just before hand or even on the day makes no difference. You still have to queue.

In the last couple of weeks I put in my holiday request to cover the dates of the expo, and it has been approved.

This is the only holiday dates I care about. The rest of my holiday and when I take it off doesn’t really bother me.

But now knowing I have the time off work I can now go ahead and book my accommodation. Which as my previous posts have highlighted will be under canvas at a campsite within striking distance of the expo.

Yes I have a campsite in mind.

There are three more items I am looking at for making my car camping experience a bit more “luxurious”. The first is a cool box, an electric hook up cable, and a folding camp bed.

Yes I can get a pitch at the planned camp site with an electric hook up point. So I could charge my devices, etc. That would take the pressure off having to try and power my phone or OutIn Nano.

Also the cool box I’m looking at is electric, running off the mains or car cigarette lighter socket. The nice thing about this is I can also use it when I’m off on training courses staying in hotels.

The camp bed I’m looking at getting is either a Naturehike or OEX one. They are low profile and something I could use when visiting Nath so I’m not sleeping on his sofa. Or after he moves have setup in his spare room.

I like having car camping gear I can use elsewhere. It makes me feel I’m getting value and use out of my purchases.

I’m starting to get excited about the camping experience. I’m hoping that this will be my most chilled expo.