Top 5 must haves for bongo camping?

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Top 5 must haves for bongo camping?

Post by BongoBongo123 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:10 pm

I am a complete bongo camping newb... I have just bought a stainless steel camping kettle, a 15cm saucepan for beans and what not and a 14cm frying pan... we plan to use paper plates and cutlery.
We bought an emergency toilet.

What's on your "You will miss it if you do not have........top 5 list ?"

Thanks :)
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Muzorewa » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:16 pm

A bigger frying pan :wink:
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Gasy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:20 pm

Washing up bowl and liquid
Water carrier
Torch
Bigger saucepan
Proper plates and bowls
Bread knife
Tin openers
Sharp knife
Spatular thingy for fried eggs etc
Matches / lighter

You soon find you need more space
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by seventiesboy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:21 pm

Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodle and then you will see the importance of the "emergency" toilet :shock:
Why?...........Because somebody might wave back.
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Gasy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:26 pm

What's an emergency toilet
A bucket and carrier bag
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by BongoBongo123 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:10 pm

Muzorewa wrote:A bigger frying pan :wink:
Uh....now I am told. :lol:
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by BongoBongo123 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:12 pm

Gasy wrote:What's an emergency toilet
A bucket and carrier bag
Basically a log bucket..in essence... about £30.00 with a seat, you can line it with paper and...
well you get the picture.

Gasy nice list some good ones there.
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Gasy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:42 pm

Loads of the sachets of sauce , sugar , salt , vinegar, them little long life milk things, stirrers
They give them out free at fast food restaurants
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Gasy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:50 pm

Bottle opener / corkscrew
Washing up bowl or large ish plastic box with lid which will fit under seats ( can wash up in it and store all the above list in it after under the seat )
Tea towel
Tea bags / coffe
Gaffa tape ( I go nowhere with out a roll of gaffa )
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Gasy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:09 pm

Wc paper
You could get by with gaffa tape tho
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Bob » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:27 pm

A Bongo.
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by seventiesboy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:47 pm

Gasy wrote:Wc paper
You could get by with gaffa tape tho
That could smart :cry:
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Jerzy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:05 pm

Bizarrely I've just bought a bigger frying pan.
And I do have a habit, when faced with sachets of vinegar etc in places like Wetherspoons of going "ooohh...campervan vinegar!" :lol:
Oh, Asda do some good melamine mugs & plates, and I do insist on "proper" cutlery - I'm not in a tent! :)
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by Bob » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:06 pm

I'm interested in your paper cutlery.

Tip: if you use paper plates on your lap don't use steel cutlery, it will do a number on the femoral artery. :wink:
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Re: Top 5 must haves for bomgo camping?

Post by idetika » Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:31 am

I was very resourceful a few weeks ago and liberated several sachets of a variety of sauces from the pub which I promptly forgot about until a sachet of mayonnaise burst in my bag a few days later :roll:

The one thing that I try to remember is cooking oil (the spray ones are good) otherwise cleaning the frying pan can be a nightmare!
Babywipes are useful for many things and buy tins with ring pulls to avoid having a tin opener crisis (if you forget it).
Long matches are easier to use than short matches for lighting cookers and lanterns.
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