1970s Camping Holidays Are Back But They Can Be Comfortable Thanks to Modern Gadgets Like Steam Mops

Camping has never been as popular, with TheThese days, however, carvan owners now install
Camping and Caravanning Club announcing that allmicrowaves into their 'mobile' homes. They are even
their British campsites are full during these hardshowers in today's caravans and water doesn't have
economic times. For those brought up on campingto be pumped before flowing into a sink. These days
and caravanning in the 1970s, the global financialare simple turn of a tap does the trick.
meltdown has meant many are having to revisit theirAwnings too have also been overhauled. These
nostalgic past. Those memories of long hot summers,tent-like structures,attached to caravans, now come
when they used to get up early to visit local farmswith plastic windows. Thirty somethings can even
for milk, are flooding back. Memories too of ramblingwatch how to put awnings up on YouTube on the
through beautiful Devon countryside withoutinternet, many camping and caravan sites now have
seemingly a care in the world, perhaps finding anWi -Fi access.
ancient oak tree to climb.Modern tents are much easier to erect with only
Those children brought up on camping thirty yearsseveral long poles. Tents are compact but cleverly
ago are now in their late 30s. Many now have theirare much larger when put up then their predecessors.
own kids. Like their parents, they are investing inThere's room for several 'bedrooms' and many tents
family tents. Some are hiring or buying caravans andhave an extensive lobby area with porch. A
setting off to re-kindle a past which has long beenwonderful change is that there's little danger of
forgotten. But are these 30 year - olds seeing theirwater pouring in as side walls and ground sheets now
past through rose-tinted spectacles?come stitched together. That means no more
These new parents will find that much is the same asmopping up pools of water after a heavy rainfall.
the 1970s, the weather for instance is still asInstead simple, steam mops, which plug in to the
unpredictable in Britain as it always was. A sunnysupplied electric socket, can be very effective at
British holiday is simply delightful but one that rainskeeping the tent clean.
everyday is truly ghastly. As they will soonTweets
remember, you never quite get dry again whenSimple text messages or tweets can now fill in
you're camping.relatives and friends with how the families are
Camping And Caravan Pitches Now Equipped Withenjoying their holidays. But somehow these modern
Electricitycommunication methods are not the same as picture
Perhaps the major difference over the last thirtypostcards.
years is that nearly all camping and caravan pitchesSo when your friends in their 30s announce that they
now come equipped with access to the electricity.are going camping or caravanning, just like it was in
This makes for a much more comfortable holidaythe 1970s, remember that thanks to modern
than in the 1970s for several reasons.technology, it won't be the quite the same. They'll
All caravans come with electrical sockets, which areundoubtedly be taking appliances that weren't
handy for plugging into mobile phones and laptops.invented all those years ago such as the internet,
They are fitted out with carpets as standard so nomobile phones and perhaps even, steam mops. And
more mopping out cold lino floors. Instead caravanwhy shouldn't they revisit their past but with today's
carpets can be cleaned with compatible electricmodern conveniences, just expect a tweet rather
,steam mops. Some things are the same as theythan a postcard.
were in the 1970s caravan, including a fridge and hob.