Hints for the Motor Camper

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 70, 15 December 1933, Page 25 (Supplement)

Hints for the Motor Camper

OHRISTMAS is upon us, and all who can spare the time are busy making preparations for their annual holiday. Motor-cars have been overhauled, everything put ship-shape, and every day luggage-laden cars can be seen on every highway and byway. Camping with a motor-car has come to be recognised as one of the finest and most popular ways of spending a vacation, and it is confidently expected that this Christmas will see a record number of cars'and caravans on the road. All who set out on a motoring holiday should bear in mind that the great thing is to travel as light as possible. There are, of course, many things that cannot be done without. The following list of “things for campers to rememininililHiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHUimimiwniiiJiiiiiin

her” should be of value to all who intend to lead the simple life in their leisure time and who want to make a complete success of their holidays, whether short or long:— To take a pot scourer. To take a first-aid outfit. To have a box for the kerosene stove. To have a container for all food. To take a tin-opener and a corkscrew. To take the cleaners for the kerosene stove. To take sugar, salt, and the other condiments; To take a bowl either of canvas or of enamel. To take a mirror, soap,‘a needle and thread. That‘bare feet are better than shoes miiiuiH;llllllminiiiiiiitmin h 11iinniimiiiiiiiiiiii „ ( , h iniinnii

■ if the grass be heavy with dew. ■ To keep petrol, oil and paraffin away from all food. , To bury or burn rubbish. The pack the tent on top of all else. That paper on the.bed helps to keep one warm. •' To keep the beds well away from the wall of the tent at night. That a canvas bucket takes up very little room and is very useful. That excellent'sleeping-bags can be improvised from blankets and large safety pins. To take a ground sheet, and that it should be put in position last, over the draught Haps. To take plenty of blankets; nothing will spoil a holiday more than being cold during the night. • in