Things I have learnt from Sleeping in a Tent

Last Saturday Top Ender was being very sweet and said that as part of Mummy Daughter Date night, she would love to camp in the back garden with me. I don't think that she knew that I would be able to resist the way she asked (with innocence and love) and so secretly arranged with Daddy that we would camp in the back garden.

I know that you are probably all bored to death of me and my Flip, but I did take a few minutes of footage on it because I like things that make nice noises and that I get given without knowing about. So this was how we let Top Ender know what was going on.

But I know that you are wanting to know more about these useful things I have learnt from Sleeping in a Tent and so here they are. I hope that one day you find them useful. 

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  Buy a Pop Up Tent. They make things easy.
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  Don't pitch a tent on a hill. Children roll in their sleep
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  Neighbours will have parties that are really loud when you want to go to sleep
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  When Chickens lay eggs they cluck really loudly
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  Neighbours who are in their garden chatting at 3am don't realise that other people might be listening in
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  Children don't understand about personal space boundaries
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  Children will wake you up if they think they have to tell you something
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  It gets bright really early in the Summer
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  Tents are not designed for tall people
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  Dogs bark really loudly at Cats
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  Cats meow really loudly at Dogs
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  The Dawn Chorus is loud. And at Dawn.

 But the best thing I learnt was you should always have something handy with which to film something.