Your Private Camping Weekend - Planning Guide

(**Check our Bookings Calendar for availability**)

Sharing the cost with friends and family - is the key to getting good value from the Private Camping service. Please use this page to help organise your Private Camping weekend and get an instant per head / per household price guide. When you are ready ... contact us to find out about availability, confirm the price, and book your Private Camping weekend. (info@privatecamping.co.uk)

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If you have already saved a Private Camping enquiry ... Welcome back - use your username & password here to retrieve it and make changes.
For example ... if some of your group drop out at the last minute simply use the form to reduce the numbers and get a new per head / per household price guide.
- What's the Event? ... A Title, Name or Reason for your weekend. (put anything you like!)

(Change the numbers below according to your group size) (Click on the title of each item below for more information)

- Total number of people - Max 30 - That will be using the camp field and facilities at any one time.(including children over 4)
- Total number sharing the cost - Per head? or Per Household? - How you share the cost is up to you.
- Number of Nights - Minimum is 2 nights (Usually from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon) Max is 5 nights.

(To find out the total overall price - at anytime - simply reduce the "total sharing cost" number to 1 and recalculate)

£ - Cost Per Person (for nights) with sharing the cost. - (!** Cash discount - save £ from the total group price. **!)

ALREADY INCLUDED: This is the minimum amount of facilities ... farmers will not agree to rent a field unless The Private Camping Company are providing at least the basic facilities below.
(You must use the tick boxes to select at least - Field, choice of Toilet, Firepit & Waste Removal)

£ The Field - Locating a field, Liaise with farmer, Field Rent, Site mgt, Insurance, Permits, Site visits, etc etc

£ x Composting Toilet - There is no flush, a handful of lavender scented sawdust is all thats needed
£ x Chemical Toilet - If your budget will allow ... you may find these easier to keep clean.
£ FirePit and Wood - Large Firepit plus enough wood for a weekend - refills will cost £24
£ Waste and Recycling - Bottles, cans and plastic are recycled - paper / cardboard can be burnt in the firepit

£ Delivery of equipment and facilities to the Private Camping site - and removal afterwards (must be selected!)

£ - Cost Per Person (for nights) with sharing the cost - (!** Cash discount - save £ from the total group price. **!)

ESSENTIAL EXTRAS: These items are strongly recommended ... but it is possible to do without some of these items if you really want a back to basics camping experience.

£ The Marquee - Large canvas ex-Military, frame style, Marquee - plus one large table.

Strongly recommended!! this weatherproof Military Marquee provides a large covered area as a shelter from the infamous Lake District weather - so even heavy rain and wind won't spoil your weekend!.

£ Woodburning Stove - Simple wood stove/heater - fits inside Marquee and will transform the camping experience!
£ Water - 200 litres of water for drinking, washing and cleaning.
£ Electric - A 12v Battery power pack - with USB charging points, 12v power sockets, LED lighting for marquee.
£ Lanterns / Vintage Oil Lamps - If you don't want electric - or just need a back-up - enough Oil Lamps to light the marquee
£ Shower Tent and Porta Shower - Shower Tent, small wash basin, and a Hozelock Porta Shower (Just fill with warm water)

£ - Cost Per Person (for nights) with sharing the cost. - (!** Cash discount - save £ from the total group price. **!)

THE EXTRAS: Here is our ever expanding list of extras we can organise for you - why not let us provide a bit of extra comfort.

Seating: Folding camping chairs are ok ... but Sofas are better!!.. comfy seating is more important than you think!.
(We recommend something like x2 Sofas and x3 Chillout seating areas for a group of 20 people)

£ x Sofas - Our own specially designed comfy sofas to go inside the Marquee.
£ x Chill out / Seating areas - Like large sofas, but cheaper ... basically raised areas with lots of cushions - bedouin style!

£ Water Heater / Shower Unit - Portable Instant Water Heater - use as shower, or for washing up ... instant hot water!
£ Campfire Kettle - A large (8.9 litre) Kettle - use directly on your campfire to heat water for washing or drinking!
£ Washing Up Barrel - Recycled barrel fitted with a large sink - really useful for lots of washing up.
£ Fridge - Camping fridge powered by CP250 Gas Cartridges or electric.
£ Cooking Shelter - A separate covered area for cooking. (Does not include any cooking or kitchen equipment)

£ - Cost Per Person (for nights) with sharing the cost - (!** Cash discount - save £ from the total group price. **!)

FOOD AND FUN: Food / Drink options, Music and Games.

£ Half Barrel BBQ - A large BBQ made from recycled oil drum - includes 1x 6kg bag of charcoal.

£ BBQ Chef - Includes large BBQ, local meats, salads & bread and an experienced BBQ Chef.(£16 p/head)

£ Breakfast Buns - x1 large sausage, bacon and egg breakfast bun each. Cooked in the field.(£6 p/head)

£ Hog Roast - - DIY Hog Roast - delivered part cooked for you to finish off and serve.(£15 p/head)

£ One Pot Meal - A large pot of casserole & crusty bread ... keep it warm on your camp fire and help yourself - (£7.50 p/head)

£ Pie n Peas - Traditional northern favourite - individual locally made pies with mushy peas - (£6.50 p/head)

£ BBQ Packs from local farms - Various options of high quality meat from local farms - v generous potions - (£9 p/head)

£ Fresh Eggs from local farms - Fresh free range eggs for everyone each morning!

£ x Cask of local Real Ale - (72 pints) Set-up & tapped before you arrive to give it time to settle

£ x Keg of local Lager - (88 pints) Set-up with a Jockeybox dispensing system ready for when you arrive

£ A Jockeybox lager keg cooler - Simple lager dispensing / cooling system - must be selected if you have a lager keg ordered

£ Igloo Maxcold Coolbox - Very large cool box & ice packs - 156 litre capacity will hold over 200 cans of lager!!

£ Wireless Music System - Battery powered wireless speakers - just place them around the camp - 100m range!!

£ Silent Disco Equipment - Music all night, as loud as you want, without disturbing the locals! Find out more here

£ Giant Garden Games - Currently have Giant Jenga, Connect4, Quoits, Chess etc.

£ Sports Packs - A Multi Sports Pack - plus we also have Football Goal Posts (& net), Volley Ball / Badminton Net.

£ Adventure Activity - Raft building, kayak to the island, and many more (just a guideline price, this will be organised with a local Adventure Company).

Although useful in some circumstances ... a generator is not always necessary and we generally try to discourage their use. However if you think you need one let us know your power requirements and we can help you with the decision.

£ Small Generator & water proof enclosure - a 1000w generator plus a full tank of fuel to get you started. Please see more info about generator usage - here

£ - Cost Per Person (for nights) with sharing the cost. - (!** Cash discount - save £ from the total group price. **!)

Tents For Hire - We now have a couple of sleeping arrangements for hire - please find out more - here .....(confused? - Tent Prices Explained)
(Bell Tents hire price is £60 each - max = 10 people)
Bell Tent 1 - How many sharing? - - Total cost per person (including tent hire) for these people will be - £
Bell Tent 2 - How many sharing? - - Total cost per person (including tent hire) for these people will be - £
Bell Tent 3 - How many sharing? - - Total cost per person (including tent hire) for these people will be - £

(Khyam Tent hire price is £25 each - max = 2 people)
Khyam 2 person tent 1 - How many sharing? - - Total cost per person (including tent hire) for these people will be - £
Khyam 2 person tent 2 - How many sharing? - - Total cost per person (including tent hire) for these people will be - £
Khyam 2 person tent 3 - How many sharing? - - Total cost per person (including tent hire) for these people will be - £

Now you have a rough idea of the price of a Private Camping weekend you can save your selections using the "Save My Selections" button opposite. (Don't forget to enter a Title for your Private Camping weekend and choose a username & password.)

If you are happy with the guide price and want to find out about availability, or you have any other questions please e-mail us at info@privatecamping.co.uk

(**Check our Bookings Calendar for availability**)

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