Wood burning at campsites - suggestions?

[Paul_B]

Imagine you're in a nice family campsite with all the facilities. You're sat around of an evening in the glorious weather that we get in the UK. Perhaps a libation too.

Suddenly you're missing something. Looking around you realise that by catering for your family with this holiday you're missing out on a sense of wildness, of getting back to old ways of camping out. You're missing man's red flower (reference made to a film most parents will know about).

So in a nice, manicured pitch with defined boundaries surrounded by neighbours you want fire. They're banned! Unless they're off the ground or some other means of preventing scorching of the grass. Fire bowls, wood burners, BBQs, etc. What's a good bit of kit to take?

Now I'm sure most parents out there will know that even the smallest of children take up more car.space than two adults. That means with camping kit as well car space is often hard to find for new kit...

It needs to be compact if possible!

I like wood gasifier type stoves but yet to own one. That's not good for campfire living. Hacienda do a £40 fire bowl on legs with accessories. The legs fold in. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hacienda-58106-Camping-Firebowl-Folding/dp/B00JQ9HNAQ?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00JQ9HNAQ&linkCode=as2&redirect=true&ref_=as_li_tl&tag=campfmagaz-21

What else is there?

BTW I own a honey stove but it's a pain to put together. I'd rather the product is very easy to set up.

What do you recommend?

 

[KenThis]

A cheap and cheerful large grilliput perhaps...

http://www.heinnie.com/uco-grilliput-firebowl

http://www.heinnie.com/uco-grilliput-firebowl-xl

I have the little one and like it for little fires very small, light and portable....



Or a Tentipi Hekla Firebox maybe....

http://tentipi.com/hekla,en-gb

I've got the big one it's heavyish but folds down completely flat...

 

[Paul_B]

Don't they just sit on the ground without any means to stop scorching of the grass? I need something that won't be banned at a camping and caravanning club site for example. Something that can go straight onto grass without damage or scorching.

 

[Dr Toerag]

Flat Packed Portable Fire Pit:

http://www.boutiquecamping.com/prod...ire-pit-p114?gclid=CLew9dGqls4CFUkq0woduUkOig

 

[KenThis]

Don't they just sit on the ground without any means to stop scorching of the grass? I need something that won't be banned at a camping and caravanning club site for example. Something that can go straight onto grass without damage or scorching.

The grilliput has little legs, I just sit it on something slightly off the floor, a few well chosen stones or sticks.

The tentipi is a little more awkward, but you can set up the cross pieces on 4 half bricks or similar to get it off the deck.

Heat tends to rise so as long as you're not crazy with the fuel you should be ok but you could always incorporate an old baking tray on a bit of bed mat underneath to stop scorching.
I tend to only camp where limited fires are allowed, but in my limited experience most people are more worried about excessive embers scorching tents than damage to grass.

You could always choose campsites that are more tolerant and/or provide fire pits.

 

[ammo]

I have a fire-bowl, with folding legs. Works a treat.

 

[crosslandkelly]

http://direct.asda.com/george/georg...SqbeoSp4qCGb_U18vLW10GSF_ak67ED2JsaAgi08P8HAQ

Had mine for years, works great.

 

[tracker1972]

The little fold flat barbeque that loads of places do for about 12 quid does us fine! It's one of several options (naturally) but we have kept a decent blaze going for about 12 hours straight, cooked on it, all sorts and it's survived fine.
As others have said, stick some stones underneath, or preheat damp wood (just remember gloves to retrieve it) and it's been fine. Packs away to nothing as well.

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[z_bumbi]

Ikeas pasta strainer STABIL and a round pie pan under it to save the grass. It´s also pretty easy to put some bolts at the bottom so it gets up a bit from the ground. Not the most compact setup but it´s cheap and if one packs food etc inside it doesn´t take that much extra space.

 

[dave89]

I've got one of those too, 16.99 from Amazon. It's great and packs down really small just be careful to put something underneath as the ash falls through

https://youtu.be/TPgCCnkGnH4

Did a little video for my mate who was considering one

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[andyluffs]

No personal connection but we went here this summer

http://www.cloudfarmcamping.co.uk/

And It's brilliant, fires on the floor, river next to the pitch and reasonably priced.

 

[Blencathra]

Suggest go camping to a family / fire friendly site................Greener Camping Club..............

 

[Bishop]

In a pinch simply stand a disposable bar-b-q on empty beer/pop cans full of water.

 

[Tiki]

Frontier stove?

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