The Camping Crew

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

We are back camping and Ardmore is our first stop. We have a quick chat about camping day 1.

Did you go away?  How well did your campsite manage Covid protection and social distancing?

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Thanks to Darren Gallagher & Mark Kiely for the Ko-Fi donation this week. We are very grateful for your continued support.

A  big big shout out to Garry O’Connor for the mention on Camping With  Kids in Ireland last week. Checkout Garry’s great campsite list.

Also a big thanks Ally for recommending us to the new members of MotorhomeCraic.

Follow Charlie and Me Our Camping Vlog on Instagram

Follow up from Joseph Sheedy he is enjoying the hacks.

Brigid & Donal got back on to us if you remember on last weeks podcast they were looking for help on caravan insurance.

We received an email  from M on Tuesday looking for advice about camping as a female on their own.

Tips & Camping hacks:

Water filling tips from Sprinter from MHCC

Products:

Aaron  reviews a habitation door safety lock from IMC Creations. Available  from pathoranmotors.com mention AARON & get free shipping.

Camp life:

Selling your camper, we share some advice

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew, Our Instagram account @TheCampingCrewPodcast and our  email address  [email protected] and ask for ideas,  campsites, products, news items to discuss on the podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

Treegrove Caravan & Camping Park Kilkenny City

Book by email [email protected] or Phone Dan on 086 8308845 but do it soon as places are limited..

Other News

Charlie  & Me now have a map of all the places we have done a video review  on in Ireland its available by going onto campsitereview.com and  clicking on the Charlie & Me tab.

Demand for motorhomes, watch out for scammers

Sites reopening after Covid19, some sites not taking tents yet

Are campsites upping their prices, question in from Mark and Noreen

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Ko-Fi donations this week

Sticker requests

Products:

Vango Radiate Single sleeping bag

Also try the Vango Radiate Heat Mat (50eu approx in charles c)

Camp life:

Brigid  & Donal are looking for some information from the listeners  regarding Caravan breakdown assistance & insurance that covers them  in Ireland and on the continent.

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew, Our Instagram account @TheCampingCrewPodcast and our  email address  [email protected] and ask for ideas,  campsites, products, news items to discuss on the podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

We are having a meet with The Camping Crew and Charlie & Me You Tub channel in Treegrove Caravan & Camping Park Kilkenny City September 25th & 26th 

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

Northern Ireland Government bring dates forward to 26th June for opening of sites with self contained units

Caravan and campsites across the UK have been given the go-ahead to reopen on July 4 to holidaymakers. In order to maintain safety, however, they must enforce some strict new hygiene measures which will see guests being asked to clean some facilities

Outdoor gatherings of up to 5000 people could take place from September & cinemas could reopen in August says Taoiseach. We discuss.

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Thank for the Request for stickers and the questions from Trevor

Thank you to David S for the coffee donation.

Thank you to Stephen in the UK for his nice words regarding the podcast

Campsites or stop overs:

Elayne wants us to ask listeners do they know of any campsites with water access for a Jet Ski.

Tips & Camping-hacks:

Leisure battery advice

Products:

As well as the electrical lead, what else do we need to cover most eventualities to be able to plug in on sites.

Camp life:

Aaron gives us an overview of the sites he's heading to this Summer for Charlie and Me

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which is @TheCampingCrew, Our Instagram account @TheCampingCrewPodcast and our email address  [email protected] and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

Great news for Irish campers as the Irish Government bring in earlier easing of the reopening times for campsites.

Along with this they jointly published Guidelines for reopening Caravan and Camping parks along with the Irish Caravan and Camping Council and Board Failte.

We chat about this on the Podcast and include an interview with Dan the owner of  Treegrove Campsite in Kilkenny

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Dory on Boards.ie had a question for us regarding a previous cooker/BBQ/Grill that we reviewed.

Thank you to Charlene for buying us a coffee. We really appreciate the support.

Products:

We chat with Simon Allen from Decathlon Ireland about the new store opening and much more.

Camp life:

If your new to camping don’t forget to listen back to the earlier episodes as there is lots of really good information and tips to be had.

We are now on Instagram, give us a follow if your on it. Search for @TheCampingCrewPodcast

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which is @TheCampingCrew, Our Instagram account @TheCampingCrewPodcast and our email address  [email protected] and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

Some good news (maybe) from Sunday's Irish Independent. Will we get an early release?

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Thank you for the support with coffee donations

Update from Mark about his Insurance question from last week

Pat was on via email about bringing his Camper back from Germany

Colin from Phoenix Motorhome Club got in touch about with advice about Caravan weights

Camp life:

We  have a very inspiring interview this week with Rebecca from A Motorhome  Life of Hank and Marvin who are going to be creating a new world record  attempt?

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew and our email address  [email protected]  and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the  podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

RTE1 Radio discussed Staycations recently, we discuss this

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Thanks to the following people for their support on https://ko-fi.com/thecampingcrew

We  have a quest in from Mark about camper insurance and clubs. We run  though what the Motor Caravan Of Ireland club state on their website

Campsites or stop overs:

We have a review of the Seal Caves site on Achill from WithAndWithout

Tips & Campinghacks:

This weeks tip comes from the Vango and @TheGlampers on twitter

Products:

Decathlon’s inflatable camping living area, AIR SECONDS BASE CONNECT FRESH - 6 PEOPLE

Tourer tells us about Limpets on campsitereview.com. Does anyone have any experience of them?

Camp life:  

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew and our email address  [email protected]  and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the  podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne.

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

David fox was in touch asking about CVRT updates

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Adrian emailed us on Monday with a request for stickers

Thanks Darren Gallagher for tweeting the photo and comment "We’re all dressed up, but nowhere to go"

Thanks to Tony S for his email

We received an email this week from Michael Hickey about Caravan Weights

We put a shout out over the weekend for positive 5 star reviews on Apple podcasts. Here are some examples:

In  the last episode we spoke about setting up a Ko-Fi page, thanks to  Peter Cody for the suggestion. This is up and running now. Listen at the  end of the podcast if you wish to support us.

Tips:

A big thank you to Charles Coughlan for sharing how he listens to the podcast on his Google nest mini

E-mail in from again from David Fox about the www.motor-roam.co.uk website

Campinghacks:

Get  extra insulation in your camper or tent by using insulated silver  rolls, the ones with the bubble membrane. In ScrewFix it’s called  ThermaWrap.

Products:

Ronan  asked us a few weeks ago for some advice  or solutions on traveling  with motorbikes, I put a shout out to the gang at MotorhomeCraic.Com for  advice.

Camp life:

For  our UK listeners The Caravan & Motorhome club in the UK will  commence opening their 200 plus sites under the following conditions...

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew and our email address  [email protected]  and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the  podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

The power of the Camping community here in Ireland

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

On our Charlie & Me you tube channel we made a video about the afore mentioned Bean Burgers from last weeks podcast.

Email from Allan in East Yorkshire

We also had a request for stickers from David F.

Campsites or stop overs:

We received a lovely audio message from Siubhan O'Connor, From Corcreggan Mill, Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal. Roll it there Aaron...

Tony Grant messaged us on Twitter about helping campsite by crowdfunding?

Products:

We discuss Custom Printed Windbreakers

Camp life:

Tweet from Peter Cody about donations and Monthly Support from Fans For the Price of a Coffee

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew and our email address  [email protected]  and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the  podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.

Welcome to The Camping Crew podcast with Aaron Burchael & Chris Byrne

This is meant to be a fun podcast, we are just enthusiasts and what we discuss on the podcast are just our own personal views.

News:

Con  Quill from Camping Ireland & Blarney Caravan & Camping Park  tweeted about the Roadmap to the reopening of the Caravan Parks.

Michael from the new Aire in Kilmackthomas Workhouse on the Waterford Greenway was in touch with an update.

Also  in County Waterford back in March we spoke of a new Motorhome &  Glamping park that was due to open soon near Dungarvan we have an update  on this too.

Vantastival was due to go ahead on the June Bank Holiday weekend but due to covid19 it was postponed to September 18th but is it still going ahead ? Aaron spoke to Louise from Vantastival over the weekend.

Follow-ups & shout-outs:

Jen from Twitter with a question about Aarons famous bean burger

Campsites or stop overs:

Question in from Peter Cody on Twitter about discount cards

Tips:

Fraudsters use Covid lockdown to scam motorhome buyers, we discuss an article from the Guardian.

Products:

DOMETIC PERFECTVIEW CAM 200

Camp life:

RENTING:  Thinking of Buying a motorhome? We have suggested on many occasions to  rent one first. Before renting a Motorhome or Camper, what homework do  you need to do?

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If you would like a sticker for your motorhome or Campervan just send us your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

We  wrap up this podcast with a quick shout out for Aaron’s Vlog on YouTube  called:  Charlie  and me our Camping Vlog and his website http://www.campsitereview.com

We  also give a quick mention to our Twitter account for our podcast which  is @TheCampingCrew and our email address  [email protected]  and ask for ideas, campsites, products, news items to discuss on the  podcast.

We hope that you like our podcast. If you did please subscribe and tell your camping friends about us.