30-03-2018, 09:34 AM
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Re: Do you find packing and unpacking bothersome?
Originally Posted by Artangel
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Yes Meg, l was organised in the method in which l packed but not organised with the time that l did the packing! It was usually about two hours before we were due to leave!
The reason for this was, if l had packed a while before we were due to go, l would have forgotten what l had packed and would’ve had to pull the whole lot out to check!
I kept a universal list of everything we needed to take. This would come out every time we went away. I was nothing without that list!!
It was worse when the list included bottle steriliser, steriliser, bottle brush, nappies and the kitchen sink!
I usually start weeks ahead with my lists , most years I do all the cooking for the family (we rent a farm house ) so I have all the food to prepare and pack too.
30-03-2018, 09:36 AM
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I can't go away without taking the kitchen sink.I find packing to go a nightmare. I'm not happy without my home comforts and I take my dressing gown, slippers, my own coffee etc - plus remembering all the small stuff such as different handbags/jewellery etc.
It's a nightmare I tell you - a nightmare!!
30-03-2018, 09:41 AM
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I agree about taking everything away (just in case). I also pack tea, coffee, milk pots, flask. Then all manner of toiketries, shampoo, soap, hand cream, plasters, pain killers, antiseptic cream. Spex wipes.Then there is all the entertainment I might take. Ipod, headphones, magazine, puzzler book, electronic thesaurus, newspaper. If renting a caravan I take food.
I can't do without my lists.
30-03-2018, 10:16 AM
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Do you find packing and unpacking bothersome?No very easy, Sue does it all and woe betide me if i get involved. She can pack things into spaces even a mouse could not get into.
Elephants don't have to bother they always have their own trunk on them
30-03-2018, 10:19 AM
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One of the few useful things my old man told me was to pack the minimum you thought you needed then take half out. When I go overseas I only take a cabin sized suitcase (though it gets checked in). Lets face it you don't need more clothes when you are going for a month than you do for few days. I suspect my small computer takes up more space in the suitcase than the clothes. I usually take a small day pack for convenience because it fits under the seat in front on the plane.As for hospital, they throw you out so quickly these days I wear clean clothes to the hospital and they will do for going home plus a couple of pair of summer pyjamas. The most important thing is the charger, mobile phone (+earpiece), tablet and ebook.
What more do you need?
That picture was taken a decade ago but still using the same case and backpack.
30-03-2018, 11:50 AM
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Re: Do you find packing and unpacking bothersome?
Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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I am so used to travelling it is no longer a problem.I always pack a black sack for laundry, this fills up, I simply put that back in the case.
For a longer overseas trip obviously washing is necessary so I just wash the clothes each night in the hotel sink, it is dry by the morning.
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