I used to take my older kids camping when they were young as its all I could afford,, we had some very funny times, woke up one morning with no tent over us and a cow right next to us, my DD15 has been scared of them ever since! Then we stayed in a caravan, but the ground was so wet that it sank,, took us a long time to figure out why the door wouldn't open, we eventually got dug out by the farm owner... oh I could go on, but don't want to fill up the whole thread
Thanks for your comments about college,, I had to drop out when I got pregnant with my eldest who is almost 18, and I always wanted to go back. I have been so lucky, there is a real shortage over here for certain subject teachers so the government offered funding for people who wanted to train as teachers in those subjects and I was lucky enough to get into college and get the funding, otherwise I would never have been able to afford it. I only have one more year left to do, but it has been great fun hanging out with all the college kids!