It was very much time to put the FTSE 100 to bed. The weekend was here and this game of numbers was more about choosing some hopefully lucky lottery numbers, and the Ninja 500 – a Camping Ninja’s 500 tell-tale signs that the Spring/Summer 2012 camping season is well under way.
So here we go for the Ninja 500…
101 Dalmatians (or any breed of dog, in any quantity) allowed at Campingninja’s dog friendly campsites.
117 days to go until the start of the Olympics and the party of happy campers Camping at the Games.
1 campsite available to book in beautiful Italy for anyone looking to escape Olympic fever in the UK this summer.
44 Spring daffodils brightening up the back garden.
More than 9 consecutive sunny days in a row in the Monkton Avenue area over the last couple of weeks and plenty of degrees warm enough for comfortable camping.
1 great Real Campers Meet Real Campsites campaign launched for keep it real campers.
5 whole more months left of every ninjas favourite, Spring/Summer camping season.
7 individual space raiders left in the bag for me to munch on while diarising the Ninja 500.
2 free days off work for the Easter weekend coming up.
4 spaces taken up with passengers in the ninja wagon, and 4 friends coming on this weekend’s camping trip.
8 precious centimetres of breathing space between each passenger with camping baggage squashed along the back seat of the ninja wagon.
10 minutes estimated until they all get slightly claustrophobic and annoyed!
A 12 track mixtape to listen to in the ninja wagon on our journey to the campsite – because for camping weekends away, it’s not just about where you’re going, but the fun you have on the way to getting there too.
3 pitches booked at the campsite and 173 miles of scenic driving to take in en-route.
A quick adding up on my solar powered camping calculator (because doesn’t everyone always take one of those camping with them?) totals an almost perfect 501. That means 1 more space raider to eat, yummy! Then the Ninja 500 is complete. Magic!