At wild spots there’s often no toilet and no dry shelter , and that’s exactly what decides whether a rainy day is still fun. With two or three clever extra tents, it stays comfortable, clean and dry. Here’s what many people forget: the toilet tent, a shower and bad-weather shelter.
Toilet at the spot
- Toilet tent: a small pop-up tent is up in seconds and gives privacy , the comfort you underrate until you’ve had it once.
- Camping toilet: add a folding toilet, a dry-separating toilet or a chemical toilet with bags. For a night or two a sturdy bucket with a toilet bag and gelling agent often does.
- At wild pitches: keep your distance from water and paths, carry a small trowel , or, cleanest of all, pack it all out (leave no trace). Never leave wet wipes behind.
Mum says: A toilet tent and a folding loo sound fussy, until it rains at night and the nearest toilet is two kilometres away. Then it’s the best bit of kit you packed.
Shower & changing
The same pop-up tent doubles as a changing room , worth its weight for getting out of a wet wetsuit without a sand-dance in the wind. A solar shower (a black water bag the sun heats) or a small battery pressure shower rinses salt and sand off skin, hair and gear. Your wetsuit will thank you.
Drying tent & bad-weather shelter
- Gazebo or tarp: a gazebo, a large tarp or an awning is your dry retreat when it pours , for cooking, sitting and catching your breath.
- Drying gear: under the roof you hang wet jackets, towels and the wetsuit, so it all stays out of the tent.
- Wind-proof: on the Baltic, guy it down well and pitch it low , otherwise a gazebo turns into a kite at the first gust.
Mum says: In Baltic rain a tarp saves the whole day , a dry place to sit and to dry things in one. Better a line and a few pegs too many than too few.
In short: clean and dry at the spot
- Pop-up toilet tent as loo and changing room in one.
- Folding toilet or a bucket with a bag, pack it all out at wild pitches.
- Solar shower to rinse off salt and sand, great for the wetsuit too.
- Gazebo or tarp as a drying tent in the rain, pitched low and wind-proof.
- Wet gear dries under the roof without making the tent clammy.
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