Day trip emergency kit for a well prepared Mum

[firsttimer]

Drinks
sweets or snacks for queues
fast pass
Sun cream
Insect repellant
Travel sickness pills
Stolen sick bag off plane
Calpol sachets or Calpol melts (junior paracetamol)
Plasters for blisters or grazes and antiseptic wipes
Paracetamol or aspirin for us
ID
Credit card
Money
Villa address
car key
park ticket
park map
Tissues
freshup wipes and/or toilet seat wipes
carrier bag- just in case
pen and paper- to write down where car is
Balloon for marking car (optional)
Lip salve
Small towel for drying seats or yourself
Spare clothes
Old plastic tablecloth to sit on if ground is wet
2 way radios
Camera
Film
small torch

Now, how is it that everyone else doesn't seem to be carrying anything??

Have I forgotten anything?

[Ana]

Wow - u are so organised! How big is your bag??

My list goes something like small tube of suncream for topping up, cash, card, ID and after bite stick.

If it doesn't fit in a bum bag - it stays behind!

[chrisj]

Think all we do is

Remember where we parked

Take one hold all full of cold/frozen drinks, Camera, some cash and thats it

but we do leave a change of clothes in the boot/trunk of the car

[caroline]

Ana - your list is much more like mine

[blott]

Talcum powder - for getting sand off feet in conjunction with towel.

Before you collapse under the weight of all that lot though, remember that in Florida you won't be far from a store or supermarket where you can buy stuff!

[Ruth]

Having spent years carting round stuff for a baby on day trips I am really enjoying goung out with just a bum bag and camera now my youngest is nearly four

[chrisj]

Thats the same as us Ruth, for years taking all but the kitchen sink, now we take ourselves
and as little as poss.


Not sure about Blott's Talcum powder, never heard that one before

[blott]

It's wondrous stuff for stuck on sand on feet - sprinkle it on, rub it around (particularly between toes) and brush off with a towel. [msnwink]

[Ann-Marie]

Blott

That's definitely one I'll remember, nothing worse than sand in between your toes, even after you've dried them off!

Thank goodness mines 11 now, never thought I'd survive the years of carrying everything but the kitchen sink! Yippee I made it!!

Can look forward to July and enjoy walking around the parks - hands free!!

Ann-Marie

[chrisj]

Wow will make a mental note thanks