Now and then under the stars

Vintage camping is something I find fascinating in part because of what I was talking about yesterday the sense in which in the past to go camping WAS to rough it, learning to master the elements  and also from what would be considered as acceptable in terms of health and safety then today we may not for instance this fire may be judged "too close" to the tent today when in 1923 it wasn't.

A Swedish lad carrying a straw mattress to camp in 1938 today you may have a sleeping bag or possibly an inflatable bed.