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GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT

Many families with young children cite worries about sleep as one of the major barriers to tramping. It’s hard enough getting a baby to sleep through the night in their own cot, let alone in a shared hut full of snorers, rustling sleeping bags and 2am ‘popping out to the loo’ door slams.

As new parents who love to tramp, we agonised over what to do. Many comments on internet forums were critical

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