As we stood in line at a bakery, feeling wrung out and queasy, a man even asked if he could put us up for the night.

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For them, as for all campers, the decision on where to put up camp depends on whether they need a spot for the night or longer, and if they are in the city or countryside.

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Among those stranded by snowbound roads was a group of 120 German schoolchildren who had to be put up in Hastings town hall in East Sussex for the night when families due to look after them were unable to reach them.

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