I'm pretty sure he means when you just go round ringing people's doorbells and asking them if you can put up your tent in their garden for a night. The few tim

I'm pretty sure he means when you just go round ringing people's doorbells and asking them if you can put up your tent in their garden for a night. The few times I've done this the people who allowed me to use their garden turned out to be incredibly generous as well. Inviting you to dinner, giving you candy, soda etc... I don't think either that it would be equally as fun if it weren't spontaneous.