There are lots more of these incredible tents at the FieldCandy site, as reported by Bit Rebels. Today kids can enjoy a camping vacation in a much different way than we could back in the day. Just have a look at these tents for example. They scream for attention, and if every campsite was...
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Just back from two weeks camping in some very standard campsites, I saw this post on Microadventures and boy – I’m tempted. How-To: Microadventure It’s been more than fifteen years since I began enjoying sleeping in wild and wonderful places. I guess I’ve spent about a thousand nights sleeping outdoors. Out of all those...
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Last year we headed out to Stubcroft Farm campsite in East Wittering and have to say we were a bit disappointed. The website made it seem like something you’d find in the Cool Camping Guide. In fact, they do list it on their site but most of the reviews aren’t too favourable and I’d...
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This guest post is from Andrew & Bernadette Erskine, the compiler of www.frenchcampsites.co France offers an infinite variety of holiday destinations and an infinite variety of campsites. You can return to France year after year and always find somewhere or something new. There are over 10,000 camp sites in Frances including all the small...
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This is from a new book from Robert Smith – Secret Beaches: Southwest Secret beaches of the south-west: Shipstal Beach< Dorset | Travel | The Guardian Owned and run by the RSPB, the Arne Nature Reserve is on the eastern fringe of mammoth Poole Harbour, and overlooks many of the islands in it. An...
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Margate now has two great attractions: the Turner Contemporary and a Grade II listed rollercoaster. Get out there! BBC News – Margate’s Scenic Railway’s listed status upgraded The oldest rollercoaster in the UK has been given Grade II* listed status. The Scenic Railway was built in 1920 for the Dreamland amusement park in Margate....
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My friend Gordon runs a small walking club in east London around the River Lea and the Olympic Site. I’m on the mailing list and I get regular updates about the walks although I’d love to join in, I’ve never been on one. I asked him to write about it. The Netwalking Club It...
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Tom Cox talks about wild swimming and makes me want to run down to the sea and plunge in. Maybe not today though. ‘Wild swimming’ – it’s a bit like calling lawn mowing ‘wild vacuuming’ | Life and style | guardian.co.uk My swims at Dunwich made me realise how rarely I’m truly there, in...
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A very old friend of mine (actually the little sister (who married a farmer) of a very old friend of mine) has opened a Glamping site. Thought I’d pass it on, what do you think? Glamping Holiday At the Glamping Holiday location positioned between Horsham, West Sussex and Guildford, Surrey, you will find the...
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So it’s getting to the time of year when Out There makes more sense. Last weekend we set out for the opening of the Turner Contemporary in Margate. This huge new art gallery on the seafront at Margate is intended to draw in the crowds to a rather sad and neglected part of the...
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