Back in mid-July I took our Bell Tent and Canvas Malu Awning to Stoneywish Nature Reserve in Ditchling for Max’s birthday picnic, the same time I bumped into my first pop-up campsite. We went back yesterday to meet some friends who were camping there. They had originally planned to stay at Forgewood Campsite in...
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Finally, a break in the miserable weather and so we headed off to Bursledon Regatta. I haven’t been for about 20 years, and that was after a big gap, but things haven’t changed much since I was a kid living in the village there. I really wanted my kids to experience the water carnival...
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So I noticed that the Camping and Caravanning Club are the arbiters of camping sites and you can apply through them to set one up. I didn’t really understand how they can be both arbiters of who can set up a site and beneficiaries of those sites, so I sent off for their booklet...
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As mentioned a few weeks back month, the folks at Cool Camping very kindly gave me a copy of Dixe Wills‘ tiny campsites to check-out along with 3 copies to giveaway for the best camping tips … along the lines of the Andy Kershaw frisbee-come-plate one mentioned in my review (see here). Submitting an...
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Yesterday I popped into the Open Market here in Brighton to buy some fish. Well, the market was largely closed and the fish stalls were locked up, but I did meet Claire Potter sittingin a pop-up design consultancy. After a chat I picked up a postcard for one of her products, the Green Bean...
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Still clearing the garden in our new house and feeling a little exhausted after having to remove all the stumps on my own, but am enjoying the large bonfires … possibly a lot more than the neighbours. Anyway, met up with Ivan to moan about Cool Camping and discuss our camping empire plans. I...
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