Camping in France

August 4, 2011
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Camping in France

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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Sid James and the Camping Carry On

August 4, 2011
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Sid James and the Camping Carry On

  Had a very interesting response to my mainstream camping must innovate or die post. It was from a Sid James, which clearly isn’t his/her real name but some interesting points were made that I’d like to run through. Firstly, it asked whether the article justify the headline? Well, seeing that I ‘m just...
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The Camper Bike

July 25, 2011
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The Camper Bike

Juxtapoz Magazine – The Camper Bike One of our favorite exhibits in San Francisco this year was Kevin Cyr’s Home in the Weeds at 941 Geary. It was a transformative experience, and one of the elements that was touched on was this Camper Bike, which is exactly what it sounds like it would be;...
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Stoneywish Nature Reserve, best campsite for kids?

July 25, 2011
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Stoneywish Nature Reserve, best campsite for kids?

One campsite that was missing from this year’s round ups of best and top sites (see Who’s Who in Camping 2011) was the one at Stoneywish Nature Reserve. Seen simply as a campsite then it’s probably not altogether surprising because you’re basically talking about two fields, where the facilities are 3 loos and a...
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Happy glampers through the ages

July 23, 2011
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Happy glampers through the ages

Matthew De Abaitua of Cathandmathgocamping blog was interviewed on Radio 4′s Today programme yesterday , who have an interesting Happy glampers through the ages companion piece on their website. There’s more extracts about the history of camping from Matthew’s book The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars. Matthew...
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mainstream camping must innovate or die

July 17, 2011
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mainstream camping must innovate or die

Following our mention of campsites for sale on Campsites for sale blog and Buy My Dream Hotel site, Andy Hampton has been in touch about another Campsites for Sale site. What’s interesting is that the sites for sale all seem to be of the more mainstream variety that make up the bulk of 2,000+...
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