My epic landscaping project has sadly been getting in the way of keeping this blog updated. 24 sleepers and several tons of ballast and soil to shift have just about destroyed my back. But phase 1 is almost complete and I’m just about to order the turf, so it should be ready for the...
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I think I’ve become the official Five Ways camping bore, but after much prompting and probing I’m beginning to get feedback from people I know directly. It was definitely interesting to get a comparison between Wowo and Blackberry Wood campsites. Blackberry Wood is Cool Camping‘s No 1 campsite and Wowo is one of their...
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I finally got to check out Stoneywish Nature Reserve as part of 20 mile round trip on the bike that included going up, down and back up Ditchling Beacon the lung bleeding way, and then down all the back to Brighton. Good news is that you can camp there, and have to say that...
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Did the school run today and Balfour School mums came up with a whole host of recommendations for camping in Sussex and beyond. Once again Blackberry Wood Campsite in Ditchling got thumbs up, although there was a begrudging admission that the inclusion in Cool Camping and subsequent review in The Guardian means you may...
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Think this would be a great weekend to stay at the Blackberry Wood Campsite. Turns out that it’s Ditchling Fair today, which we encountered having been tipped off by some hikers at Ditchling Beacon. The kids were a little freaked out at first, and at times it did seem like a cross between the...
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Trip to the Cleveland Arms last night resulted in the formation of an ‘advisory board’ . This could be a great help even if it means having to go back there regularly given the disappointing lack of pointers with regard to beach camping in Sussex; other than being told in no uncertain terms to stay...
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