As a proud owner of a 5m Ultimate Bell Tent, I’m a little worried that canvas is all becoming a bit passé in glamping circles. Perhaps this is a small glimpse of what’s faced by all those festival goers who had the misfortune find out they were one of many to buy a designer...
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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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Interesting report on camping in the US by outdoor equipment manufacturer, The Coleman Company, Inc., and The Outdoor Foundation. Amazingly, the study revealed that 44 million Americans participated in camping in 2009, with the average camper spending just under 2 weeks a years camping. I though the following comments by Christine Fanning, executive director...
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I’ve finally plotted all the sites I found around Start Point area in South Devon on Google Maps. My favourites are Maelcombe House, South Allington House and Sugar Park, although not necessarily in that order and the Sugar Park site looked even better the second time I went past it as there was less...
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I noticed a family walking past us in the rain just now here in Hallsands, and so invited them in for a cup of tea. They were on their way to Start Point, and turns out that they were from Holland and were owners of a De Waard tent. They’re staying at the Seaview...
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I recently caught-up with step-brother Christian Gaze who was telling me about some of the stunning work he’s been designing and making, including some furniture that I would love to be able to afford. Turns out he’s moved to France and gone and built himself a self contained swimming pond with it’s own circulation...
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Cumbria Tourism have teamed up with the Camping and Caravan Club as part of their Pitch It campaign to promote camping, touring and holiday homes in Cumbria, and are offering a free family Pod holiday as part of their Film My Family competition. In short they are looking for anyone either new to camping...
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Follow-on from an earlier post where I attempted to kick-off a new Pop-up camping movement after one of Ivan and my planning sessions at the Five Ways Deli (where we spookily we keep turning up with similar t-shirts), I thought I’d better look into some of the issues. So I had a long chat...
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Why is it that washing facilities at so many UK campsites can be so challenging, particularly when compared to what can be found on the continent. There’s nothing worse than having to brush your teeth with some farty bloke having a dump in the stalls behind you. I’d rather be camping sauvage with just...
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