Something seems to be up with the Bubbletree site, but I managed to find a selection of photos of their Bubble Tree Houses and Cristal Bubble Huts on Google. Sadly, not sure our garden has either tree or space for one of these, but it will be interesting to see whether they become an...
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I couldn’t help being reminded by this pic below on FlickR of the camping paradox Dr Terry Young raises in his recent piece On Camping and Its Equipment, about how ‘what began as a desire to “rough it” far removed from the urban environment developed… into a competing desire for comfort that ironically replicated...
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One of the reasons I decided on a Bell Tent was that I liked the way they could be decorated, so that you can customise/personalise them in a way that doesn’t seem to make sense with a tunnel tent. Sure you can get groovy patterned tents from Eurohike and even designers like Zandra Rhodes,...
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I noticed this photo of a windbreak had been uploaded to Bell Tent’s Facebook Wall by Val Homer Barley, so I asked her where she got it from. Turns out that she customised one she had found on eBay by stitching on the flowers, the crafty devil. She’s also a fan of Wooda Farm...
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I’ve been getting into this outdoor living so much, that I’ve decided to move my office out into the garden – at least until it cools down again. It also keeps me out of the way of the potential buyers who are looking round the house we are currently renting as it’s now on...
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I’m beginning to treat picnics like dry runs for camping now, particularly short trips. So with Bridget heading up to London today to attend a Chocolate Delight Workshop, I returned to Saltdean Lido with both Beth and Max to try and see what we might need when we head off on our beach camping...
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I just clocked this piece from The Guardian Camping Guide about how Matthew De Abaitua likes to camp light and discusses the only gear you really need. So I thought I’d compare and contrast his recommendations with my own kit, starting with our respective tents. Car-less Matthew opts for a 3 pole tunnel tent,...
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After less than a week, we’ve just had our first inbound link from Emma Bradshaw’s Blog. As mention below, her photography is an inspiration and so great shame I can’t make her Picnic Picture Workshop on July 3rd in Gloucester. I’d love to learn how to take photographs like hers, rather than just point...
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