The Guardian’s Wunderbar! The best of Germany piece this weekend featured Jim Whiting’s Bimbotown parties in Leipzig, “a mix of music, theatre and lots of crazy stuff by artists from all over Europe. Tickets are sought after but some can usually be bought on the door”. I worked with Jim on a number of...
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As Dr Terry Young from the Department of Geography & Anthropology at California State Polytechnic University explained to me recently, camping is a pilgrimage to the sacred center (nature) “out there” and a common aspect of pilgrimage is a reduction, or even a disappearance, of the social distinctions of everyday life as the pilgrims...
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Call me a cynic but I can’t help thinking that the Guardian‘s rejuvenated Camping Section is an attempt to woo back readers they alienated by backing the Lib Dems at the last election, rather than just the more obvious opportunity to connect relevant advertisers to this growing market. I did like Aditya Chakrabortty‘s Camping...
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Just chanced upon Matthew De Abaitua’s blog through a Guardian CiF camping piece. Matthew‘s also written a piece for them about the Seven Things Every Camper Should Own, which is a revised version of his earlier the only gear you really need guide, which I’ve been using to compare and contrast with my own...
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