I’ve been trying to add this post ever since visiting the ‘secret’ site at South Allington House near where I’m staying in Devon. Frustratingly, the broadband has been so intermittent over the last few days that I haven’t been able to upload all the photos. In fact, we have the BT engineer round at...
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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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Less than 24 hours to go before I head off as the advance party on our two night trip to Stubcroft Farm in East Wittering, and I’m glad we upgraded our Renault Clio to a Grand Scenic as we are a very long way from Matthew De Abaitua’s more utilitarian, perhaps even mystical, philosophy...
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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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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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We’re now up to the fourth in a series of posts where I compare and contrast my kit with Matthew De Abaitua’s list of the only gear you really need from The Guardian Camping Guide. This time it’s knives, and Matthew opts for classic Opinel wooden handled pocket-knife, that has, according to the Wikipedia,...
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So here’s the third in a series of posts where I compare and contrast my kit with Matthew De Abaitua’s list of the only gear you really need from The Guardian Camping Guide. I’d wish I’d seen this piece before I went out an bought my kit. I don’t think I’d have changed my...
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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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Tags: 3 pole tunnel tent, 5m Ultimate Bell Tent, glamping, Hotel Bell Tent, Matthew De Abaitua, The Guardian Camping Guide
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