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 must source some vegetarian recipes for camping given there’s bound to be a fair few coming on the proposed trip to Wowo this coming summer. But in the meantime, here’s a recipe for the ultimate burger from HPA local gourmet and designer Phil Jackson. I have sampled these and can confirm they are...
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Unlike Dixe Wills you are unlikely to find me camping when there’s any chance that I might wake up in a snow drift. Anyway, the tent’s now in the loft, my site reviews for the next Cool Camping Guide have been handed in and I haven’t heard back recently from the camping mags that...
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Back in mid-July I took our Bell Tent and Canvas Malu Awning to Stoneywish Nature Reserve in Ditchling for Max’s birthday picnic, the same time I bumped into my first pop-up campsite. We went back yesterday to meet some friends who were camping there. They had originally planned to stay at Forgewood Campsite in...
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Headed up to just outside Tiverton to meet Thunderbox Dave. I’ve been speaking to Dave and his wife Rosie about his composting toilets as well as some of the other issues surrounding the pop-up camping movement we’re trying to get off the ground. Apart from campsites like Wowo and festivals like Shambala using Dave‘s...
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I received a copy of The Sunday Times Travel Section from early July, which a mate had sent me as it had a top 20 small campsite list. This look liked it had been lifted from Tiny Campsite guide, and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud when I saw their Camping Manifesto: it...
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I’ve been wondering about what kind of facilities might be required for a Pop-up campsite, and toilets seemed pretty essential; so I contacted the Thunderbox Collective in Devon about their composting loos. It turns out that they got a lot of enquiries from people setting up small ( or even larger ) scale campsites...
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Sarah is one of our Balfour mum advisors and she’s just been camping at ForgeWood near Tunbridge Wells with her family and friends. She’s been in touch to say that her trip was brilliant and they are currently trying to book there again later in the Summer. They camped in the bottom field, which...
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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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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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