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Should I Buy A Canvas Bell Tent?
Canvas bell tents are more popular than ever, but is a bell tent right for you? I share my personal experience of using both bell tents and a variety of modern tents, and have highlighted the pros and cons of camping with a canvas bell tent, to guide you through...read in full »
Gorgeous Glamping Goodies For Summer 2015
The comfier you can make your camping experience, the more you’ll want to do it again, so it’s a great excuse to indulge a little and make your tent homely, snug and pretty. Having a pretty tent doesn’t make you any less of a true camper, so go ahead, have...read in full »
How To Keep Warm Camping In A Tent
As the days start getting longer, camping is always the first thing on my mind. Spending time outdoors and under canvas is a joy, and I can’t wait for the first camping trip of the year to come round. The other day I was asked a question that got me...read in full »
Meet Cinch! The Ultimate Festival Tent
When I heard about the Cinch! tent on Kickstarter today, I was so excited I just had to share it.
Cinch! is the brain child of Jake Jackson, a keen camper and festival goer, fed up of faffing around and spending ages pitching tents. Unable to find anything large enough that...read in full »
12 New Year Outdoors Activities - Snowboarding, Camping, Exploring & More!
Happy New Year! Need some ideas for outdoors activities and things to do in the coming year? Go ahead and steal some of ours, and make 2015 your most active and outdoorsy year ever. We’ve put together a list of 12 things we want to do over the course of...read in full »
Snow & Ice Walk Around Tittesworth Water in Staffordshire
The beautiful weather today tempted us outdoors, so we headed for Leek to enjoy the winter sunshine and snow, with a walk at Tittesworth Reservoir.
One of many pay and display car parks at Tittesworth Reservoir
Beautiful sculpture outside Tittesworth visitor centre
Where Did We Go?
Tittesworth Water, Meerbrook, Near Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 8SW
Tittesworth...read in full »
Poole's Cavern & Grinlow Hill, Buxton
It’s always nice to get outdoors during the colder winter months, and despite a forecast of torrential rain, I headed up to Buxton in the Peak District to meet up with my sister and fellow Outdoorsy Type blogger, Tiff. The day was dull, overcast and extremely windy, but the rain...read in full »
How To Choose The Perfect Campsite
Choosing the right campsite isn’t as easy as you might think, and is surprisingly easy to get wrong. Luckily we’ve made a whole bunch of rookie mistakes and have honed our camping fu, so we are going to share some of our advice to help you select the perfect campsite.
Camp...read in full »
Trespass Blog Awards 2014 - Best Camping Blog Nomination!
We are utterly delighted to have been shortlisted and nominated in this years Trespass Blog Awards 2014, in the camping category.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN AND TAKES JUST SECONDS TO DO!
Despite being just 9 months old, the blog has grown quickly and we’ve been bowled over by the response. Traffic to...read in full »
An Easy Winter Walk Around Teggs Nose Country Park
Despite a less than favourable weather forecast, we decided to head out towards The Peak District today, and went for walk around Teggs Nose Country Park.
High in the hills just outside of Macclesfield Cheshire on the Peak District Border, lies Teggs Nose, an old quarry, the summit of which reaches...read in full »
Why People Who Camp Are Kickass Cool
We’ve all got at least one, that friend or colleague who thinks we are utterly mad for pursuing our love our camping, as though a weekend spent under canvas is somehow less desirable or less fun than a city break in a fancy hotel.
For people who have no interest in...read in full »
How Solo Overseas Travel Changed My Life
It isn’t that i’m not independent, but when it comes to new experiences, i’d always figured that a shared experience was better than experiencing something alone. So when I decided to go to Egypt for the first time on my own, to a yoga and meditation retreat, it was a...read in full »
Craghoppers Lunsdale II Padded Jacket Review
Craghoppers Lunsdale II Ladies Padded Jacket
£135 Craghoppers.com
Craghoppers Lunsdale II Quilted Jacket
Technical Details
AquaDry Membrane mesh lining
28.5′ length
Ribbed inner collar
9 pockets: 2 stud-fastening lower with zipped handwarmers, 2 stud-fastening chest, 1 mobile phone, 1 Velcro credit card & 1 zipped inner
Stud-fastening stormflap with narrow inner zip guard
Self-fabric stud cuff adjusters
Self-fabric belt
Key holder
Elbow...read in full »
Eskdale Camping and Caravanning Club Site, Lake District – Review
The Lowdown
Eskdale Camping and Caravanning Club Site, Boot, Holmrook, Cumbria, CA19 1TH
campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk
Tents, camping pods and campervans
From £7.70 per night per person
Some pitches have electric hook ups
Campfires are not allowed
Raised BBQ’s allowed
Camping pods £43.75 per night
Our Visit
26th September – 28th September 2014
What We Loved
With Autumn now upon us, I needed a...read in full »
Highplains Vintage Floral Popup Tent - Review
We are suckers for pretty, and we also love hassle-free, so we loved getting the chance to test out an adorable vintage flower design popup tent, from The Bedding Company. We usually camp in tents that are significantly bigger, so to get a fair opinion, we got team member Shammie...read in full »
Lotus Grill BBQ - Review
The Lotus Grill is a stunning bit of kit that we were excited to get our hands on. One of the joys of camping for me, is al fresco cooking and dining. I love the simplicity of cooking over an open fire or BBQ, and we’ve tried lots of different...read in full »
My Weird, Wonderful Hobby - Live Action Role Play
For the past 5 years i’ve been involved in a hobby called LARP, which stands for Live Action Role Play. Some dislike the ‘action’ bit and prefer to refer to it only as LRP, but that’s just pedantic as it means the same thing. Now you are probably thinking “Live...read in full »
Camping Wine Glass Chair Clamp - Review
This clever little gadget is a Wine Glass Clamp, designed specifically for camp chairs and it comes in 3 different colours, blue, green and pink….so of course I chose the pink one! The Wine Glass Clamp is super easy to use, there is a twisty clamp thingy that can be...read in full »
Park Foot Caravan & Camping Park, Ullswater Lake District - Review
The Lowdown
Park Foot Caravan & Camping Park, Howtown Road, Pooley Bridge, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 2NA Tel: 017684 86309
parkfootullswater.co.uk
Tents, Campervans and Caravans
£17 per night for a tent with no electric hookup
Campfires are not allowed
Raised BBQ’s allowed
Dogs are to be kept on a lead at all times
Some pitches have a lake view
Direct...read in full »
FieldCandy Social Butterfly Tent - Review
We were absolutely delighted to get our hands on a FieldCandy tent for our most recent camping trip. Hardcore campers tend to be a little suspicious of camping gear that looks a bit different, and lets be honest, camping isn’t an area renowned for having high design values – practical...read in full »
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