NEWS | Get Ready For National Camping and Caravanning Week 2018!

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The National Camping and Caravanning Club is poised for it’s annual celebration of camping, caravanning and the great outdoors. This year’s event takes place from 28th of May until the 3rd of June and there are loads of ways that you can get involved!

The aim of the week is to get people engaged with camping and caravanning by raising awareness of our great hobby.

Love the great outdoors

Walking is considered the number one activity for campers – whether a gentle countryside stroll from the campsite via a local pub or a more strenuous trek in the mountains. And by teaming up with the BMC, the Club wants to highlight vital footpath repair work needed in the UK’s 15 National Parks. The BMC’s Mend Our Mountains campaign aims to raise £1million for repairs.

Julia Bradbury, TV presenter and President of The Camping and Caravanning Club, said: “National Camping and Caravanning Week is a week-long celebration of the great outdoors through camping in all its forms. I’m really excited to be involved in this year’s event, especially given its walking theme – camping is a fabulous way to enjoy a gentle countryside stroll or a big mountain hike – and everything else in between.

For 2018, the Club is teaming up with the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) on the Mend our Mountains campaign. We’re encouraging everyone who values the hills, mountains and landscapes of Britain to club together in supporting the things we all use, from bridleways to paths and bridges which are all vital in shaping our experiences in the great outdoors.

Get involved!

To mark the week, the Club is staging a VIP camping event at Alton, The Star Club Site in Staffordshire. The event will be packed with family fun walking-themed activities and live music, plus an appearance by Andy Torbet, Club member and TV presenter. To be in with a chance to join the event, from Thursday, May 31 to Friday, June 1, enter the Club’s VIP Camping competition at www.nccw.co.uk.

For inspiration on your next walk, take a look at our list of suggested circular walks from Club Sites

Share a selfie of your walking adventures using #NCCW and you could even receive a spot prize! We have loads of great camping goodies to give away.

 

Shell Robshaw-Bryan
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