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On sandals and socks

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Edward Carpenter modelling his sandals with socks

The shoe is a leather prison for the toes. An appreciation of simple lifer and sandal-wearer Edward Carpenter.
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Download a camping packing list

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Cath outside the tent

Cath's spreadsheet of camping gear.
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Read an extract from The Art of Camping

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Cover of Matthew De Abaitua's camping book the Art of Camping

The travails of packing for a camping trip. Read a long excerpt from The Art of Camping courtesy of Google
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Four campsites in fiction

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Handdrawn map of the perfect group camp map

Camps from novels
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Five of our favourite campsites

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A rainbow over Comrie Crieff campsite

Raw and wild campsites in the UK with roaring campfires
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UK Campsites with campfires map

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Cath and Math Camping Map including campsites with campfires in the UK

Real camping requires a campfire. Find the campsites that will let you have a campfire on our UK map....
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Camping recipes

festival pie

Cooking at festivals

Cath's three-day festival menu. Easy and delicious recipes you can prep at home then cook at the festival.

Girl with a hot chocolate dipper treat sitting around the campfire

Hot chocolate dippers

A campfire treat for children just before bed

Gingerbread in its brown wrapping paper with a hand-drawn label

Gingerbread

Cath's campfire treats

Tents

Vaude Badawi II tent pitched beside a campfire in the Lake District

Our tent, the Vaude Badawi II

We get asked about our tent. Here is a brief appreciation of its charms.

Tent pitched in Devon and Seven Sisters

Where to pitch a tent

A guide to pitching your tent, including wild camping wisdom from nineteenth century American...

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Camping Gear – Tent and the basics

Cath's checklist of what we take camping includes thoughts on tents, table and chairs,...


Camping gear


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