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Four campsites in fiction

January 9, 2012
Handdrawn map of the perfect group camp map

Camps from novels
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Camping Etiquette – the ten basics

January 9, 2012
Two children doing cheers with their drinks at Glastonbury Festival

Tiny morals for campers
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Five of our favourite campsites

January 9, 2012
A rainbow over Comrie Crieff campsite

Raw and wild campsites in the UK with roaring campfires
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On sandals and socks

January 9, 2012
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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The Economist Books of the Year 2011

December 14, 2011
Matthew De Abaitua

The Economist have included my book The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars on their Best of 2011 list.
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Campfire mix

August 23, 2011
hooded kibbo kift and kindred

Download a campfire mix from Richard Norris and Matthew De Abaitua
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Evan Davis’ Camping Lesson

August 23, 2011
Matthew De Abaitua on the beach with his daughter Florence

I spent a morning erecting a tent with Evan Davis for the Today Programme.
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The Art of Camping reviewed in The Independent and Telegraph

August 23, 2011
Tents on the roof of One New Change shopping centre in Cheapside

Two fascinating reviews of my new book
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Read an extract from The Art of Camping

August 23, 2011
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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Camping etiquette – Signs

August 10, 2011
A toddler shouting No

Little warning signs and polite notices are the ruin of many a good campsite.
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