The Sexually Repressed Bees
of Plaw Hatch Farm

By Math
0
February 3, 2010
The Sexually Repressed Bees <br />of Plaw Hatch Farm

Bees are eunuchs in Nature’s harem. Or dutiful office workers in Nature’s office; fat and furry bachelors tormented by their more glamourous and sensual colleagues, the flowers.
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We Are Camping at Port Eliot

By Math
4
January 19, 2010
We Are Camping at Port Eliot

I unveiled my We Are Camping project at Port Eliot festival this year, 23rd-25 July. The event took place on Sunday 25 July in the camping field at 2pm. I am a big fan of the Port Eliot festival, being their very first paid customer way back when. I have been researching We Are...
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Tom’s Field campsite

By Math
5
January 7, 2010
Tom’s Field campsite

Tom’s Field is a popular campsite on the Southern end of the Isle of Purbeck, which is not really an island so much as a hearty peninsula situated on a turn-off from the holiday traffic crawling West through Dorset. Like so many of the Cool Camping selections, Tom’s Field struggles to maintain its allure...
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Sussex days out map

By Cath
0
July 21, 2009

We finally bought a car late last year and have spent every weekend since exploring the area. I have plotted our favourite local destinations for a family day out onto a Google map. So if you are camping or new to Sussex, here are my ideas for days out with children. View Sussex days...
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Seven Things Every Camper Should Own

By Math
2
July 9, 2010
Seven Things Every Camper Should Own

I contributed to The Guardian’s G2 camping trip with a brief list of essential camping gear. The Guardian writers...
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Camping gear – Camping cookware

By Cath
0
June 16, 2010
Camping gear – Camping cookware

Cath's checklist of what to take camping continues with her guide to camping cookware.
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Camping Gear – Food and drink

By Cath
1
June 16, 2010
Camping Gear – Food and drink

Cath's checklist of what to take camping continues with food and drink
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Camping recipes

Cath’s campfire roast dinner: Lamb shoulder with aubergine and flat bread

Cath’s campfire roast dinner: Lamb shoulder with aubergine and flat bread

On a windy field in the Cotswolds, I roasted some lamb shoulder over a low campfire. The field was around the back of Abbey Home Farm with a view of the surrounding land, upon which the lamb in question had been organically reared. I have cooked lamb shoulder steaks on an open fire before....

Foraging and campfire cooking at Wowo

Foraging and campfire cooking at Wowo

Cath goes foraging for wild garlic at Wowo campsite and improvises a sausage stew

Just Pitched Dinners

Just Pitched Dinners

Camping requires a lot of planning and prep. Don't leave the first meal to chance. After all that packing, travelling, unloading, and pitching, you deserve to eat something good in front of the perfectly pitched tent.

Salads

Beach Barbeque

Math recently acquired a portable barbeque, the Weber Charcoal Go-Anywhere Grill. It has a...

Orange and carrot salad

This goes really well with spicy kebabs, tucked up beside a small pile of...

Fennel coleslaw

Serves 4 My daughter and her little friends dare one another to eat the...

Feta and mint salad

Serves 4 If you can get fresh peas in their pod and a decent...

Salade nicoise

Serves 4 A classic salad easily prepared outside a tent on a warm evening....


Tents


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