Glamping in the UK map
The Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Were Incidental
The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of...
Britain Goes Camping on BBC2
A handy Google map plotting prime Glamping sites throughout the UK
The new festival issue of Five Dials (number 13) includes my story The Sex,...
I am pleased to announce that my book The Art of Camping: The History...
Britain Goes Camping is a new BBC documentary from Brian Henry Martin and Doubleband...
Every camper longs to discover a secret site, an isolated glade they can call their very own. This is one of contradictions in the soul of camping, the desire for isolation pulls against the pleasure of community. For some, the perfect site is an empty field. For others, it is a field full of...
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Follow the track down into a clearing in the wood and there is a stage, a barbecue and the makings of a bonfire. On that stage, a young Amy Winehouse-lookalike in leopard-print dress, high black belt and fake tattoos is working through the hits with more precision than Amy herself can muster, these days....
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Yesterday I met up with the neighbours for drinks. Talk turned to summer plans and I mentioned our intention to spend the whole season camping. The recession has introduced a natural break into my working life. I will seize the chance to live more freely, at least until the leaves turn in Autumn. On...
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I contributed to The Guardian’s G2 camping trip with a brief list of essential camping gear. The Guardian writers...
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Cath's checklist of what to take camping continues with her guide to camping cookware.
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Cath's checklist of what to take camping continues with food and drink
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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....
Cath goes foraging for wild garlic at Wowo campsite and improvises a sausage stew
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.
Math recently acquired a portable barbeque, the Weber Charcoal Go-Anywhere Grill. It has a...
This goes really well with spicy kebabs, tucked up beside a small pile of...
Serves 4 My daughter and her little friends dare one another to eat the...
Serves 4 If you can get fresh peas in their pod and a decent...
Serves 4 A classic salad easily prepared outside a tent on a warm evening....
