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On sandals and socks

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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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Glastonbury – 10 Things to Consider When Taking Children to a Festival

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June 16, 2011
Doctor Who Matt Smith at Glastonbury with the girls of the House of Fairy Tales

10 insights from three years of lugging small children around Glastonbury.
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Simply Hike

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June 15, 2011
The children transport my camping gear

Buying camping gear online
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10 tips for camping with kids

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June 15, 2011
Two babies in pyjamas and wearable sleeping bag camping

In my time, I have taken three different babies camping to festivals, to well-equipped campsites and bare fields, and I took them by planes, trains and automobiles. And buses. Here's how
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UK Campsites with campfires map

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June 8, 2011
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. Plus, it includes our selection of cool and interesting UK campsites
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The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars

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July 30, 2010
Cath and Math camping The Art of Camping

I am pleased to announce that my book The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars will be published next year July 2011 by Hamish Hamilton, as reported in the Bookseller.
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Seven Things Every Camper Should Own

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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 camped not far from where I live, at Wowo, which Cath and I visited earlier in the year. I provided a list of seven items, one of which was salad, inspired by Cath’s five-a-day barbecue...
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Secret campsites – Dernwood Farm

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July 7, 2010
Secret campsites – Dernwood Farm

Our second visit to Dernwood Farm in the heart of the Sussex Weald offered a completely different perspective to this wild campsite from our first; at the Lovewood festival we pitched beneath a pylon at the wrong end of the field. On our return, we pitched at the entrance of a glade, a patch...
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Cloud Farm campsite

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July 1, 2010
Cloud Farm campsite

Sunset at Cloud Farm confers a brief moment of well-being,
and memories of old friends from The Idler magazine.
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Where to pitch a tent

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June 16, 2010
Tent pitched in Devon and Seven Sisters

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