Did you know, fest fans, that there are more festivals per head in Britain than anywhere else in the world? And that 2013 saw the news that festivals are becoming increasingly the preserve of the well-off and mid-30s, as young people are priced out of the market? Yes, you probably …
Blog posts from octubre 2013
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Cheapstock! The first pick of budget festivals for 2014
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More ghostly goings-on - the UK's most haunted sites
per Laura Canning | guides | history and heritage | weird Britain
Quiver. We’re not quite sure we should have started this one, particularly as the evenings are drawing in and that shadow outside the Pitchup.com office begins to look ever more suspiciously like a headless horseman. And as Halloween approacheth…
But, we are rather fond of
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Children ‘not connected’ to nature, study finds: our tips
per Laura Canning | guides | newsNot that we’re normally ‘Won’t someone think of the children!’ hand-wringers at Pitchup.com, but we were shocked (shocked!) at today’s findings from the RSPB that only one in five 8 – 12 year olds in the UK feel ‘connected to nature’.
The report, part of a three-year research project, …
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Tasty trails – our top ten British food trails
per Laura Canning | destinations | guides -
Sweet! It's Cider and Perry Month!
per Laura Canning | events | seasonal
October is
Cider and Perry Month
! Hic! We mean, hurrah!
We’re a tad tentative about doing another boozy blog a mere two weeks after our
how to make blackberry brandy – and other boozy autumn foraging recipes
. But yanno, it’s autumn. Spicy drinks beckon. And we’ve just made …