As you’ll know if you’ve ever had one of those rows with your other half, ‘budget’ means different stuff to different folk. To some, it’s knowing their money down to the last penny, bringing a flask to work instead of buying a latte, and queuing overnight before the sales start. …
Blog posts from juni 2012
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Now this is budget - sites that won't break the bank
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Busy on a budget - keep the kids happy when camping
door Laura Canning
Camping and caravanning is easy to do on a budget, but add kids into the mix and it can be a bit trickier. You might be happy going on ten mile hikes, wandering around stately homes and sitting through a meal without fidgeting or flicking peas (mostly), but smaller people … -
Securely fastened - how to keep your caravan safe from theft
door Laura Canning | guides
It’s happened to all of us on holiday at some point. The tea-leaf strikes. Whether you lose the book you left by the pool while you nip to the loo (twice), a laptop or phone while staying in a hostel (thankfully never), your specially engraved silver hip flask your mates … -
Gimmicks and Gadgets - Our Camping Top Ten
door Laura Canning | guides
Sure, we all love camping. The stocking up the caravan, the glamping, the cooking breakfast over the campfire…But, if we’re really honest, we have to admit that one of the very best things about camping is all the cool camping equpiment, gimmicks and gadgets you can bring along. And of … -
Buying a motorhome: a beginner's guide
door Laura Canning | guides
We are trying our absolute best in this blog post not to salivate over the Big Daddy of motorhomes, the £750,000 precisely-named
Ultimate Class Teschner XLII Prevost XLII Series Bus
, or the £250,000 Peterbilt 387 Conversion 2009 Motorhome, as doing so looks a bit weird and last time we … -
Cottages and candlewick – Liz Jones on holidaying in the UK
door Laura CanningLiz Jones is at it again . Those of us who, over the years, have followed the life of the Daily Mail hack with horrified fascination are familiar with the drill. Dialling 999 because her kitten ‘had its head stuck in a hole’, saying that her border collie is ‘cleaner …
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'It's not me, it's you' - a warden reflects
door Laura Canning | guides
T
he long break is over! Cue sighs of relief from parents, from non-parents who can now get an ice cream from the van in the park without queuing…and from many campsite wardens.
In our
Camping Stereotypes
blog, we covered the stereotype of the maniacal warden prowling about the campsite …