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Brr! Winter has well and truly kicked in again, with half the country carpeted with snow and us typing this in fingerless gloves even indoors.
But of course a bit of cold weather isn't going to stop us hardy Pitchup.com types from going camping whenever we dratted well like, especially …
Choo-choo! No, it's OK, I'm not going to make countless trainspotting references, as old, scenic and steam railway lines are yet another thing I'm geeky about and there are so many around the country to visit.
Whether you want to go on a small scale steam railway in Kent or …
After our recent blog on festivals for mature campers, we thought it was only fair to do one on festivals for kids as well. There are plenty around the country at different times of the year, with enough festivals for children to run around to and get nicely tired, …
We might not always have the weather, but at least the views are guaranteed. There are thousands of spots in Britain and Ireland where you can just sit and take it all in, from Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty to quiet woods , rugged coastlines to tranquil lakes . Even a …
It’s kind of annoying the way the mee-ja go on about Glastonbury as if it’s the only festival worth going to. No disrespect to our Glastonbury goers out there, but there are so many other festivals about that don’t involve thousands of 20 year olds wrestling in mud. Whether music, …
Googling 'camping stereotypes' (I'm nothing if not an intrepid researcher) brings up stories of 'camp', that strange American institution where quieter kids cry homesickly into their sleeping bags every night, noisier ones think it's hilarious to put spiders down other campers' backs, and parents all over the land gleefully clink …
Bill Bryson should have known better. First, he decided to walk the Appalachian Trail , a 2,181 mile trek through from Maine to Georgia. Second, this is an area with bears. Proper big bears that can smell your food from way over there and come snuffling around your non-metal tent …
Bring out the silly hats! Yes, even if (especially if) you're a bloke...just nick your mother in law's one from when you got married. It’s summer and racecourse time, with meets all over the country so you can dress up (heels for men too), have a flutter on the gee-gees …
‘To be or not to be...’
No, don’t hit the back button...Just because we were subjected to some awful books at school (they made me read The Cay when I could have been reading The Outsiders) doesn’t mean we shouldn’t all be into our books now.
Indeed, as my dear …
If you’re bored in the office today, try this experiment – tell someone you’re going camping this weekend and see what their reaction is. Will it be 'Eek, you’re mental, who wants to stay in a leaky tent on the hard ground in the cold?' or will it be 'Cool, …
