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Great adventures: camping
By Junior on 26/08/2011 12:09:27
There are few family bonding experiences as glorious as camping out, being at one with nature and sleeping (or not!) beneath the stars…
The most magical memory of camping I have sees me not far from my home on the Norfolk coast. We’re under canvas, staring up at the stars through the smoke flaps of a tipi. I can hear the sea crashing in the background and we’re cooking the samphire
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The glamper's guide to camping
By Junior on 02/08/2011 15:05:36
There has never been so much choice and variety in the world of camping. So from treehouses in France to the Wild West of the US, here’s how to camp in a little more luxury
Like many of my contemporaries, I spent many of my childhood holidays on family camping trips all over Europe. Back then, there were no children’s clubs, no electricity (just a Camping Gaz light and a mosquito candle) and certainly no television
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CAMP BESTIVAL: JULY 28-31
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/06/2011 14:33:27
The Junior Guide to Family Festivals checks out Camp Bestival 2011
CAMP BESTIVAL JULY 28–31 is at Lulworth Castle, Dorset () Capacity 50,000 What’s the vibe The king of family festivals, having won the Best Family Festival prize from 2009–10, the little sister of Bestival is a rocking affair.Musical interludes
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Joe Blogs camps it up at Bestival 2010
By Joe on 03/08/2010 17:30:28
Smart Boy About Town spends the weekend chillin' and thrillin' at Camp Bestival – and sets sail for the Isle of Boden. Read the first of his festival reports
loved it! Camp Bestival, set in the gorgeous setting of Lulworth Castle in Dorset, is just the most amazing place, filled with groovy kids just like me, all aching and itching for fun! There was so much for us kids to do: there was a carousel, and a
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Play camping indoors with a beautiful Moozle Home Tipi
By Gemma Rollason on 10/05/2012 14:13:04
Set up camp indoors with a beautiful screen-printed child's tipi from Moozle Home
If the weather isn't quite ideal for putting up tents outside, why not set up camp inside with an indoor tipi or playhouse?This gorgeous tipi from Moozle Home would be perfect for your very own indoor family festival, with its suitably folksy feel
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Five cool camping essentials
By Laura James on 01/05/2012 11:48:57
Don't forget these essentials for your outdoor adventure
to worry about batteries running down. 2. A decent pillowI can put up with pretty much anything as long as I know there’ll be a squishy pillow waiting for me at the end of the day. Children, especially, like the comfort of their own pillow when camping.3
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Camp Bestival's Soundtrack for the Summer
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/05/2012 17:48:57
DJ Rob da Banks and his wife Josie select their favourite tracks for the perfect summer vibe
Guilty pleasures or groovy greats? Founders and curators of Camp Bestival, Rob and Josie da Banks, select their favourite summer songs:■ Over And Over by Hot Chip ■ Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder■ (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
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A treehouse camping holiday in France
By Junior on 26/08/2011 15:41:24
Your child will be thrilled to have an adventure in a French treehouse
Every child would love a treehouse camping holiday in France! Each thatched-roofed house is built around a tree trunk and entered via a spiral staircase and can sleep six, and has a large decked terrace with table and chairs. The Frontier Tent
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How to make camping fun for the whole family
By Sophie Westnedge on 14/05/2013 15:33:34
Why camping is becoming de rigueur and how to make the most of a family trip
Camping and glamping has seen a resurgence in popularity over the last few years.Here Mark Gordon, Co-Founder of Feather Down Farms (pioneers of the glamping trend), reveals his thoughts on the resurgence of camping and his top five camping
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Winner of the Best Family Festival 2012 - Camp Bestival
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/05/2012 02:03:06
Why all the hip and happening families are heading to Lulworth Cove, Dorset for the best family festival of the season
to Josie at Glastonbury). The result? Camp Bestival, described as “a 1950s’ British holiday camp with a twist.” So what’s the vibe? As well as an eclectic musical offering (headliners this year include Happy Mondays, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang
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