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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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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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Fun German Farm
By Junior on 02/08/2011 17:46:52
The wonderful Featherdown Farm has reached German shores with the opening of the Hilserhof Farm in the Black Forest
Camp out in tents set among flowery meadows, tend to the goats and rabbits in the stables, follow adventure hiking trails and even bake your own bread. Visit www.wiesenbett.comFind more great travel ideas in our Europe section.
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The Best Family Festivals 2011
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/06/2011 15:55:35
Check out Junior's Guide to the hottest, coolest, funkiest fabbest family festivals for summer 2011
–17 Henham Park, SouthwoldDeer Shed Festival July 22–24 Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, Yorkshire Ben & Jerry's Musical Sundae July 23-23 Clapham Common, London and Heaton Park, Manchester Camp Bestival July 28–31 Lulworth Castle, Dorset Womad July 28–31 Charlton
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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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Fun of the farm
By Kate Donoughue on 19/04/2011 10:38:51
Meet the animals staying on a family-friendly farm
Children can see the goats being milked, tend to the hens and get close to the Shetland ponies on Farmer John’s special tour during a stay at The Dandelion Hideaway at Osbaston House Farm in Warwickshire. You can stay in one of five luxury self-catering Canvas Cottages that resem...
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Ten wonderful woodlands in the UK
By Fiona McKim on 04/04/2013 15:32:00
Junior picks ten of the best outdoor adventures for families
deer, visit the Highland Wildlife Park on the north-west edge.Yellow Wood Bush Camp, PowysThis is how camping should be. There are five acres of ancient woodland where the owner, bush-camping specialist Paul, runs bushcraft courses; you can learn how
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Joe Blogs joins boy band The Wanted at Disney Camp Rock 2 party
By Joe on 06/08/2010 13:15:19
Smart Boy About Town snuggles up to Jaime Winston, Melinda Messenger and a couple of all-star boys bands
Hi, it's me, Joe.How camp am I these days? One minute, I am chiling at Camp Bestival, the next I'm rocking at a party for Camp Rock 2. Yesterday, I headed off to Koko in Camden Town for the filming of Disney Channel UK's own version of the X Factor
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Scare Tactics - Halloween outfits
By Photography Jacob Thue; Fashion Matthew Holroyd on 23/09/2010 12:02:15
Don’t miss a trick – or treat – with these Hallowe’en-inspired casuals
Dracula: Prints Of Darkness Dracula mask (part of a four-piece Dracula dressing-up set) £8 by Marks & Spencer (ages 2–8); space-print sweatshirt £90 by Lacoste (ages 2–14); teal cords £37 by Mini A Ture (ages 2–12); paint-splattered suede boots £60 by Camper (sizes 23–38)For stoc...
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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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