picks from the festival calendar, Lounge On The Farm. Set on picturesque Merton Farm in the rolling Kent countryside, this hip boutique event offers a varied line-up of music, comedy and children’s events with a focus on local food and environmental

at the following festivals this summer: Lounge On The Farm; Lubstock; 2000 Trees; The Magic Loungeabout; Y Not Festival; Strawberry Fields and Just So Festival Owner of Karma Canvas and glamping aficionado Andrea Spence offers these timely tips for happy campers:1

as two bathrooms, a double bedroom, twin bedroom and lounge/diner. The beach here is not large, but a pontoon over the shoreline reef allows for fantastic snorkelling. There is a children’s club for five- to 12-year-olds and babysitting is also available

– that this was unlikely to be our home for the next three days, so we drove on. Fortunately, the landing of the Earthship – as it’s aptly known – was big news amongst the residents of the surrounding French villages and farms when the 26-week construction finished in June

The feeling is familiar: you’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting to board that long-haul flight, watching your fellow travellers milling about, hoping, praying, that the two small children screaming and climbing over the seats

backdrop for a host of exciting adventures. Pack a torch, some costumes, paper, pencils, food and drink. According to the Children’s Play Council, children benefit most from a variety of everyday nature that includes access to parks, gardens, city farms

shabby-chic Jamaican, with touches of India and Morocco thrown inand hammocks and day beds for lounging on. There’s wireless internetbut no TV or phones in the rooms, only CD players. Two restaurantsserve fresh seafood and Jamaican cuisine and there’s a

and Channel crossings or Geneva airport transfers.  Another quieter resort in the Three Valleys is the old farming village of Saint-Martin de Belleville, at the same altitude as Méribel and with access to an enormous ski area. The Alpine Club offers family

their parents’ Deluxe Room with breakfast from £159. Further afield in the Cotswolds, Calcot Manor is the perfect surroundings for R&R. B&B for a family of four is priced at £375. BLISSFIELDS FESTIVAL JUNE 30–JULY 3The Park, Vicarage Farm, Woodmancott

weekend camping; £68.50 for 11–17 years; £3 for children ten and under; weekend family ticket (two adults, two young people), £335. Find out more www.wildernessfestival.comBlissfields FestivalWhen July 5–7Where Vicarage Farm, Woodmancott, near Winchester