It’s a small world. Not in the jaunty, singing animatronic sense of the popular ride at the Walt Disney parks. But with cricket-on-the-green, choir-boys-in-the-chapel through and through Britishness. It all started with one man, a certain Mr Roland

Any boy who turns up on their first day of school sporting a straw boater and a yellow-and-lime-green striped blazer is bound to turn a few heads. And just a quick glance at the extraordinary array of equipment Marshall Armstrong sets out on his

or box juices are great because containers are easy to take back to camp when they're empty. A great green alternative are the funky Sigg bottles that come in a range of groovy designs.RULE 2 Keep out of the crush. Stay back from the big events. Take

. Small world, man…So, what about the fun stuff. Well, I loved the Kids' Area where they did some cool circus skills. Also bumped into songstress Sophie Ellis Bextor with her two boys, running in and out the rainbow dragon. While my mummy and sister were

the country celebrating our fabulous green spaces. See of top picks of happy happenings below:LondonPark and Pond ExplorersJuly 30Engage your child’s curiosity about nature, both on land and underwater at Bedfont Lakes in Ashford. Keen explorers can become a

Among the first passengers to try the Bugaboo Donkey were my children Yasmijn, three, and Lard, one. They helped me to perfect the design.We live just outside Amsterdam in a small town called Apeldoorn. It’s a very green place with lots of parks

, humus and raw carrots.If you could invite anyone to a picnic, who would you choose?I’d invite Stephen Fry – he’s a funny man and so intelligent.What are your style influences?I love iconography and I’m obsessed with symbols on old beer bottles

-riding classes – you pay extra for, where you can have elaborate pampering packages that give you eight treatments in four days. I opted for a facial and a massage that were nice, but it didn’t help that my female therapist looked like a man and had a habit

the front, it’s a glass-fronted piece of avant-garde architectural design; from the rear, its steep grass bank resembles a quaint dwelling from Hobbiton in Lord Of The Rings. We are greeted by Carol, our guide to Earthship and sister of Kevan Trott, the man