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to enjoy the surrounding five acres of countryside, such as binoculars and magnifying glass. It costs from £609 for a week in June. See English Holidays for lots more places to stay close to home, and read our features Happy Campers and Cool Campsites

experience.”Of course, it’s the glamming up of camping, or ‘glamping’, that’s enticing families today. Instead of soggy tents, there are luxury yurts with wood-burning stoves, and holidays on wheels are cool, thanks to retro camper vans in pretty pastel

-when-you-are comforts, the camper van is the latest delightful trend for a fun family holiday. Here we take you on the road… Grand DesignsWe reveal the hottest looks for the Autumn/Winter’09 season, from velvet dresses to tough leather jackets and trim tartans

Stay for the whole weekend and, if you feel like getting down and dirty, you can pitch-your-own in true camper style. However, most festivals now offer glamping alternatives, so you can sojourn in the boutique area in anything from a yurt, gypsy

Chill out at Camp Bestival – and book early for 2011.A CHANGE IS as good as a rest, so they say, and what could be further removed from the strictures and routines of daily family life than the chance to let your hair down at a festival? Cool

workshops. Added extras Greentop Circus Cabaret in the Big Top, a Saturday night comedy show (with no swearing!), comedy workshops plus James Campbell, the children’s stand-up comedian du choix. Where to stay On-site camping in tent or camper van (£15

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, which sells local organic produce. For details, visit www.devonyurtholidays.co.ukCornish Tipi HolidaysThis is the very definition of cool camping, a tipi village on a gorgeous site in Cornwall. With a roaring camp fire, lake to swim in and a beautiful

1. A torchThe importance of having a good torch cannot be stressed enough. It gets awfully dark in a remote field and so a torch is an essential tool, particularly when trying to find the loo. The wind-up variety are a good bet, as you don’t need to worry about batteries running ...