As the sun sets beneath Start Bay, with a pinkness to match the first glass of rosé — and, yes, marshmallows toasting over an open fire — I finally feel that all is well with the world. Never has a short break felt sweeter than the few days we have just spent ‘camping’ on the … Read more
Conservationists are being forced to clean up after inconsiderate Britons who flock to beauty spots and camp overnight but refuse to tidy up after themselves. As lockdown restrictions have eased in the UK, many people have taken camper vans or tents into the countryside with friends as a form of impromptu staycation. However, as camp … Read more
Sales of beach shelters, roof boxes and camping chairs surge by up to 450% ahead of the great British getaway tomorrow on ‘Super Saturday’ Halfords reports big sales rises for air pumps, camping chairs and bike racks But the retailer also says many Britons are not prepared for road trips tomorrow Hotels, holiday apartments, caravan … Read more
It appears the majority of Britain plans to holiday at home this summer, if the latest booking statistics are anything to go by. Inspired by the current heatwave, coronavirus lockdown easing and not fancying their chances of getting away abroad by plane, thousands have scrambled to book trips in the great outdoors this week. Staycation … Read more
Day-trippers in camper vans ignored lockdown rules as they slept by Britain’s seaside last night after scores of people rushed to beaches yesterday. Angry locals took to social media to complain of ‘selfish’ tourists sleeping in camper vans in Cornwall and Brighton and waste strewn on the ground. Britons staying in camper vans in Newquay … Read more
Henry VIII hated camping so much he slept in easily-erected ‘houses of timber’ while on campaign, a historian has revealed. Alden Gregory, curator of historic buildings at Historic Royal Palaces which manages Hampton Court among others, said that while Henry was associated with the sumptuous tents at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, there … Read more
San Francisco has opened its first sanctioned camp site that can house 50 homeless residents this week as locals complain of makeshift tents clogging sidewalks. After years of struggling to support the homeless community in San Francisco, city officials have erected a ‘Safe Sleeping Village’ in an idle McDonald’s parking lot near City Hall amid the … Read more
There can be few better holiday moments than the sight of one’s children screaming in terror as explosions light the air all around, followed by an evacuation sequence that brings to mind Saving Private Ryan. It had started tamely enough. While spending a week at the Vilanova Park campsite, about 30 miles south of Barcelona, … Read more