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Discover the best of the web with StumbleUpon. Small selected UK campsites for camping touring and holiday caravans. Guy Grieve's top tips for a winter camping trip | Travel | The Observer. · 'Fire is winter's fruit' - so goes an Arab proverb that sums up the beauty of fire in winter. Before you set out, teach yourself to start, nurture and put out fires, and (assuming you're not using a stove) learn how to cook on them. When you have done cooking, scrape the embers together and place some good lengths of wood on for light while you eat. · If you are going to be living out for more than a few days, if possible, find a tent that can take a woodburning stove inside. A good stove brings happiness whatever the weather and generates endless brews.

Mine is a 'two-dog' stove bought online from America. If you really want to create a home away from home, take an extra tent to store gear in, so your living circumstances are uncluttered. · If you are dependent on an outside fire, have a kettle constantly ready to top up your teapot. . · For a luxurious experience, create an outside sauna. . · Eat more fat. . · Don't be macho. Yurt, bell tents, devon tents, event structures, yurts. Urban Camping from Times Square to the Car Tent | Design + Ideas. Car Tents to Times Square: Bold Acts of Urban Camping Article by Urbanist, filed under Urban Exploration in the Travel category. Urban camping means different things to different people, from living without a vehicle or electricity and plumbing to squatting in unused properties and more. However, the most popular definition of urban camping provided by the urban dictionary is: “camping in an urban setting by sleeping on rooftops, under bushes, and in public parks.”

Amid and Zach are two brave New Yorkers who picked the busiest and most high profile place they could think of to pitch their urban camp: Times Square, New York City. According to Zach, “We chose the traffic median at 44th Street because it is a wide island right in the middle of Times Sqaure with plenty of room for our tents to sprawl. It was noisy and bright, but the LEDs replaced the stars nicely, and the skyscrapers couldn’t have imitated sequoias any better. The Car Tent is a rather ingenious approach to urban camping. The only gear you really need | News. I go camping up to 10 times a year with my wife and young daughter, visiting a mix of festivals and the sites that promise an interesting encounter with nature. The twist is that we do all our travelling without our own car. Therefore my camping philosophy is all about keeping things light and simple. Putting my quirky travel arrangements aside, winnowing your camping gear down to the tried and tested essentials has advantages even if you are gallivanting around in a people carrier.

The less you have to pack, the quicker you can hit the road. The principle of less is more also applies to your tent. I camp to reclaim my independence from my possessions and to enjoy the vivid intensity that comes once you strip away the familiar domestic space. Here, then, are the things I always take with me on camping trips. Snap lights We wanted a night light for a child so my wife bought a lantern powered by eight D-cell batteries. Whisky Maximum alcoholic effect to minimum weight. Inflatable sofas. Camping made easy | Travel | The Observer. For both of us, camping has always been part of our lives. First making camps in the front garden and then in the field behind the house but always coming home for tea.

Then there were camps with mum, dad, siblings and dogs. Later came camping with mates, being totally unprepared but not really caring because we were all in it together. And then finally learning the art of romantic camping, when everything had to be just perfect in order to make an impression (whether it was always the right impression is another story). For us, finding a reason to camp has never been hard. Birthdays, summer holidays, weddings, festivals, honeymoons, Christmas, that rare sunny day in autumn, a bank holiday - any day. Finding a campsite Wild camping One of our favourite ways to camp is to go wild. Choosing a tent This will be your home away from home under the stars, so it's important to get it right. Do you want to sleep under nylon or canvas? · Frame tents are the typical 1970s family tent. Sweet potatoes.