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Blog posts from June 2012

  1. Now this is budget - sites that won't break the bank

    June 29, 2012
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    Getting money for a tent pitch
    As you’ll know if you’ve ever had one of those rows with your other half, ‘budget’ means different stuff to different folk. To some, it’s knowing their money down to the last penny, bringing a flask to work instead of buying a latte, and queuing overnight before the sales start. …

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  2. Busy on a budget - keep the kids happy when camping

    June 26, 2012
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    Not the way to entertain the kids
    Camping and caravanning is easy to do on a budget, but add kids into the mix and it can be a bit trickier. You might be happy going on ten mile hikes, wandering around stately homes and sitting through a meal without fidgeting or flicking peas (mostly), but smaller people …

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  3. Securely fastened - how to keep your caravan safe from theft

    June 25, 2012
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    Not the time to lose your key
    It’s happened to all of us on holiday at some point. The tea-leaf strikes. Whether you lose the book you left by the pool while you nip to the loo (twice), a laptop or phone while staying in a hostel (thankfully never), your specially engraved silver hip flask your mates …

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  4. Gimmicks and Gadgets - Our Camping Top Ten

    June 22, 2012
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    Sure, we all love camping. The stocking up the caravan, the glamping, the cooking breakfast over the campfire…But, if we’re really honest, we have to admit that one of the very best things about camping is all the cool camping equpiment, gimmicks and gadgets you can bring along. And of …

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  5. Buying a motorhome: a beginner's guide

    June 19, 2012
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    Peterbilt 387 Conversion 2009 Motorhome



    We are trying our absolute best in this blog post not to salivate over the Big Daddy of motorhomes, the £750,000 precisely-named

    Ultimate Class Teschner XLII Prevost XLII Series Bus

    , or the £250,000 Peterbilt 387 Conversion 2009 Motorhome, as doing so looks a bit weird and last time we …

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  6. Cottages and candlewick – Liz Jones on holidaying in the UK

    June 11, 2012
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    Holiday cottages - not for Liz Jones
    Liz Jones

    is at it again

    . Those of us who, over the years, have followed the life of the Daily Mail hack with horrified fascination are familiar with the drill. Dialling 999 because her kitten ‘had its head stuck in a hole’, saying that her border collie is ‘cleaner …

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  7. 'It's not me, it's you' - a warden reflects

    June 8, 2012
    by | guides




    T
    Not a barbecue. (Photo by fritzmb@flickr)
    he long break is over! Cue sighs of relief from parents, from non-parents who can now get an ice cream from the van in the park without queuing…and from many campsite wardens.



    In our

    Camping Stereotypes

    blog, we covered the stereotype of the maniacal warden prowling about the campsite …

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