Category: Camping

  • Family Camping Checklist:  What should we take?

    Family Camping Checklist:  What should we take?

    Just sitting here thinking of a couple of friends who have gone camping for the first time with their kids, the weather couldn’t be worse for them this week.  We’ve text a few times, the gazebo has collapsed in the wind, a tarpaulin has taken flight and they’re currently hiding in the Children’s Play Barn. …

  • What to take camping for your dog?

    What to take camping for your dog?

    We’ve just returned home from 2 weeks of camping in the UK, we tried out 4 different sites which I will write about soon.  In October last year we got a dog, so we find camping perfect for us as a family.  I can sit in a field and drink beer, my daughter can run…

  • Summer Holiday Camps for Kids

    Summer Holiday Camps for Kids

    Outdoor Holiday Activities for Kids near St Albans I really didn’t think this one through.  On Sunday we arrived home after two weeks of camping; playing in the woods, tenting it and building fires.  So, when I checked my diary and realised I had booked my daughter in for a Bushcraft Survivor Course with Wild…

  • Now We’re Cooking with Gaz!

    Best Camping Stoves I absolutely LOVE camping and do get rather excitable about it.  I don’t know if it’s because I’m Canadian or what……….. A big part of it for me is all the kit, you’ve gotta have the kit!  We have tent, self-inflating mattresses, chairs, fair lights, windbreak, folding table, sleeping bags, marshmallow roasting…