Tag: 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…

  • 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…

  • How to Make S’mores in the UK

    I love nothing better than sitting around a camp fire drinking beer.  This probably stems from all the camping that I did as a child in Canada, minus the beer of course, I waited till I was a teen for that. Who needs Graham Crackers anyway? We used to make S’mores while sitting around the…

  • Camping in Style? Co-ordinated camping gear? #giveaway

    Family Camping has never been so glamorous! I absolutely adore camping and spent a lot of my childhood camping in Canada.  On occasion I’ve joked about being buried in my sleeping bag when I die.  Please don’t hold me to this.  However, we’ve done very little camping in the UK, I don’t know if this…