Camping is a popular pastime for the holiday period, whether it is in a canvass tent, a caravan, a motorhome, or even just under a tarpaulin strung between two trees.
But many people are now choosing this lifestyle as a more permanent way of living, either through choice, or being forced to do so by personal financial reasons, or because of the current housing shortages.
Whether you are 'Wild Camping', 'Stealth Camping', or on a temporary or permanent camp site. There are things that we need to know to keep us safe and well, and to keep us within the law.
The idea of this section is to provide useful information on camping equipment, tools, places to camp, and important legal information or changes to the law.
Plus handy useful tips and tricks to make your adventure easier and a much more pleasurable experience.
Whether camping alone or with others, you should always consider your safety. This video has some good points to consider.
We are not all Bear Grylls or trained in SAS survival techniques and set out armed with just a water bottle and a penknife. Our adventures or way of living requires us to consider many tools and other pieces of equipment to make things easier and much more comfortable.
This handy tray for car or motorhome from Amazon is ideal to use for your laptop or when you stop[ off at the Fish and Chip shop.
£23.99 from Hahamoo
As our experience grows, we often find new ways to do things, or come up with useful idfeas that enhance our time and pleasure.
If you have any ideas you wish to share with others, then email us from the contact link below, provide a photograph if possible, and we can include it.
When camping we do not have all the multi-oven's or microwave ovens that we normally have at home, so what we cook and how we cook it is far different.
Have you got any clever camp-cooking ideas or methods, or any tasty recipes to share with others that can be cooked using basic camping equipment?
There are many different choices when it comes to buying vehicles to camp in, many vehicle manufacturers and coachbuilders create ready made motorhomes, but for many they do not suit the individual needs and purpose, and a self-build is the way to go.
Send in pictures of your self-build camper, and share your ideas and build methods with others.
Single with an interest in camping and ready to mingle?
This is a Facebook group specifically for single campers wishing to get to know other single campers with the aim of dating.
