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Go camping and you need a fair few essentials to make outdoor living comfortable. You can go camping with the bare essentials of course or invest in a wide range of equipment if you want to enjoy a variety of trips in the future. One thing is for sure, you’ll need to prepare food at some point when you go camping and require plates and dishes to eat your meals from. So this blo …
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Add an awning to your caravan and you create the ultimate al fresco setting to enjoy the best of the British weather (when we get it!). Awnings expand the living space when you are camping or caravanning and the simple introduction of a little carpet can create a home-from-home experience. Pick a decent awning carpet for your outdoor trips and they instantly transform a patch o …
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We’ve never been to a festival before as a family and so when we started working with Doug at Lodestar on a project to promote the festival more to campers staying over the weekend we thought straight away that we had to try out Lodestar ourselves and do so as a family.Lodestar has been running for 5 years now and each year gets bigger, whilst still retaining it’s same ethos as …
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In two weeks time we will be exhibiting at the Outdoor Trade Show, in Stoneleigh. This fantastic show is an event visited by the best of the Outdoor Leisure Trade, so camping shops, Caravan retailers and Climbing, Walking and Outdoor Clothing Stores. A lot of the national companies now attend the three day event which runs from Sunday through to Tuesday.Sunday is a good day bec …
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By the end of the first day of the Caravan Club National Rally I needed new footwear. I should have worn wellies any way but in the rush to get here, as it always is, I managed to forget them along with any reasonable waterproofs. Ive been doing shows for around 13 years. Firstly, in my time at Towsure, then with Blue Diamond – usually supporting retailers at outdoor shows or a …
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Living with teenagers can be a nightmare and most parents tread on eggshells 24 hours a day in fear of setting off a hormonal mood swing.Having interviewed 1000 UK families with children aged 13 – 18, British camping company www.olproshop.com has discovered that sharing an experience like a Festival can strengthen parents’ relationships with difficult teens. OLPRO found that th …
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