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To celebrate the re-opening of campsites following lockdown, we're launching a calendar competition where you could win £100 OLPRO vouchers and feature in our OLPRO calendar for 2021.To take part, you simply have to email jack@olpro.co.uk with your best photo that features OLPRO products, before the 4th August deadline.The photo could be taken during your next camping holiday, …
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If you usually spend your bank holidays heading off to camp in the great outdoors, the idea of spending the Easter weekend confined indoors may not be so appealing. Thankfully, we’re here to come to your rescue. This week, we’re supporting the ‘Great Garden Inside/Outside Camp’ in order to help lift your spirits. The event is taking place on the 10th, 11th and 12th of Apr …
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10 reasons why you should go camping for your next holiday1. Camping can be the ultimate romantic getaway!With Valentine’s Day now upon us, it’s a good time to point out that an adventurous camping getaway can be the perfect romantic trip for many couples. For many of the reasons you’re about to read, camping can be the best way to spend time with your other half, whether it’s …
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Camping at BestivalShell is a mum of two littlies Rocco and Valli, and lives on the Cornish coast. She's an instablogger and creates beautiful images and shares awesome products on her profile, @shellandthelittlies over at Instagram. So it seems some of you feel exactly the same as I did and think you’re not campers...well if I can do it you can!When friends and family heard we …
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The mental health charity Mind recently commissioned a report which has shown that being outdoors, whether it be growing food, gardening or undertaking conservation work, has a hugely beneficial impact upon mental health. Camping is one of the best ways to get outdoors and have fun whilst easing mental stresses and strains.The Guardian says that ‘we are twice as likely to be e …
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We left Worcestershire early on a Friday, hoping to avoid the worst of the traffic on the way up the M5 and M6. The SatNav said an optimistic 4 hours, however this wasn’t to be and we endured a stressful 6 hour journey punctuated by the predictable toddler vomit and chants of ‘are we nearly there yet?!’We came off the motorway and straight into the gorgeously winding, twisty ro …
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