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There’s no doubt that camping became really popular in 2020 and everyone wanted to get away to enjoy their staycation adventures, explore somewhere new and enjoy time with the family and nature. We anticipate that 2021 will see even more people decide to go camping, as holidays abroad continue to look unreliable. So, we want to give you some insight on what the camping tre …
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Get yourself an easy-to-pitch tentWhen you're incredibly excited to see your favourite band or performer live, having to set up your tent can feel like a bit of a pain! Fortunately, tents are so easy to pitch and take back down again these days. The most ideal tents for festival season have a ‘pop’ mechanism and can take just a minute to pitch, giving you extra time to take you …
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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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Despite the social media frenzy that follows the announcement of a headline act at the UK’s top music festivals, according to research by British camping manufacturer www.olpro.co.uk , it’s not the music that keeps people coming back. It’s the inner hippy in all of us that festivals unleash, allowing us to live simply, in a community and without responsibility.The OLPRO team we …
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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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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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