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Rewind Festival review – Henley 2017

August 25, 2017 by Gretta Schifano 6 Comments

The Village People, Rewind 2017. Copyright Gretta Schifano

When my sister invited me to go to the Rewind Festival with her and a group of friends this year I said yes straightaway. She went to Rewind a couple of years ago and from what she’d told me about it I thought that I’d enjoy it – plus it was a chance for some […]

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Categories: Elsewhere, Tents & caravans
Tags: 1980s, camping, festivals

Bushcraft: fires and shelters

November 21, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 14 Comments

Anne in a Jack Raven bushcraft debris shelter. Copyright Gretta Schifano

In Bushcraft course: part one I described my first evening in the woods and going to bed in a hammock. This is what happened next. Bushcraft course: part two I’m comfortable and cosy in my woodland hammock and I fall asleep easily. But two hours later my bladder wakes me up. The night air feels […]

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Categories: Active, Kent
Tags: bushcraft, camping, Jack Raven, woodcarving

Bushcraft: sleeping in a hammock

November 17, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 19 Comments

Hot water, Jack Raven Bushcraft. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Bushcraft course: part one As I walk through the darkness of the woods to my hammock I wonder if I’m going to be able to sleep. I’ve never slept outside before. I’m wearing a thermal top and leggings, a long-sleeved cotton top, two wool jumpers, a pair of fleece-lined thermal trousers, wool socks, walking boots, […]

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Categories: Active, Kent
Tags: bushcraft, camping, Jack Raven

Holiday snaps: Dorset coast, England

October 26, 2014 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Walking from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door. Copyright Gretta Schifano

I took this photo on a summer walk from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door in Dorset, England. I was with my husband and children and we were staying on a campsite nearby for a few days. I think this may be the only summer when we’ve stayed in England for our main family holiday. We were lucky […]

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Tags: camping, Dorset, Lulworth Cove

Camping at Embers Bentley

August 30, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 5 Comments

Embers safari tent. Copyright Gretta Schifano

‘If we were at home I’d be on the Xbox’ says my 11 year-old son. It’s a sunny, breezy, August morning and we’re in a lush, green field in the Sussex countryside. He’s sitting on a deckchair happily toasting breakfast marshmallows on the fire which he and his 13 year-old cousin have created in the […]

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Categories: Active, Elsewhere, Room reports
Tags: camping, Embers Bentley, Embers campsites

Embers: family campsites with campfires

June 17, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 15 Comments

Campfire. Image courtesy of Embers Camping.

When Murray McPherson took his children camping for the first time in the UK he wasn’t impressed. ‘It was awful’, says the South African, who’s been living in the UK for fifteen years. Murray wanted his children to experience camping like he had as a child back home. He wanted lovely spacious locations where his […]

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Categories: Active, Elsewhere, Where to stay
Tags: camping, Embers campsites, tents

Wild camping

July 8, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

Camping. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Sponsored post Phoebe Smith loves wild camping so much that she’s written a book about her experiences: Extreme Sleeps – Adventures of a Wild Camper. In case you don’t know (I didn’t) wild camping is  sleeping in remote places, away from campsites. Phoebe’s first wild camping trip was in Australia and that inspired her to repeat […]

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Categories: Active, Where to stay
Tags: camping, extreme sleeps, family travel, Phoebe Smith, wild camping, wild camping with kids

5 ways to save money on family holidays

January 20, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

Kayaking at Stackpole on a National Trust family volunteering holiday. Copyright Gretta Schifano

30% of us can’t afford to go on a one-week holiday, according to a UK report  from the Office for National Statistics. This makes me sad, especially for families with school-age children. The travel industry’s school holiday price hikes combined with the economic downturn and the clampdown on parents taking kids out of school during term time […]

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Categories: Finances, Where to stay
Tags: camping, Family travel. parenting, house swaps, saving money, working holidays, youth hostels

Cool Camping Cookbook

May 28, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

orange baked muffins

My 9 year old loves cooking and was delighted when I was given the new Cool Camping Cookbook to review. He’s dyslexic and cookery books are great for him as he’s so interested in them that he reads loads without thinking about it. He leafed through the book and decided we were going to build […]

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Categories: Recipes
Tags: barbecue, camping, chocolate muffin, cooking, cool camping, dyslexia, firepit, muffins, oranges, recipe

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