Hate camping? These 20 stunning sites will change your mind
Britain’s campsites reopen fully tomorrow, some with luxury improvements – but will they be enough to entice camping virgins and refuseniks?
16 May 2021 • 6:00am
Camping veteran Simon and lifelong tent refusenik Siân arrive at Fforest Farm in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, for her first ever night under canvas
Credit: Siân Parry-Lewis
Some time around 1980, my wife Siân woke up with her head in a cow pat and vowed never to go camping again. Her Brownies leader had taught her how to put up a tent, but not to avoid camping on a slope. She never did get that badge.
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A TEAM of firefighters from Herefordshire and Worcestershire are determined to continue the fundraising legacy left by a former colleague who died aged 46 after a 12-month cancer battle. Group commander Stu Crebbin died in March after being diagnosed with colon cancer, but his colleagues wants to continuing fundraising for the Fire Fighters Charity. Last August the ‘Stu’s Phoenix Challenge’ team took on the Brecon Beacons 10 Peaks Traverse, despite Mr Crebbin being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD( in January 2020 and cancer in April 2020 and having to undertake intense chemotherapy and immunotherapy sessions in the lead-up to the challenge. The final total raised last year was £11,384 for the charity, which aims to support those working in fire services throughout their lives.
You could own this rural riverside retreat cottage as your perfect forever staycation
It s in one of Wales most beautiful and renowned areas of natural beauty
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This rural retreat by the river is on the market (Image: purplebricks)
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Due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions there is still continuing uncertainty about where people can and can t travel, and when these restrictions are likely to change, and this has led to a substantial rise in the popularity of the staycation within the UK.