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Lockdown has led to a new way of life – and a new way of thinking – when it comes to holidays.
Over the last 12 months, many of us have embraced staycations and sought solace in nature by embracing our wilder side with camping adventures.
With breaks abroad looking unlikely again this year, a new guidebook could help you make summer plans.
Almost Wild Camping, launched by Cool Camping later this month, features 50 off-grid campsites in some of Britain’s wildest locations, from a new North Cornwall site within walking distance of the beach to a tiny, 10-person campsite in the Cairngorms, only accessible by wading through a river. Many of the sites included only launched within the last few years.
Whether you’re a first time tenter looking for somewhere remote or an experienced wild camper just wanting to meet up with friends, every location is a designated campsite but all have that primitive wild camping feel, where waterfalls and woods will be your nearest neighbours. You’ll have the added benefit of open campfires, composting loos and maybe even the chance of a bucket shower beneath a tree.
There’s also an opening chapter on genuine wild camping, with tips, advice, safety information and details on the essential bits, like going to the loo or finding fresh drinking water.
“Camping in Britain provides such variation and more opportunities than ever for a backto-nature experience,” says Cool Camping founder, Jonathan Knight.
“This new book brings together our favourite ‘almost wild’ camping spots with some brilliant new finds, each with something unique to offer beyond an off-grid pitch, be it epic mountain views, unpolluted starry skies or a secret beach where you can explore ancient boat remains.”
Cool Camping editor and co-author of the book, James Warner Smith, added: “This new guide brings together two British loves, camping and heading for the wild.
“Almost Wild Camping offers a selection of places that shun the onsite cafés and organized activities of the modern-day campsite and instead offer that truly rustic camping experience, where a shower is a luxury and mobile signal is the stuff of fiction.”
Almost Wild Camping book, priced at £12.95 is out on March 22.