Vector 4 man tent by Gelert
Price includes Vector 4 Man Tent, Canopy, Carpet & Footprint Groundsheet
Gelert 4 Man Vector Tent Package
October 27th, 2011Win a Provence Stove Competition
October 5th, 2011for a great chance to win a Calor Gas Matt Provence Stove please check out our great new Competition page at http://www.calorgas-heaters.co.uk/page.asp?id=proheater1 just in time for those dark and cold winter nights
Camping Chair For Heavy People
August 3rd, 2011if your looking for a Camping Chair For Heavy People then have a look at our Brown Royal Commander Chair that can accommodate the fuller figure up to a max load of 130 kg.
Englands highest cafe is now open
July 7th, 2011Two borthers David and Owen Holmes have just set up their own cafe for walkers on top of ridge near the summit of Helvellyn in The English lakes. Walkers who reach the top can now by hot or cold drinks and even a bacon sandwich. The brothers are camping at the foot of the mountain then each day make the trip up to the top with fresh supplies. For more info please visit sky news
Win a Austin 5 Man Tent Package Competition
July 6th, 2011here is a great chance for you to win a Austin 5 person tent package in our camping competition which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old and have a facebook account. To enter just click the above link for full details
win a Austin 5 Man Tent Camping Comp
Latitude Music Festival 2011
June 28th, 2011The Latitude Music Festival will be held at Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk on Thursday 14th July till Sunday 17th July. A full list of artists booked to play this year can be found here, main information including opening times, site map, Onsite Facilities, Toilets & Showers, Seating & Wristbands etc can be found here, info on tickets and prices etc can be found here
Haggerston Castle to get Electric Vehicle Charger
June 20th, 2011Haggerston Castle in Northumberland will by the first camping and caravan park to install the new Electric Vehicle Charging Point. This means that the owners of electric cars can now travel from Newcastle Upon Tyne to Edinburgh and stop of at the holiday park to recharge their car
Definition of a Wainwright
May 26th, 2011A Wainwright is a summit of what Alfred Wainwright (AW) called true fell tops. There are 214 ‘Wainwrights’ which many hikers try to get to the top, called Wainwirght bagging.
His seven books called the pictorial guide to the lake district fells was published between 1955 and 1966 , has become the bible for walkers to bag all 214 of the lakeland fells.
Up to this date I have bagged 43, I still have a long way to go.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire he first visited the Lakes when he was 23 and fell in love with the area. He moved to Kendal and devoted his life to walking and mapping the area, writing seven guidebooks. His Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells are a unique mixture of beautiful pen-and-ink sketches and maps and. This labour of love, as he called it, he recieved the MBE.
Alfred Wainwright died in 1991 and there is a memorial to him in the church at Buttermere. His ashes were scattered above the village on his favourite fell, Haystacks.
List of  Wainwright Fells, highest first.
Fell Name                    Height (m)  Height (Ft)Â
Scafell Pike                      978          3209
Scafell                                964          3163
Helvellyn                        950          3117
Skiddaw                          931          3054
Great End                        910          2986
Bowfell                            902          2959
Great Gable                   899          2949
Pillar                                892          2927
Nethermost Pike         891          2923
Catstye Cam                   890          2920
Esk Pike                            885          2904
Raise                                883          2897
Fairfield                           873          2864
Blencathra                      868          2848
Skiddaw Little Man      865         2838
White Side                       863          2831
Crinkle Crags                  859          2818
Dollywaggon Pike       858          2815
Great Dodd                       857         2812
Grasmoor                       852          2795
Stybarrow Dodd          843         2766
St Sunday Crag             841         2759
Scoat Fell                         841         2759
Crag Hill [Eel Crag] Â Â Â Â Â 839Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2753
High Street                      828          2717
Red Pike (Wasdale) Â Â Â Â Â 826Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2710
Hart Crag                         822          2697
Steeple                              819        2687
Lingmell                          807          2648
High Stile                          806          2644
Old Man of Coniston    803          2635
High Raise                        802          2631
Swirl How                         802          2631
Kirk Fell                             802          2631
Green Gable                    801          2628
Haycock                           797          2615
Brim Fell                          796          2612
Dove Crag                        792          2598
Rampsgill Head             792          2598
Grisedale Pike                 791          2595
Watson’s Dodd                789          2589
Allen Crags                      785          2575
Great Carrs                       785          2575
Thornthwaite Crag         784          2572
Glaramara                         783          2569
Kidsty Pike                         780          2559
Harter Fell (Mardale) Â Â 778Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2552
Dow Crag                           778          2552
Red Screes                        776          2546
Sail                                       773          2536
Grey Friar                         773          2536
Wandope                           772          2533
Hopegill Head                 770          2526
Great Rigg                         766          2513
Stony Cove Pike             763          2503
Wetherlam                       763          2503
High Raise                        762          2500
Slight Side                         762          2500
Mardale Ill Bell               760          2493
Ill Bell                                 757          2484
Hart Side                            756          2480
Red Pike (Buttermere) Â 755Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2477
Dale Head                          753          2470
Carl Side                            746          2448
High Crag – Buttermere744Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2441
The Knott (High Street)739Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2425
Robinson                           737          2418
Harrison Stickle              736          2415
Sergeant Man                   736          2415
Seat Sandal                       736          2415
Long Side                           734          2408
Kentmere Pike                 730          2395
Hindscarth                        727          2385
Ullscarf                               726          2382
Clough Head                     726          2382
Thunacar Knott               723          2372
Froswick                             720          2362
Birkhouse Moor               718          2356
Lonscale Fell                    715          2346
Brandreth                          715          2346
Branstree                           713          2339
Knott                                   710          2329
Pike of Stickle                  709          2326
Whiteside                         707          2320
Yoke                                    706          2316
Pike of Blisco                   705          2313
Bowscale Fell                  702          2303
Cold Pike                           701          2300
Pavey Ark                        700          2297
Gray Crag                          699          2293
Grey Knotts                     697          2287
Caw Fell                             697          2287
Rest Dodd                        696          2283
Seatallan                          692          2270
Ullock Pike                      690          2264
Great Calva                       690          2264
Bannerdale Crags          683          2241
Loft Crag                           680          2231
Sheffield Pike                   675          2215
Bakestall                            673          2208
Scar Crags                         672          2205
Loadpot Hill                     671          2201
Wether Hill                       670          2198
Tarn Crag (Sleddale) Â Â Â Â 664Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2178
Carrock Fell                     663          2175
Whiteless Pike                 660          2165
High Pike (Caldbeck) Â Â Â 658Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2159
Place Fell                           657          2156
High Pike (Scandale) Â Â Â Â 656Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2152
Selside Pike                      655          2149
Middle Dodd                     654          2146
Harter Fell (Eskdale) Â Â Â Â 654Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2146
High Spy                             653          2142
Great Sca Fell                   651          2136
Rossett Pike                      651          2136
Fleetwith Pike                 648          2126
Base Brown                      646          2119
Grey Crag                        638          2093
Crag West Top                637          2090
Causey Pike                     637          2090
Mungrisdale Common 633Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2077
Starling Dodd                 633          2077
Yewbarrow                     627          2057
Birks                                  622          2041
Hartsop Dodd                618          2028
Great Borne                    616          2021
Heron Pike (Rydal)Â Â Â Â Â Â 612Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2008
Illgill Head                      609          1998
High Seat                         608          1995
Seathwaite Fell             601          1972
Haystacks                       597          1959
Bleaberry Fell               590          1936
Shipman Knotts           587         1926
Brae Fell                          586          1923
Middle Fell                    582          1909
Hartsop Above How  581          1906
Ard Crags                      581          1906
The Nab                          576          1890
Maiden Moor                575          1886
Blake Fell                        573          1880
Sergeant’s Crag             571          1873
Outerside                       568          1864
Angletarn Pikes           567          1860
Brock Crags                    561          1841
Knott Rigg                     556          1824
Steel Fell                        553          1814
Lord’s Seat                     552          1811
Rosthwaite Fell           551          1808
Tarn Crag (Easedale)Â 550Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1804
Meal Fell                        550          1804
Hard Knott                    549          1801
Blea Rigg                        541          1775
Lank Rigg                       541          1775
Calf Crag                        537          1762
Great Mell Fell            537           1762
Whin Rigg (Wasdale) 535 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1755
Arthur’s Pike               533          1749
Great Cockup              526          1726
Gavel Fell                     526           1726
Eagle Crag                    525           1722
Bonscale Pike             524           1719
Crag Fell                       523           1716
Souther Fell                522           1713
High Hartsop Dodd  519            1703
Whinlatter                  517            1696
Sallows                         516             1690
Mellbreak                   512              1680
Broom Fell                 511              1677
Beda Fell                     509            1670
Hen Comb                  509            1670
Low Pike                     508             1667
Little Mell Fell         505             1657
Skiddaw – Dodd       502             1647
Stone Arthur            500            1640
Green Crag                489               1604
Baystones Wansfell 488             1601
Grike                            486             1594
Sour Howes               483             1585
Longlands Fell         483             1585
Gowbarrow Fell       481            1578
Armboth Fell           479            1572
Burnbank Fell         475            1558
Lingmoor Fell         469             1539
Barf                             468             1535
Raven Crag              461             1512
Barrow                      455            1493
Graystones              452             1483
Catbells                     451            1480
Great Crag               450            1476
Nab Scar                  450            1476Â
Binsey                       447            1467
Glenridding Dodd 442Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1450
Arnison Crag         433              1421
Steel Knotts             432            1417
Low Fell                    423            1388
Gibson Knott          420            1378
Felbarrow                416            1365
Grange Fell             415             1362
Buckbarrow         405             1329
Helm Crag              396              1299
Silver How             395              1296
Hallin Fell               388             1273
Walla Crag              376             1234
Ling Fell                  373           1224
Latrigg                     367            1204
Troutbeck Tongue364Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1194
Sale Fell                    359          1178
High Rigg                 357           1171
Rannerdale Knotts355Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1165
Loughrigg Fell       335          1099
Black Fell                 323          1060
Holme Fell               317          1040
Castle Crag               298          978
The AA Campsite of the Year Awards 2011
May 19th, 2011The AA has announced the winners of the Campsite of the Year Awards to coincide with the launch the AA Caravan and Camping Britain and Ireland Guide for 2011 (www.theAA.com/shop).
AA Best Campsite of the Year
England Silverdale Caravan Park, Silverdale, Lancashire
Scotland Linnhe Lochside Holidays, Corpach, Highland
Wales Plassey Leisure Park, Eyton, Wrexham
In addition to the national awards, the AA recognises five Regional winners. The Regional AA Campsite of the Year Award winners for 2011 are:
South West England Oakdown Holiday Park, Sidmouth, Devon
South East England Sandy Balls Holiday Centre, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Heart of England Townsend Touring Park, Pembridge, Herefordshire
North West England Skelwith Fold Caravan Park, Ambleside, Cumbria
North East England Ord House Country Park, Berwick-on-Tweed
Details of the all the award-winning sites can be found in the AA’s new Caravan and Camping Britain and Ireland guide for 2011. This guide features over 900 annually inspected and rated sites giving details of location, AA Pennant ratings, contact details, prices, opening times & a description as well as local information that may come in handy. The AA has also now launched a new AA Camping Card Scheme for this year. With the AA Camping Card, users will qualify for reduced rates at any participating sites. Card holders will simply need to state that they are using an AA Camping Card when they phone to book a site and show the card on their arrival. The types of discounts vary from each site, details of which will be given when you contact the site. An AA Camping Card is included in every AA Caravan and Camping Britain and Ireland Guide this year.