Gelert 4 Man Vector Tent Package

October 27th, 2011

Gelert 4 Person Vector Tent Package

Vector 4 man tent by Gelert

Ideal for the family, the Vector tent range are easy to pitch tents with fully sewn in groundsheets and many other features

Price includes Vector 4 Man Tent, Canopy, Carpet & Footprint Groundsheet

Win a Provence Stove Competition

October 5th, 2011

for 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, 2011

if 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, 2011

Two 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, 2011

here 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

Austin 5 man tent

win a Austin 5 Man Tent Camping Comp

Latitude Music Festival 2011

June 28th, 2011

The 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, 2011

Haggerston 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

Win a Outback Excel 300 2 Burner Gas Barbecue Competition

June 3rd, 2011

Here is a great chance for you to win a Outback Excel 300 2 Burner Gas Barbecue   this BBQ is currently on sale on our website at £144.95 and has a recommended retail price of £183.82. This is a quality BBQ that will give you years of good service. For full detail check out http://www.campingandcaravandirect.co.uk/page.asp?id=bbqcomp

Definition of a Wainwright

May 26th, 2011

A 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) 

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]       839           2753
High Street                       828           2717
Red Pike (Wasdale)       826           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)    778           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)  755           2477
Dale Head                           753           2470
Carl Side                             746           2448
High Crag – Buttermere744           2441
The Knott (High Street)739           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)      664           2178
Carrock Fell                      663           2175
Whiteless Pike                  660           2165
High Pike (Caldbeck)     658           2159
Place Fell                            657           2156
High Pike (Scandale)      656           2152
Selside Pike                        655           2149
Middle Dodd                      654           2146

Harter Fell (Eskdale)      654           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 633           2077
Starling Dodd                  633           2077
Yewbarrow                      627           2057
Birks                                   622           2041
Hartsop Dodd                 618           2028
Great Borne                     616           2021
Heron Pike (Rydal)       612           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) 550            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            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 442              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 Tongue364             1194
Sale Fell                     359            1178
High Rigg                  357            1171
Rannerdale Knotts355           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, 2011

The 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.