Camp craft at Wetherdown
April and May in 2011 have more bank holidays than the rest of the year put together. Prime time to dust down the tent, check the poles and book a fantastic campsite for Easter holidays, Easter weekend and the Royal Wedding May Bank Holiday weekend. April and May are packed full of camping potential with more free days off from work than ever before.
Ideas for Families
Woodland trails with Spring activities woven in: such as making spring bird feeders, learning about camouflage and hunting for minibeasts. Finish with an Easter egg hunt to collect Easter egg prizes. Runs from 1-3pm Thursday 14th April at
Wetherdown Lodge Campsite. Cost £7
Head onto the water: Watersports taster sessions for 7 years upwards available throughout April and May at 5 lakeside campsites throughout the South West. Check out these
5 great South West
campsites and make a booking.
Magical willow items for children to make and take home; using a natural and sustainable craft to make items such as magic stars, spiral bird feeders and living pencils. Runs from 1-3pm; Tuesday 19th April at
Wetherdown
Lodge Campsite; Cost £7
Go on an Easter Egg Trail at one of 250 National Trust Properties in England or Scotland: traditional fun and games for all the family in beautiful surroundings with eggs provided by Cadburys.
Ideas for Everyone
Try somewhere new and
Go Local - put your postcode into Campingninja and find a campsite within 50 miles of where you live and go on a 1 or 2 night trip. Benefits are a) doesn't take very long to get there; b) you spend way less on petrol / diesel; c) good way of supporting somewhere in your more local area.
Do it now!
Head to London and take part in the Royal Wedding: Central London Campsite with a family area, hot showers and security.
London Royal Wedding Campsite
Lambing! It's the season for little lambs popping out all over the place and there is bound to be somewhere either near where you are or near where you are camping to go to a lambing day or, in fact, actually help out with the lambing. A couple good places to go are:
There are tonnes more if you google it and if you know of any near you or just know of any people might be intrested in, please let us know in comment or on
Facebook!
Campfire Cooking - find a campsite where
campfires are allowed and try your hand at some experimental campfire cooking!
Mountain Biking – great time of year to go as it’s not so hot yet but not too freezing either. There are loads of great Mountain Bike Trails for beginners to experts around the country and here are some links to a few of them: